How to play Astral on Mac

Game summary

Astral is a science fiction platform game. The action takes place in the land called Magoon. Imprisoned centuries ago demon Molasar was freed and gathers the strength to conquer the whole world. Master Almar sends his apprentice Andragon on the northern continent to avert the danger. The action takes place in four realms divided into sixteen levels. The player must collect the Power Crystals and place them in the Slots of Destiny, then destroy the gate of power and teleport. The realms are inhabited my numerous enemies with various skills and weapons. The enemies may be shot or avoid, although they are able to chase the player around the level. The player may use of scattered through the lands ladders, elevators and power-ups. After each completed realm a level code is provided.
First released: Dec 1996

Play Astral on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Astral on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Astral installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Astral like you would on any PC.
Did it work?
Help us improve our guide by letting us know if it worked for you.
👎👍