How to play Aztarac on Mac

Game summary

The player is the commander of an intergalactic race of mutant humans. His mode of transport; a tank and its turret that are controlled independently. This allows the player to move in one direction while shooting in another. His mission is to guard various space outposts from hordes of incoming enemy ships. Each level will have several outposts all clustered together in the center. If an enemy ship touches an outpost, then the outpost is destroyed. The player can activate a long range scanner by using his second button. This allows him to locate enemies before they get close, thus enabling the player to remove himself from the game. This end the life of the player's gaming platform.
First released: Feb 1983

Play Aztarac on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Aztarac 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).

Aztarac 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 Aztarac like you would on any PC.
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