How to play Barney Bear Goes to Space on Mac
Game summary
Join Barney Bear on his adventure in space!
Barney Bear Goes To Space is a colorful, musical game for children ages 3-8.
Barney Bear and his class are on a trip to Cape Canaveral, Florida to watch the shuttle launch. While touring mission control, Barney Bear falls asleep on a conveyor and finds himself inside the shuttle! This short interactive story takes Barney Bear to the control panel of the shuttle, where there are stories, facts, and games to play.
This subject-oriented educational game uses animation, games and stories to present facts about space in a way that young children will enjoy, while playing without any adult supervision.
Barney Bear includes a history of space travel, a repeat-the-pattern sound game, a tour of the planets, and a complete painting program.
First released: Dec 1990
Play Barney Bear Goes to Space on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Barney Bear Goes to Space 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).
Barney Bear Goes to Space 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 Barney Bear Goes to Space like you would on any PC.
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