How to play Bat 'n Ball on Mac
Game summary
Bat 'n Ball is a game that tests your reflexes as you attempt to guard a castle of sorts from a drug-crazed bouncing ball. You have at your disposal a crude but effective bat and (I assume) nerves of steel. Your castle is surrounded by a brick wall that crumbles whenever it gets hit by the malevolent ball. Defend it valiantly, for a hit to its core will lose you a life (bat). Stick around until your opponents lose their castles and you will progress to a new screen. Be careful - you have only three lives with which to brave the 20 screens and the last screen hides a nasty surprise!
First released: Dec 1995
Play Bat 'n Ball on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Bat 'n Ball 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).
Bat 'n Ball 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 Bat 'n Ball like you would on any PC.
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