How to play Beam on Mac
Game summary
In a mysterious, artificial world made up of strange effects, there's only you and your streamline glider. On your journey through 27 levels you're bound to have lots of fun with gravity fields and magnetic fields, etc., but don't go like the devil without a plan or... This game is all about linking energy stations with the help of laser beams, and if you don't plan your strategy carefully, you'll be trapped like a fly in your own energy web. Even if your strategy works, unless your glider (16 directionals) is absolutely under your control, it won't be easy for you to escape from your enemies... the dead stones.
First released: Dec 1989
Play Beam on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Beam 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).
Beam 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 Beam like you would on any PC.
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