How to play beatmania 3rdMIX on Mac
Game summary
beatmania 3rdMIX is a rhythm game developed by Konami. It is the third game in the beatmania series and is part of the BEMANI franchise ( which it was named after: BEatMANIa ). It is the only beatmania arcade to have an official European release.
The game is played with a controller with one turn table and 5 keys, three white and two black. On the screen you will see bars moving from the top to bottom in columns representing each of the keys and the turntable. When the bars reach the judgement line it is time to scratch.
beatmania 3rdMIX is the first game in the series to introduce combo count, meaning that your current combo is shown while playing and a good or less break your combo. If you get more than 10 combo your great verdicts will start flashing, but it does not award you with any bonuses.
Normal and Easy mode has been added to the game, which differs in what songs can be chosen and when. Battle, Mirror and Random modifiers were added.
The game features 11 songs from beatmania and beatmania 2ndMIX along with 16 new songs for a total of 27 songs.
First released: Sep 1998
Play beatmania 3rdMIX on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play beatmania 3rdMIX 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).
beatmania 3rdMIX 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 beatmania 3rdMIX like you would on any PC.
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