How to play beatmania 4thMIX ~the beat goes on~ on Mac
Game summary
beatmania 4thMIX is a rhythm game developed by Konami. It is the fourth numbered game in the beatmania series (but 5th beatmania arcade game) and is part of the BEMANI franchise.
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 4thMIX is the first big redesign of the series, it features a brand new interface. Difficulty is now on a scale from 1 to 7. All songs have been given a single and double mode chart. Song list shows not only genre and title, but artist as well.
Although all previous beatmania songs have been removed. a brand-new set of 23 songs was added as a replacement. It is the first time that licensed songs makes an appearance in the series, as well as crossovers from other BEMANI games.
First released: Apr 1999
Play beatmania 4thMIX ~the beat goes on~ on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play beatmania 4thMIX ~the beat goes on~ 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 4thMIX ~the beat goes on~ 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 4thMIX ~the beat goes on~ like you would on any PC.
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