How to play beatmania complete MIX 2 on Mac

Game summary

beatmania completeMIX 2 is a rhythm game developed by Konami. It is the seventh game in the beatmania series 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. Difficulty levels were rearranged on a scale from 1 to 9, which remains as the standard for the rest of the series. Many older songs have new ANOTHER difficulty charts, some have a rearranged charts for their ANOTHER charts, making use of the preexisting assets to make a new sounding song. The HARD version charts from 5thMIX became ANOTHER charts in this version. The modifier CENTER PLAY has been added, making it possible to use the 2 player keys and 1 player turntable, for scratching with the left hand. HI-SPEED has been expanded with 2x-4x selection. beatmania completeMIX 2 is a compilation mix containing most of the songs from beatmania 4thMIX and beatmania 5thMIX (45 songs). 12 songs were lifted over from beatmania - beatmania 3rdMIX and 23 new songs were introduced. The total song list is 80 songs.
First released: Jan 2000

Play beatmania complete MIX 2 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play beatmania complete MIX 2 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 complete MIX 2 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 complete MIX 2 like you would on any PC.
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