How to play Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou on Mac

Game summary

Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou is a Japanese RPG set in a version of Ancient Japan filled with monsters and youkai. The game is a traditional top-down turn-based RPG in the vein of Dragon Quest. The player is able to choose between a male or a female avatar and name them, recruiting other characters as the game progresses.
First released: Dec 1992

Play Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou 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).

Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou 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 Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou like you would on any PC.
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