How to play BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition on Mac
Game summary
This edition includes the original BioShock, BioShock 2, and add-on content for both games.
For BioShock, this edition includes the Plasmid Pack and Challenge Rooms (which was a PS3 exclusive, now available as well for the Xbox 360 version.) In addition, a new add-on for BioShock, "Museum of Orphaned Concepts," showcases early concept art and ideas that were removed or never added to the final version of the game.
For BioShock 2, the Ultimate Rapture Edition will also include the Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, Rapture Metro Pack, Kill 'em Kindly, The Protector Trials and Minerva's Den DLC, which come with related achievements/trophies.
This edition also comes with a collectible Columbia Sticker pack, inspired by the then-upcoming game.
First released: Jan 2013
Play BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition 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).
BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition 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 BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition like you would on any PC.
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