How to play Blackjack Academy on Mac

Game summary

Everything you wanted to know about blackjack but were too shy to ask. From the novice to the pro, BlackJack Academy will help you learn to play blackjack or brush up before you hit the tables. BlackJack Academy features a five player table so you and four friends can all play, multiple table rules like Las Vegas, Reno, Atlantic City as well as the ability to specify your own table rules. BlackJack Academy offers on-line help for all the different play options and will even give you the optimal play for the current hand if you like. Color selectability, game save and retrieve, and different play strategies are some of the other features of Blackjack Academy. We are sure you and your friends will have many hours of fun and education with Blackjack Academy. Microillusions is proud to have you sitting at our table. Other features include: sound toggle, play speeds from slow to very fast, card counting toggle, player card total toggle, money management guide, any dollar amount can be selected from table minimum to $9999.00 (individual totals can get to be much, much higher during the play of the game), as well as a pocket size quick reference guide for optimal play when you are at the tables.
First released: Dec 1987

Play Blackjack Academy on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Blackjack Academy 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).

Blackjack Academy 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 Blackjack Academy like you would on any PC.
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