How to play Bouncing Bluster on Mac

Game summary

Bouncing Bluster is a 1 - 2 player arcade game similar to Arkanoid. The player controls a paddle on the bottom of the screen that moves horizontally, and must bounce a ball to hit and destroy and bricks on the screen. The player starts with 5 lives, and it's game over when all are lost. Various powerups fall from the screen as blocks are broken, including multiple balls, the ability to shoot lasers, sticky balls, and thinner/wider paddles.
First released: Dec 1989

Play Bouncing Bluster on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Bouncing Bluster 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).

Bouncing Bluster 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 Bouncing Bluster like you would on any PC.
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