How to play BS SimCity: Machi Tsukuri Taikai on Mac
Game summary
BS SimCity: Machi Tsukuri Taikai (「ＢＳ ＳｉｍＣｉｔｙ 街作り大会」) is a Downloadable 4-part Soundlink game for the Satellaview that ran between August 4, 1996 and January 31, 1998. The game was broadcast in as a rerun at least twice throughout the lifetime of the Satellaview, once in October 1996 and once in January 1998 as the winner of the third Player's Choice vote. BS SimCity is a pseudo-sequel to the original 1991 SimCity for the Super Famicom. There are four characters (Dr. Wright, Yoshio Kanetake, Mr. Roy, and Madam Mary) added. Four different maps are given to player every week, the objective is to develop the city within time the limit. During the game, voice of characters is told and happenings occur simultaneously to all players.
First released: Jun 1996
Play BS SimCity: Machi Tsukuri Taikai on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play BS SimCity: Machi Tsukuri Taikai 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).
BS SimCity: Machi Tsukuri Taikai 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 BS SimCity: Machi Tsukuri Taikai like you would on any PC.
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