How to play Buck Fever on Mac

PlatformsPortable console

Game summary

The Hunt is On! Take aim and bring the ultimate arcade hunting experience to your Wii. Set your sights on dozens of wildlife species and take your shot with simple point and shoot controls. Bag trophies in six different regions, each with their own unique wildlife and terrain, as you hone your skills and become a master hunter. Go it alone or invite your friends as you compete in the ultimate shooting challenge. Features • Arcade Hunting: Buck Fever brings the familiar “point and shoot” arcade action to your living room. Instead of stalking your target you immediately get into the hunt and start shooting. Choose a region on the in-game Hunting Map (such as Western, Central, Eastern, Southern, and Southwestern United States, and four Canadian provinces) and compete for the top seat on the in-game High Score leaderboard. Buck Fever supports the Wii Zapper accessory. • Multiplayer Party Mode: One to four players can join in on a hunt simultaneously. Buck Fever features two unique multiplayer “party” modes: Hunter’s Challenge and Bonus Games. In the Hunter’s Challenge one to four players compete within a time limit for the highest score. In six Bonus Games one to four players compete in a timed shoot-out with inanimate objects (such as bottles and cans) or animal targets such as gopher and duck. • Trophy Room: Buck Fever features a Trophy Room that, per player, shows off the diverse wildlife you’ve bagged in the game’s 70 hunts including, but not limited to, desert mule, blacktail, fallow, mule, and whitetail deer, and wild boar. The Trophy Room also displays how many bucks you have hunted, the number of one-shot kills you have earned, the biggest buck you’ve brought down, and the highest overall score achieved while playing the game.
First released: Dec 2009

Play Buck Fever on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Buck Fever 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).

Buck Fever 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 Buck Fever like you would on any PC.
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