How to play Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda on Mac

Game summary

Keep the beat as you play as Cadence, Link or Princess Zelda to explore a randomly generated Hyrule and procedurally generated dungeons. In the latest rhythmic action-adventure from Brace Yourself Games, you can enjoy the gameplay of Crypt of the NecroDancer in the setting of The Legend of Zelda series. As Link—or even as Princess Zelda—you’ll explore the randomly generated overworld and procedurally generated dungeons on a quest to save Hyrule. Every beat of each remixed Legend of Zelda tune is a chance to move, attack, defend, and more, so stay one step ahead of each enemy and boss…or face the music.
First released: Jun 2019

Play Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda 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).

Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda 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 Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda like you would on any PC.
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