How to play Cassette Four on Mac
Game summary
A collection of 8 games for the Sinclair ZX81 with an a 16K memory expansion module.
Invaders
A Space Invaders clone with an extra shield that can be activated for a brief moment in time.
Life
A simulation of cell growth. The player can set a patern and see if/how it grows.
3D Tick-Tac-Toe
A 3D Tic-Tac-Toe game. The aim is to make a straight line of 4 dots. You play against the computer.
Galaxy Invaders
A shoot em up where the player is at the bottom trying to shoot alien crafts moving around the screen.
Gun Fight
An Outlaw clone. You try to shoot a cowboy on the other side of the screen and you can take cover behind a carriage.
ZX Scramble
A Scramble clone where the player flies through a tunnel from left to right which bombing installations on the gound.
Snakebite
A Snake clone.
Fungaloids
The player flies at the top of the screen bombing funguses growing into the air. When a funcgus is destroid it can throw spores into the air which must be dodges. Be aware not to bomb installations on the ground. Fuel can be collected at the side of the screen.
First released: Dec 1982
Play Cassette Four on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Cassette Four 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).
Cassette Four 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 Cassette Four like you would on any PC.
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