How to play Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy! on Mac

Game summary

Following the Invasion of the Vorticons, the story arc of Goodbye Galaxy! takes Commander Keen to a planet to rescue the Keepers of the Secret of the Oracle, which know the location of the Shikadi's doomsday device, The Armageddon Machine.
First released: Dec 1991

Play Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy! on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy! 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).

Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy! 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 Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy! like you would on any PC.
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