How to play Cosmocade: The Arcade of Tomorrow on Mac

Game summary

Cosmocade: The Arcade of Tomorrow contains 2 separate arcade games for the Apple IIgs. - Journey to Calibus: The player controls a small spaceship that can move in all directions, and fires directly forward. As alien ships are destroyed, they drop a number of power ups. Some of these power-ups contain maps which fill in the screen in the bottom left, allowing the player to advance to the next level when completely filled. The goal is to return to Earth, and there are 10 levels in total. The player starts with 5 lives, and it's game over when all are lost. - Naxos: Played from a first person perspective, the player must shoot alien creatures as they appear on the screen. If the aliens are allowed to shoot, the player takes damage. The player has limited ammo, and must continually reload. The player has a health bar, and when all health is depleted, it's game over.
First released: Dec 1990

Play Cosmocade: The Arcade of Tomorrow on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Cosmocade: The Arcade of Tomorrow 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).

Cosmocade: The Arcade of Tomorrow 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 Cosmocade: The Arcade of Tomorrow like you would on any PC.
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