How to play CROSS×BEATS on Mac

Game summary

A mobile music game from Capcom and first in the Crossbeats series that later continued in Arcade games. Two arrows converge on a dots that appear on the screen in time to music. When the arrows cross it is time to touch the dot. The series is produced by former Konami employee Naoki Maeda, famous for composing most of the early music to the hit music game series Dance Dance Revolution. The song list was expanded until end of service, with the final songs list numbering 283 songs.
First released: Dec 2013

Play CROSS×BEATS on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play CROSS×BEATS 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).

CROSS×BEATS 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 CROSS×BEATS like you would on any PC.
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