How to play Damocles on Mac

Game summary

Eris is the fifth planet in the Gamma solar system of nine planets and their nineteen moons around the star Dialis. The comet, Damocles, in its present trajectory will collide with Eris in just a few hours. Damocles is author Paul Woakes follow up to his widely acclaimed classic, Mercenary. His creation; a complete solar system. Fly among the planets and moons. Land and explore the bases, towns, cities. Go into buildings and find the objects and clues that will lead you through to a number of solutions to this gripping challenge. You are not alone in this task. Benson, your 9th generation PC, is your guide and mentor whose wry humor punctuates countless hours of absorbing play. The game-save facility is invaluable in your battle against the relentless decay of real time. It's almost inevitable that you will view the spectacular consequences of failure. But what immense satisfaction awaits your ultimate success. With brilliant programming, using fast solid 3-dimensional graphics, Paul Woakes has pushed forward the frontiers of technical achievement. Your first person view throughout this massive playfield, crammed with intricate detail, affords a unique interactive experience. Damocles offers you an artificial universe within your computer. With so many features to discover, you'll return time and time again.
First released: Dec 1990

Play Damocles on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Damocles 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).

Damocles 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 Damocles like you would on any PC.
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