How to play Data East Arcade Classics on Mac

PlatformsPortable console

Game summary

Re-live some of the greatest arcade games of all-time in this compilation of Data East hits! More bang for your buck! Re-live your arcade marathons with 15 classic games in this jam-packed collection. Whether you're shooting baddies mid-freefall in Secret Agent or defending your cavewoman from vicious dinos in Caveman Ninja, this ultra-fun compilation lets you keep playing as long as your fingers can last; no quarters required! Features • Includes 15 classic arcade games: - BurgerTime - Peter Pepper’s Ice Cream Factory (the rare sequel to Burger Time) - Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja - Burnin’ Rubber - Caveman Ninja - Crude Buster - Express Raider - Heavy Barrel - Lock ‘n’ Chase - Magical Drop III - Secret Agent - Side Pocket - Street Hoop - Super Real Darwin - Wizard Fire • Unlock multiple rewards by achieving 75 different goals. Earn Music Soundtracks, Gallery Items, Classic Arcade Marquees and Bezels, and much more. • Link your high scores to your Miis • Save, load and pause the game at any point during play; no quarters required! • Team up with or play against your friends in any game—they’re all two player in addition to single player
First released: Feb 2010

Play Data East Arcade Classics on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Data East Arcade Classics 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).

Data East Arcade Classics 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 Data East Arcade Classics like you would on any PC.
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