How to play Deluxe Galaga on Mac

Game summary

Written by Edgar M. Vigdal. Deluxe Galaga is one of the all-time best games for the Amiga - heck one of the best shoot'em-ups EVER. It's a great little game full of bosses, power-ups, secrets, and even built-in mini-games. Great game for killing a few minutes... Or... Minutes quickly become hours...
First released: Nov 1993

Play Deluxe Galaga on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Deluxe Galaga 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).

Deluxe Galaga 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 Deluxe Galaga like you would on any PC.
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