How to play Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote-sen on Mac
Game summary
Densha de GO!! finally appears on consoles! Become a train conductor and go around the ever-popular Yamanote Line, now with the addition of the new Takanawa Gateway Station. Enjoy the best at-home train conductor experience while maintaining the the detail of the arcade version.
Densha de Go!! Hashirō Yamanote-sen (loosely translated to "Go by Train!! Let's Run the Yamanote Line") is an electric train simulation game developed by Taito and released by Square Enix for the PlayStation 4 exclusively in Japan on December 3, 2020. It will be released on the Nintendo Switch on March 18, 2021.
Based on the 2017 arcade game Densha de Go!!, Hashirō Yamanote-sen features the full Yamanote Line (as the original arcade version only included the southern part of it) as well as additional routes that run parallel with it (the Keihin-Tohoku Line, the Saikyo Line, the Ueno-Tokyo Line, and the Narita Express) and the part of the Chuo-Sobu Line from the arcade version.
Additionally, this version includes a new objective-based campaign mode and PlayStation VR support.
First released: Dec 2020
Play Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote-sen on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote-sen 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).
Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote-sen 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 Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote-sen like you would on any PC.
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