How to play Derby Dogs on Mac

PlatformsPortable console

Game summary

Dog racing and breeding for the dog lover in you! Derby Dogs is a dog raising/breeding/competing sim that lets the player raise dogs by feeding them and training them in a variety of exercises that help raise particular stats of the dog being trained. You can also frequent the dog shop to rent dogs or buy new dog houses or meals for your dogs. Your dogs can compete in races on a myriad of courses to achieve titles and prize money, and you can breed your dogs to create even better dogs. Raise your dogs and have them compete in competitions with players far and wide over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Can you become the best handler around and raise a dog that can triumph over all the competition?
First released: Aug 2009

Play Derby Dogs on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Derby Dogs 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).

Derby Dogs 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 Derby Dogs like you would on any PC.
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