How to play Desert Fox on Mac

Game summary

You are "Lone Wolf" with your turbo Sherman tank in pursuit of the "Desert Fox", Nazi Germany's Rommel forces in the Lybian desert. How to win: Save all your depots How to lose: Either your tank damage gauge is full or your depots fall to the enemy How to save your depots: 1. Zoom Select ZOOM icon and press the fire button. When it turns from red to green move the joystick, this will move the black box on the map from depot to depot. Allies depots indicated by gray flags: saved depots turn blue, lost depots turn red. With zoom icon green, press fire button. Depot status will zoom up to reveal the number of tanks (red=enemy, blue=allies), fuel (oil drums) and supplies (tents). These supplies/fuel will be used by 'Lone Wolf' to repair and refuel his tank (decrease damage gauge). Number in lower right hand corner equals hours remaining before depot will fall. 2, Radio Lone Wolf's heading is determined by selecting the RADIO icon. When icon turns green, push joystick right or left to move radio beacon. Press fire button again to activate Lone Wolf's secret enigma decoder. This special radio device intercepts Rommel's orders. The first word the player hears indicates the type of enemy force; for example "stukas", "minefields", etc., directly ahead. Later words indicate outlying enemy positions. Through careful selection of the radio beacon heading, Lone Wolf can thread his way through enemy forces to rescue his besieged depots. Strategy Tip: Listen for radio static. Static indicates no enemy forces in an immediate area. Avoid confrontation whenever possible and head for the wide open spaces. (The shortest distance between 2 points is not always a straight line.) 3. Air Strike When a depot is in danger of being wiped out (their status should be checked throughout the game) and Lone Wolf is too far away for a rescue mission, call in a spitfire airstrike to buy time. Highlight the AIRSTRIKE icon in green (using
First released: Dec 1986

Play Desert Fox on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Desert Fox 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).

Desert Fox 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 Desert Fox like you would on any PC.
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