How to play Dino on Mac

Game summary

Dino and the Saurus Races is a side-scrolling platform game. You are a dinosaur rider and your goal is it to get as far as possible to get as many points as possible. You hop over gaps and mushrooms and avoid birds (or pteranodons) and spiders.
First released: Dec 1987

Play Dino on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Dino 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).

Dino 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 Dino like you would on any PC.
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