How to play Disney presents Ariel's Story Studio on Mac

PlatformsComputer

Game summary

The Little Mermaid Story Studio is an interactive storybook game for children of 4 years-old and above. The player scrolls between different screen to follow the story from The Little Mermaid. In each screen different items animate when clicked-on, and stickers for the "Create your Story" part may be discovered by animating some of them. In each screen's dialog, a word is highlighted. When the player clicks on it, it gets changed for a synonym. The game features a "Create your Story" mode in which different customizable backgrounds and stickers are used to create an unique printable story. It also features a "Compose your Melodies" mode, in which the player chooses different instruments for the undersea orchestra to create unique songs. It also has a room in Ariel's cave in which the player can invite different animals that will interact together.
First released: Dec 1997

Play Disney presents Ariel's Story Studio on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Disney presents Ariel's Story Studio 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).

Disney presents Ariel's Story Studio 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 Disney presents Ariel's Story Studio like you would on any PC.
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