How to play Dogfight 1942: Fire over Africa on Mac

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Game summary

An ominous shadow of the Axis Alliance is being cast over the sands of Africa. The scorching hot African sky will soon burn with the flames of heavy cannons and fill with smoke of bullet-ridden fighter planes. Become Britain’s top pilot and help the Allies repel the Nazi threat. Face the infamous general Rommel, clash with his forces above Tobruk and stand up to the challenge in one of the most pivotal battles on the African front – the Battle of El Alamein.
First released: Oct 2012

Play Dogfight 1942: Fire over Africa on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Dogfight 1942: Fire over Africa 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).

Dogfight 1942: Fire over Africa 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 Dogfight 1942: Fire over Africa like you would on any PC.
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