How to play DOOM 2D on Mac
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Game summary
Doom 2D is a fan-made DOS-based freeware side-scrolling video game based upon Doom. Doom 2D is essentially the original Doom translated into a two-dimensional arcade or console-like shooter. The player resumes their role as Doomguy, who must do battle with various hell-spawn.
First released: Jul 1996
Play DOOM 2D on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play DOOM 2D 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).
DOOM 2D 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 DOOM 2D like you would on any PC.
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