How to play Double Dragon 3: The Arcade Game on Mac

Game summary

Only one man knows the real story behind Marion's disappearance... and he's dead! Now the Double Dragons must rely on a mysterious fortune teller to locate Marion and her ransom - the Sacred Stones of Power! You'll fend off vicious street thugs, evil ninja warriors, deadly gladiators, Manchurian barbarians and more! Defeat your most dreaded enemies and out of pure respect they'll join your side - adding their Iron Claws and Shangai Stars to your all-new martial arts maneuvers - like the awesome mid-air somersault. Double Dragon III. If you survive the action, you'll rescue Marion, retain your honor and discover the truth behind the Sacred Stones. If you fail...
First released: Apr 1993

Play Double Dragon 3: The Arcade Game on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Double Dragon 3: The Arcade Game 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).

Double Dragon 3: The Arcade Game 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 Double Dragon 3: The Arcade Game like you would on any PC.
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