How to play Dragon's Lair on Mac

Game summary

Dragon's Lair is an interactive game originally created by Don Bluth. Dirk the Daring, is on a quest to rescue the fair Princess Daphne from the clutches of the infamous Singe, the fire-breathing dragon. Battle your way with the valiant knight, as he finds his way through the castle of Mordroc, a dark wizard, who has enchanted it with treacherous monsters and obstacles. In the mysterious caverns below the castle, your odyssey continues against the evil forces that oppose your efforts to reach the Dragon's Lair Lead on Adventurer, your Quest awaits!
First released: Dec 1994

Play Dragon's Lair on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Dragon's Lair 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).

Dragon's Lair 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 Dragon's Lair like you would on any PC.
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