How to play DuckTales: The Quest for Gold on Mac
Game summary
A money-making strategy game. Become the MacDuck the richest duck on the world. Your goal in this game looks simple : Making money. But to do so, you have to manage your cash, make good investments and of course look for treasures with your animated friends.
Versions:
- Amiga/DOS features copy protection in the form of a unique password system. When the game is booted up, you must use a key script (located in the game manual) to translate symbols on the screen. If you fail, you are identified to the game as a Beagle Boy invader, and it will send the user back to the DOS prompt to try again or shutdown the pc on Amiga version, and there is no way to play the game without deciphering the code.
In at least the Amiga version of the game, a flying saucer can rarely be seen during the flight sequence. The condition which triggers the event is not known.
- A version of this game was advertised for the ZX Spectrum, but was later canceled.
- Although marketing materials for an Apple II port exist, there is no evidence that this version was ever published or sold.
First released: Dec 1990
Play DuckTales: The Quest for Gold on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play DuckTales: The Quest for Gold 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).
DuckTales: The Quest for Gold 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 DuckTales: The Quest for Gold like you would on any PC.
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