How to play E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and the Cosmic Garden on Mac

Game summary

He might be wrinkled and a little bit slimy on the outside, but his heart is pure gold. Perhaps the most famous cinematic space alien ever to capture kids' imaginations, E.T. stars in this delightful adventure for the Game Boy Color. The title character's green thumb comes out to make its presence known in this installation of the story (remember, E.T. is an excellent gardener). Help the little guy travel to the farthest reaches of space collecting specimens of various plants for the Cosmic Garden that lives on his spaceship. Once you've collected all of the plants, the object of the game is to make sure they can stay alive in the Garden. New friends, Space Bee and Space Slug a couple of adorable additions to the saga will assist you. With addicting gameplay, excellent graphics, and classic characters, this is one game that's certainly worth phoning home about.
First released: Apr 2002

Play E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and the Cosmic Garden on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and the Cosmic Garden 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).

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and the Cosmic Garden 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 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and the Cosmic Garden like you would on any PC.
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