How to play Eyra: The Crow Maiden on Mac
Game summary
Eyra the Crow Maiden is a new and original 8-bit video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Inspired by the sword and sorcery genre, the world of Eyra takes inspiration from stories of characters like Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja and Tarzan.
The game's gameplay and mechanics are based on titles such as Rastan Saga, Cadash, Castlevania, Blades of Vengeance and Jill of the Jungle.
A 16-bit version port of the game to Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis has also been announced as part of a stretch goal for the NES games Kickstarter campaign.
First released: Dec 2021
Play Eyra: The Crow Maiden on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Eyra: The Crow Maiden 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).
Eyra: The Crow Maiden 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 Eyra: The Crow Maiden like you would on any PC.
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