How to play Galactic Overlord on Mac

Game summary

Unite the stars under one galactic empire! Galactic Overlord is a simple yet addictive realtime strategy game in which you must conquer all the planets while rival AI players are trying to do the same! The are currently four play modes: Duel - battle an AI player for galactic supremacy! Three Way - battle two AI players at once! Cloaked - battle an AI player with invisible starships! Asteroids - like Duel, but with moving planets that require a more dynamic strategy!
First released: Dec 2012

Play Galactic Overlord on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Galactic Overlord 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).

Galactic Overlord 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 Galactic Overlord like you would on any PC.
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