How to play Gensō Suikogaiden: Swordsman of Harmonia on Mac

Game summary

Gensō Suikogaiden: Swordsman of Harmonia (幻想水滸外伝: ハルモニアの剣士, Gensō Suikogaiden: Harumonia no Kenshi) is a spin-off instalment of the Suikoden video game series, designed and released for the Sony Playstation. It was released in August 2000 in Japan and despite numerous fan petitions has never been released in North America or Europe. A basic text and picture-based adventure game, Suikogaiden Vol. 1 is set against the backdrop of the Dunan Unification War in Suikoden II. The game tells the story of Nash Latkje, a former noble from the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia, the superpower of the Suikoden world, and his various quests.
First released: Oct 2000

Play Gensō Suikogaiden: Swordsman of Harmonia on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Gensō Suikogaiden: Swordsman of Harmonia 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).

Gensō Suikogaiden: Swordsman of Harmonia 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 Gensō Suikogaiden: Swordsman of Harmonia like you would on any PC.
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