How to play Gradius: The Interstellar Assault on Mac

Game summary

YOU'RE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE GALAXY'S HOTTEST COOKOUT! Smell the challenge, as the flames of destruction scorch your courage and ignite your fears. Just when you thought life was cool, the Bacterion Beast Squadron launches a massive counterattack that makes all other intergalactic battles seen like picnics. These plutonian chow hounds are starving for a victory. And if you're not careful, they'll char your hide, then serve you up like a stuffed Sarubian Space Pig! -Two megs memory intensifies five unbelievable new levels of deep space devastation. -Plot the galaxy's most feared fighter, and out-blast hundreds of psychotic space freaks who'll roast your tail with weapons unlike any you've ever encountered. -Unique duel scrolling battlefield speeds up the action and adds 3D effects to the carnage. -Select from three different pre-attack modes: Intruder Missiles, Laser Warfare and Double Guns 'A Blazing. -Capture Power-Up Spheres and increase your firepower with Ripple Blasts, Multiple Warheads, Ghost Fighters and Force Fields. -Sharpen your tactics in "Practice Galaxy" where you can increase your odds of survival... slightly!
First released: Sep 1991

Play Gradius: The Interstellar Assault on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Gradius: The Interstellar Assault 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).

Gradius: The Interstellar Assault 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 Gradius: The Interstellar Assault like you would on any PC.
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