How to play Gunboat: River Combat Simulation on Mac

Game summary

Gunboat is a 3D action simulation of River patrol U.S. Gunboat. Your Gunboat carries a crew of four men. A first-class petty officer who serves as boat captain and pilot. A gunner’s mate, who controls the forward guns. An engine man, who takes care of the engines and serves as midship gunner and a seaman who controls the guns.
First released: Dec 1990

Play Gunboat: River Combat Simulation on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Gunboat: River Combat Simulation 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).

Gunboat: River Combat Simulation 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 Gunboat: River Combat Simulation like you would on any PC.
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