How to play Hyper Metroid on Mac
Game summary
Samus Returns again for her third adventure, but things aren’t quite the same this time around…
Relive the amazing Super Metroid in a whole new light! Hyper Metroid is a complete overhaul of the original game, featuring:
A dark twist on the original Metroid story-line
A brand new zebes to explore with several brand new areas
A new, highly customized weapon system featuring JAM’s Spazer + Plasma
Grime’s fast paced, highly fluid Project Base used as a base for the game
carefully balanced difficulty to satisfy all ranges of players
First released: Apr 2015
Play Hyper Metroid on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Hyper Metroid 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).
Hyper Metroid 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 Hyper Metroid like you would on any PC.
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