How to play Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity on Mac

Game summary

So many battles... so much slaughter... and still there is no peace! The shadow of Chaos once more darkens the spires of the Citadel, for the evil spirit of Shandar seeks reincarnation in the vast body of the lord of Sith — last and most powerful of the ancient Black Dragons. Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity offers a role-playing adventure that surpasses its enormously popular predecessors; more than 100 characters with unique and life-like personalities (including animal companions). Ishar 3 also includes richly satisfying magic and combat systems with lush, spectacular night-and-day graphics, a challenging new time-travel feature. auto-mapping. extensive use of full-motion animated sequences. unlimited save-game facility and much, much more. The gates of Time are opening. Do you have the courage to pass through their mysterious portals?
First released: Dec 1994

Play Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity 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).

Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity 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 Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity like you would on any PC.
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