How to play Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1994 on Mac
Game summary
The first game in a series of Christmas-themed Jazz Jackrabbit releases.
Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 94 is a special shareware release of the first Jazz Jackrabbit title, released in December 1994. This release of the game features a unique christmas-themed level. This Holiday Hare episode was later retroactively added on subsequent prints of the CD-ROM version as Episode X.
First released: Dec 1994
Play Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1994 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1994 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).
Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1994 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 Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1994 like you would on any PC.
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