How to play Jill of the Jungle: Jill Goes Underground on Mac

Game summary

Jill of the Jungle is a platform sidescroller which was released during the same period as Commander Keen and Duke Nukem. Players play as an Amazon woman who can use various types of weapons and enhancements as she progresses through levels slaying monsters and finding keys. The first episode in the trilogy (Jill of the Jungle) contains 15 playable levels, including a bonus level, each of which can be entered from an overworld resembling another level. This second episode uses 20 sequential levels without an overworld. (Wikipedia)
First released: Dec 1992

Play Jill of the Jungle: Jill Goes Underground on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Jill of the Jungle: Jill Goes Underground 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).

Jill of the Jungle: Jill Goes Underground 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 Jill of the Jungle: Jill Goes Underground like you would on any PC.
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