How to play King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! on Mac
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Game summary
Journey into danger. The greatest adventure in the history of Daventry is about to begin...
...as you embark with King Graham on the most thrilling and perilous adventure of his career - the quest for the missing Royal Family of Daventry.
Experience the magical world of King's Quest V, and discover why more people have played King's Quest than any other computer game series in history.
Roberta Williams has been designing graphic adventure games since 1980, beginning with the groundbreaking Mystery House, the first computer game to combine text and graphics. She has gone on to become the best-selling interactive adventure author in the world; her King's Quest series has sold more than a million copies worldwide, making it the bestselling computer adventure ever.
First released: Nov 1990
Play King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! 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).
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! 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 King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! like you would on any PC.
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