How to play King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride on Mac

PlatformsComputer

Game summary

A magical adventure that will touch your heart. Plunge headlong into a legendary tale of magic and enchantment your whole family will love. From the creative talents of best-selling computer game author Roberta Williams, comes the seventh exciting chapter in the King's Quest series: King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride, the most heartwarming and beautifully animated adventure game of all time. Unfolding in book-like chapters, the Princeless Bride begins when Princess Rosella is lured into a magical pool and the enchanted world beyond. Her mother Queen Valanice plunges in after her, and they find themselves in a land beyond dreams. The realm of Eldritch is inhabited by delightful and fantastic creatures: talking stags, friendly trolls, a magnificent crystal dragon, and many others. But Eldritch is in the darkest peril. An evil enchantress plots to destroy the Magic Realm, forcing Rosella and Valanice to use their courage, wisdom, and heart as they battle her for the survival of an entire world. Using breathtaking feature-film quality animation, this epic story takes you through a series of magical regions; a mystic and ancient desert, the volcanic crystal caverns of the trolls, a delightfully spooky land of suprises, and so much more. As Rosella searches for the beautiful Etheria, Land In The Clouds, Valanice searches for her daughter, and both become caught up in the adventure of their lives.
First released: Nov 1994

Play King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride 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 VII: The Princeless Bride 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 VII: The Princeless Bride like you would on any PC.
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