How to play Konami Game Collection Vol. 1 on Mac
Game summary
This is the first of five Konami's Game Collections released on two 3.5" diskettes. Volume 1 has the following MSX-1 games:
- Knightmare
- Antarctic Adventure
- Yie Ar Kung-Fu
- Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2: The Emperor Yie-Gah
- King's Valley with level editor
These collections where only ever released in Japan, and as such the menu to select the game is in Japanese. But the actual games will display the same as the original releases. The second disk contains just King's Valley, and can be started directly by booting with the disk instead of going through the menu on disk1.
Compared to the original releases, these games have enhanced SCC+ music, when used with the 'SCC+ Sound Cartridge' from the Konami game 'Snatcher' or 'SD Snatcher'.
First released: Feb 1988
Play Konami Game Collection Vol. 1 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Konami Game Collection Vol. 1 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).
Konami Game Collection Vol. 1 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 Konami Game Collection Vol. 1 like you would on any PC.
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