How to play Kore ga Pro Yakyuu '89 on Mac

Game summary

A baseball game for the PC Engine. Features twelve actual Japanese baseball teams. Kore ga Pro Yakyuu '89 ("This is Professional Baseball '89") is a baseball game for the PC Engine and the first of two games with the Kore ga Pro Yakyuu brand, followed by Kore ga Pro Yakyuu '90. It features twelve teams from the Nippon Professional Baseball organization as it was in 1989. The game resembles most baseball games of the era, with a behind-the-batter perspective when pitching and batting and a top-down view when fielding.
First released: Dec 1989

Play Kore ga Pro Yakyuu '89 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Kore ga Pro Yakyuu '89 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).

Kore ga Pro Yakyuu '89 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 Kore ga Pro Yakyuu '89 like you would on any PC.
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