How to play Mahjong Shikaku Retsuden: Mahjong Wars on Mac

Game summary

A dual Mahjong game/RPG from Nihon Bussan. Mahjong Shikaku Retsuden: Mahjong Wars ("Mahjong Assassin Chronicles: Mahjong Wars") is a PC Engine Mahjong game from Nichibutsu/Nihon Bussan, related to their Mahjong Triple Wars game. It features two modes: in one, the player takes on different opponents in one-on-one games, while in the other the player is walking around in an RPG world with party members and mahjong games as the "battles". The original Mahjong Shikaku game was released for the Arcades and MSX2 and is a "strip mahjong" game. This enhanced PC Engine version removes the nudity.
First released: Feb 1990

Play Mahjong Shikaku Retsuden: Mahjong Wars on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Mahjong Shikaku Retsuden: Mahjong Wars 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).

Mahjong Shikaku Retsuden: Mahjong Wars 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 Mahjong Shikaku Retsuden: Mahjong Wars like you would on any PC.
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