How to play Mario Takes America on Mac
Game summary
Mario Takes America is a canceled game that was developed for the Philips CD-i.
According to the UK CD-i magazine announcement, the game would have featured Mario using multiple vehicles (mentioning truck, train, car, aeroplane, helicopter, and a motorbike as being usable) during the game and that it would take place on Earth (in a manner not unlike Super Mario's Wacky Worlds, another canceled CD-i project) and more specifically, the United States of America. The plot of the game would have Mario arriving at New York and travelling across America in order to reach Hollywood to star in his own feature film.
Play Mario Takes America on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Mario Takes America 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).
Mario Takes America 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 Mario Takes America like you would on any PC.
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