How to play Mario's Face on Mac
Game summary
Mario's Face was a tech demo for the Nintendo DS. It had Mario's face in it, which could be squeezed in various ways, similar to the title screen of Super Mario 64, although the touch screen was used instead. Some ideas for moving Mario's face around have been removed from the real game. A Wario face was also available. It was reworked into the title screen of Super Mario 64 DS, albeit quite differently. The top screen uses graphics similar to Super Mario Bros. in Super Mario All-Stars.
Play Mario's Face on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Mario's Face 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's Face 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's Face like you would on any PC.
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