How to play MechWarrior 3050 on Mac

Game summary

MechWarrior 3050 is the second Battletech based game from Activision for the Super NES. This time around its viewed in an isometric view as opposed to the first person view of the previous game. The game also features a unique 2 player mode where one player controls the bottom half of the mech to navigate it around the map while the second player controls the upper torso which moves independently.
First released: Feb 1994

Play MechWarrior 3050 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play MechWarrior 3050 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).

MechWarrior 3050 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 MechWarrior 3050 like you would on any PC.
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