How to play Metal Sonic Hyperdrive on Mac

Game summary

Metal Sonic Hyperdrive is a modification of Sonic the Hedgehog that stars Metal Sonic as the main character role - more specifically a reprogrammed Metal Sonic. The hack also features other characters besides Metal such as: Sonic,Lone Devil (KAZ),Kirby, and even Somari! Each coming with their own unique abilities: Metal can use the Super Peel-Out, and Maximum Hyperdrive Attacks, Sonic can Spindash in traditional fashion. Somari can spindash, but in a less traditional fasion, Lone Devil can use his Sythe to attack and freefall, and Kirby can inhale enemies, no copy abilities.
First released: Dec 2011

Play Metal Sonic Hyperdrive on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Metal Sonic Hyperdrive 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).

Metal Sonic Hyperdrive 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 Metal Sonic Hyperdrive like you would on any PC.
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