How to play Mighty the Armadillo in Sonic the Hedgehog on Mac

Game summary

Mighty the Armadillo in Sonic the Hedgehog is a modification of Sonic 1 that brings the long-missing-but-recently-found member of the Chaotix to South Island for his own adventure! Mighty realizes that Dr.Robotnik is up to no good and is capturing animals into Robots silently while Sonic is out. Being a good friend of the blue blur and knowing Robotnik from his previous encounters he gives chase across South Island to thwart his plans! He brings with him his wall jump ability, however not his hammer drop it's been quite some time since his Mania adventures and has to warm up on using it again. Besides this though he does bring the spindash to the party as well!
First released: Nov 2011

Play Mighty the Armadillo in Sonic the Hedgehog on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Mighty the Armadillo in Sonic the Hedgehog 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).

Mighty the Armadillo in Sonic the Hedgehog 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 Mighty the Armadillo in Sonic the Hedgehog like you would on any PC.
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