How to play Moonrider on Mac

Game summary

The object of the game is to drive your moon buggy across the moon surface to complete the levels. You must jump over craters and small rocks and shoot the big rocks so you can continue. If that wasn't enough you have aliens above you, one shoots at you, the other throws bombs in front on you. If you get hit by the aliens or fall into a crater or hit one of the rocks you go back to the last restore point that you passed.
First released: Dec 1986

Play Moonrider on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Moonrider 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).

Moonrider 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 Moonrider like you would on any PC.
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