How to play Nachtmission on Mac

PlatformsPlatform, Computer

Game summary

In Nachtmission you play as the pilot of a rescue helicopter. You begin at your base and fly into enemy territory to rescue the prisoners there. When a prison is found, you must shoot a hole in the wall to release the captives. Once you've collected some prisoners, you must fly them back to your base and drop them off. Your helicopter can only hold a limited number of captives at once, so you must make several trips. There are tanks in your way at the start, and as the enemy becomes aware of your efforts, jets and drones appear to add to the difficulty. Prisoners can easily be killed by friendly or enemy fire, or by landing on them. The objective is to rescue as many prisoners as possible while losing as few helicopters as possible. The world is 2.5-dimensional: it is presented in 3D but the player can only move up, down, left, and right. The player can rotate the helicopter in different directions: facing forward, the helicopter shoots straight down, making it easier to hit targets on the ground. Facing left or right, the helicopter shoots in those directions, which is best for hitting airborne targets. The helicopter can fly in any of the four directions independent of which direction it is facing.
First released: Mar 2018

Play Nachtmission on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Nachtmission 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).

Nachtmission 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 Nachtmission like you would on any PC.
Did it work?
Help us improve our guide by letting us know if it worked for you.
👎👍