How to play NCAA Basketball Final Four 97 on Mac
Game summary
Mindscape's 1997 installment in the NCAA basketball series, developed by High Voltage. The game features run-n-gun multiplayer gameplay. Play with up to eight other human players for the ultimate basketball experience. Get the best seat in the house by viewing the action from more than 10 different camera angles. NCAA Final Four 97 stars 64 of the hottest collegiate teams, with more than 50 different motion-captured dunks. In addition to challenging your buddies to courtside action, a special Coach's Mode allows you to make your own playbook. You can also assign up to four offensive plays and four defensive sets, and even call the plays on the fly so you don't have to stop the action to set up your players.
First released: Jun 1997
Play NCAA Basketball Final Four 97 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play NCAA Basketball Final Four 97 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).
NCAA Basketball Final Four 97 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 NCAA Basketball Final Four 97 like you would on any PC.
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