How to play NFL's Greatest: San Francisco vs. Dallas 1978-1993 on Mac

Game summary

Top stars for the Cowboys and 49ers from the 70's, 80's, and 90's in one game. Staubach, Dorsett, "Too Tall" Jones, Aikman, Irvin, Smith - take the field against Montana, Lott, Clark, Rice, Watters, Young - just to name a few! You choose the quarterback, you call the plays - then watch the action unfold in full color TruVideo! Imagine Tony Dorsett and Troy Aikman in the same backfield, or Steve Young hitting Dwight Clark with a TD pass, or "Too Tall" Jones chasing down Young - it can happen! 15 years of real football footage from the NFL Films Library and the latest Sega CD sound and technology make your dream game come to life!
First released: Feb 1993

Play NFL's Greatest: San Francisco vs. Dallas 1978-1993 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play NFL's Greatest: San Francisco vs. Dallas 1978-1993 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).

NFL's Greatest: San Francisco vs. Dallas 1978-1993 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 NFL's Greatest: San Francisco vs. Dallas 1978-1993 like you would on any PC.
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