How to play Pac-Manic Miner Man on Mac
Game summary
Pac-Manic Miner Man was written in 2012 by Jim Bagley to run the classic ZX Spectrum Game Manic Miner on Pac-Man Arcade hardware, a long time ambition of his was to write an arcade game on arcade hardware but little did he know he would eventually write a game that would run on Pac-Man hardware. After finding the memory map for Pac-Man he decided the opportunity was too good to miss and as a tribute to the classic ZX Spectrum game he wrote Pac-Manic Miner Man as it fit the constraints of the hardware.
First released: Feb 2013
Play Pac-Manic Miner Man on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Pac-Manic Miner Man 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).
Pac-Manic Miner Man 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 Pac-Manic Miner Man like you would on any PC.
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