How to play Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Mac

Game summary

What Sleeps Behind the Door? Time passes, the pages turn…and a new chapter unfolds in an unfamiliar land! Get ready for a two-dimensional role-playing adventure for the ages as Mario returns to paper form to discover a mystery that sleeps behind an ancient, legendary portal called the Thousand-Year Door. The quest is long, the dangers many, and this time, Mario will have to make full use of his papery qualities just to survive. Take to the stage! Impressing the crowd builds power for super attacks, but don’t disappoint the audience, or you’ll pay! No need to go it alone! You’ll need to rely on sidekicks to survive, and even enemies have roles to play… Don’t fold under pressure! Fold into a paper airplane, turn sideways to slip through cracks, and much more. Stay on your toes! Stamp foes, swing your hammer, and use timely button presses to do damage!
First released: Jul 2004

Play Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 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).

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 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 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door like you would on any PC.
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