How to play Pensate on Mac
| Platforms | Computer |
Game summary
Pensate is a single-player, shareware, strategy/puzzle, turn based game that is based on the 1983 game by Penguin Software. This implementation is played on an 8x8 board and has ten levels. The players objective is to navigate their piece from the bottom of the board to the top, their token can only be moved horizontally or vertically. Also on the game area are opposing pieces which behave like chess pieces which move position every time the player makes a move, so the migration from the bottom of the screen to the top is complicated by the need to avoid being captured by these pieces.
First released: Dec 1992
Play Pensate on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Pensate 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).
Pensate 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 Pensate like you would on any PC.
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