How to play Pinball on Mac
Game summary
See an entire pinball arcade with flashing lights, full digital sound effects and challenging playing fields materialise before your eyes.
The robotic Cyber combines fast action with a complicating factor. Try to launch the ball from the magnet for higher scores.
Enter the world of World War I in Dog Fight. Your mission is to shoot down Fokkers and other planes as you traverse the war torn countryside. Your flippers have gas tanks in them, so don’t use them carelessly!
Spring Break is filled with beach babes, surfer dudes and major wave action. Try to spell the words “spring break” by hitting the beach balls. Once you do, take a trip into the local cafe for bonus scores.
Meltdown is totally nuclear!
First released: Dec 1991
Play Pinball on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Pinball 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).
Pinball 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 Pinball like you would on any PC.
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