How to play Planet of Crawlers on Mac
Game summary
Planet of Crawlers is a 1-player science fiction themed arcade game for the Apple II.
The player controls a spaceship on the bottom of the screen which moves horizontally and can fire vertically. The player has to avoid mushrooms, as well as a white and orange spiders. The spiders move towards the player, bouncing off the edges of the play area. The white spider moves more vertically, while the red one prefers a larger angle. These identical two monsters appear repeatedly. The player has 20 ships, and it's game over when all are lost. the player is awarded points for spiders killed.
First released: Dec 1983
Play Planet of Crawlers on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Planet of Crawlers 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).
Planet of Crawlers 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 Planet of Crawlers like you would on any PC.
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