How to play Plants vs. Zombies on Mac
Game summary
Plants vs. Zombies is an unofficial port of Plants vs. Zombies, made in 2012. It was likely developed by Nice Code.
Plants vs. Zombies utilizes the same engine as Angry Birds, and the music was recycled from said game. This port has fewer plants and zombies than the original but is considerably more faithful than the Angry Birds port. Plants vs. Zombies has five levels based on the first five of the official release.
First released: Mar 2012
Play Plants vs. Zombies on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Plants vs. Zombies 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).
Plants vs. Zombies 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 Plants vs. Zombies like you would on any PC.
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