How to play Pokémon Light Platinum on Mac
Game summary
You wake up in a mystery place and witness a fight between Arceus, Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. "It must be a nightmare" you think. Where are you and what is going on? When the dream ends, you appear to be in your house but you get a message that the Professor need your help. Only you know the secret language of Alpha, a language passed down by your father. It is the only key to solving the problem. Did that dream have any effect on your world? Get a Pokémon, travel across the world and save it before it's too late!
First released: Oct 2008
Play Pokémon Light Platinum on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Pokémon Light Platinum 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).
Pokémon Light Platinum 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 Pokémon Light Platinum like you would on any PC.
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