How to play Popeye no Eigo Asobi on Mac

Game summary

A English learning game starring Popeye and friends, based on the Popeye arcade game. Word Puzzle is a version of the classic word game Hangman, where you have to guess the word in the category by choosing letters with a limited number of attempts. In Word Puzzle A, you receive a clue in Japanese while Word Puzzle B offers no clues other than the category. Word Catcher is a multiplayer challenge where Player I is Popeye and Player II is Bluto as both compete to catch the letters Olive Oyl throws in a certain order using the clues that appear.
First released: Dec 1983

Play Popeye no Eigo Asobi on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Popeye no Eigo Asobi 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).

Popeye no Eigo Asobi 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 Popeye no Eigo Asobi like you would on any PC.
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