How to play Portal Gun in Sonic 2 on Mac

Game summary

Portal Gun in Sonic 2 is a Modification of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 that does just that add the portal gun from the portal series into Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Sonic's Sprites have been tweaked, and the Portal Gun is fully functional the portals warping you to their adjacent portal. The portals can also interact with Enemies and Bosses.
First released: Aug 2014

Play Portal Gun in Sonic 2 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Portal Gun in Sonic 2 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).

Portal Gun in Sonic 2 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 Portal Gun in Sonic 2 like you would on any PC.
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