How to play Pride of Nations: American Civil War 1862 on Mac

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Game summary

This scenario starts in 1862 with the Union and the Confederacy locked in a titanic struggle for supremacy of a divided nation. Use strategic planning and operations to take advantage of each sides strengths and weaknesses. Only the most cunning leaders will prevail and lead their armies to victory. Many authentic aspects of the American Civil War are present, including possible foreign intervention in the conflict.
First released: Dec 2011

Play Pride of Nations: American Civil War 1862 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Pride of Nations: American Civil War 1862 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).

Pride of Nations: American Civil War 1862 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 Pride of Nations: American Civil War 1862 like you would on any PC.
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