How to play P.T.O. II: Pacific Theater of Operations on Mac

Game summary

P.T.O. II (Pacific Theater of Operations), released as Teitoku no Ketsudan II (提督の決断II?)[4] in Japan, is a Koei strategy video game that depicts the conflict between the USA and Japan during World War II.[5] The video game is a sequel to P.T.O.. It was originally released in 1993 for the NEC PC-9801 and had been ported to various platforms since, such as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The NEC PC-9801 version came with an enhancement pack. A version was released exclusive in Japan for the MS-DOS operating system; it also works on Windows operating systems from 3.1 through Windows ME.
First released: Dec 1996

Play P.T.O. II: Pacific Theater of Operations on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play P.T.O. II: Pacific Theater of Operations 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).

P.T.O. II: Pacific Theater of Operations 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 P.T.O. II: Pacific Theater of Operations like you would on any PC.
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