How to play Quadron on Mac

Game summary

"Quadron is an original arcade style game for the 48K ZX Spectrum created in the mould of the 1980s Williams classics. Set in the Quadron complex, you are charged with the task of defending the crystals mined by the relentless onset of marauding aliens. Featuring fast arcade style gameplay, multiple weapons, enemies, collectables, powerups, and a pointer based status screen and scanner, the game calls for both fast reactions and a surprising dose of strategy!" "The game was written in assembler on the Spectrum over the course of two years and completed in early 1988. Sadly, the publisher (now defunct) pulled out towards the end of development and the game remained unreleased along with its plans for an Amstrad CPC conversion. Now on its 30th anniversary I'm making it available for anyone interested. While I don't have access to the original source code, I do have many of my original notes and have been working with the disassembly to prepare the game for release with a few tweaks and bug fixes. As part of the downloads I've also made available scans of the basic and detailed instruction printouts from 1987, complete with the original spelling / grammatical errors!"
First released: Dec 2018

Play Quadron on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Quadron 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).

Quadron 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 Quadron like you would on any PC.
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