How to play Queen of Hearts on Mac

Game summary

Queen of Hearts is a early pinball game. The ball is launched from the top right of the screen. The player controls flippers in the bottom half of the screen, and attempts to prevent the ball from falling through the hole in the bottom center of the screen. Gameplay features include: a "realistic" tilt feature, two different play fields, and 4 sequences which allow the player to rack up a large score if the sequence if struck in order. Each play field contains a variety of bumpers and bonus features. The player gets 3 balls per game, with the goal to maximize score. The player's score per ball is displayed on the right during gameplay.
First released: Dec 1983

Play Queen of Hearts on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Queen of Hearts 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).

Queen of Hearts 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 Queen of Hearts like you would on any PC.
Did it work?
Help us improve our guide by letting us know if it worked for you.
👎👍