How to play Repton 2 on Mac

Game summary

The sequel to the hugely popular Repton, this game, while following the same basic 'Boulderdash' puzzle style gameplay as the original, added a few new features to freshen things up: meteors, which would fall from the sky and kill upon contact, skulls, static objects that would kill the player if he was careless enough to walk into it, and the fast-moving spirits which would journey around the map hugging walls and objects and veering to any left-angles they came across. Rather than simply being avoided, spirits had to be guided into entering cages where they would transform into diamonds. Additionally, where the first game consisted of 12 static levels, with a password being used to access any later levels once completed - thus in effect being the save game mechanism, Repton 2 consisted of 16 maps connected by single-use transporters that would go between maps or unreachable parts of the same map. In order to actually complete the game, the player had to collect all 4744 earth sections, all 1634 diamonds, kill all 18 monsters, use each one of the 64 transporters, and complete a 42 piece jigsaw puzzle. The puzzle pieces were spread across all 16 maps and the final piece could only be collected, back on the first map, once all of the above had been completed. The jigsaw spelled out' 'REPTON 2 IS ENDED'. In order to promote the game there was a competition held: The first 100 users who sent in a photograph of the screen with the completed jigsaw and a congratulatory message would receive a t-shirt, with one drawn winner receiving £200.
First released: Nov 1985

Play Repton 2 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Repton 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).

Repton 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 Repton 2 like you would on any PC.
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