How to play Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit on Mac

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Game summary

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅸ with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅸ," which was released in 2003 as the 9th game in the series. RTK Ⅸ is a strategy based simulation game based in China's chaotic Three Kingdoms period. Players portray a Daimyo and lead their clan in an attempt to unify the entire land of Japan. For the first time in the series, the game uses a single large map and brings together battle and strategy in an entirely new way. Players give their officers "Strategies" and those officers work to carry them out in real-time. Players can also set up facilities and obstacles on the battlefield to aid them. Officers can learn tactics and employ them in a strategic battle like none before.
First released: Oct 2017

Play Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit 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).

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit 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 Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit like you would on any PC.
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