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

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Game summary

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅷ with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅷ," which was released in 2001 as the 8th game in the series. RTK Ⅷ is a Historical Simulation game where players direct their heroes in a bid for power over all of China amongst the turbulent times of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Wu, and Shu. Players choose to play one of eight classes, from "Ruler" or "Strategist" to "Boss" of a volunteer force. They try to advance themselves and their Force by fulfilling assignments, helping with domestic and foreign affairs, and fighting in the many battles which erupted throughout that time. Players also enjoy a variety of other events that occurred in the life of their heroes, like marriage, finding brothers or rivals, and more.
First released: Aug 2017

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

The easiest way to play Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII 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 VIII 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 VIII with Power Up Kit like you would on any PC.
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