How to play Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse on Mac
| Platforms | Computer |
Game summary
Wield psychic powers against fearsome foes in this epic 5 game comedy saga.
In The Devil’s Playhouse series, a mysterious power calls to the strongest and strangest who might wield it - intergalactic warlords and eldritch gods, under-dwellers and scholars of the arcane.
This first episode starts with a bang as gorilla invader Skunk'ape sets his sights on Max’s mysterious abilities. While mastering his future sight, teleportation, shape shifting and mind reading powers - and investigating their source - Sam & Max must fend off villainous Skunk’ape and get him banished to The Penal Zone.
The saga plays out in a surreal symphony of mayhem that gets deeper and more twisted with each episode.
* Episode 1: The Penal Zone
* Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
* Episode 3: They Stole Max's Brain!
* Episode 4: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
* Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep
First released: Apr 2010
Play Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse 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).
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse 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 Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse like you would on any PC.
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