How to play Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: Space Exploration Game on Mac
Game summary
Based on the PBS kids program, The Magic School Bus along with Ms. Frizzle and her companion Liz takes the player throughout the solar system one planet at a time to learn about them while exploring each one. Along the way, players will be transported on the bus on their way to the next planet where they can take photos of the planets, their moons, stars, among many other things they can see. Along the way they will encounter puzzles they have to solve in order to advance using the facts they have learned through their planetary visit and can also build their own solar system in any way they choose.
First released: Feb 1995
Play Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: Space Exploration Game on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: Space Exploration Game 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).
Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: Space Exploration Game 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 Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: Space Exploration Game like you would on any PC.
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