How to play SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative on Mac
Game summary
SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative, or simply titled SDI and sometimes known as Global Defense, is a 1987 side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game originally produced and released internationally by Sega. It was later ported to home computers and game consoles, some by other companies. Players control a satellite and must destroy enemies by moving a crosshair over them and firing the satellite's weapons.
Play SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative 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).
SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative 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 SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative like you would on any PC.
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