How to play Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 20: Space Harrier II ~Space Harrier Complete Collection~ on Mac

Game summary

As the name suggests, this game is a compilation of five emulated Space Harrier games. It comes with a number of options, such as resolution changes, filters and 2D/3D support for Space Harrier 3D (and the resources for making your own red/blue 3D glasses). Also included are scanned manuals, artwork, sheet music and a demonstration of a professional playing the game. Of the original Space Harrier, this compilation consist of three versions of it: Arcade, Master System and Game Gear. It even comes with a Space Harrier themed japanese Sega Master System Boot menu.
First released: Oct 2005

Play Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 20: Space Harrier II ~Space Harrier Complete Collection~ on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 20: Space Harrier II ~Space Harrier Complete Collection~ 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).

Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 20: Space Harrier II ~Space Harrier Complete Collection~ 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 Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 20: Space Harrier II ~Space Harrier Complete Collection~ like you would on any PC.
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