How to play Sensible World of Soccer '97/'98 on Mac
Game summary
Unofficial update for Sensible World of Soccer 96/97 (Amiga). After SWOS development ended in 1996, some fan projects tried to keep SWOS up-to-date, like the Cresswell brothers from England, Gideon and Dom Cresswell, along with various others. who collected data from several internet forums and created an unofficial update to '97/'98 for Amiga.
First released: Dec 1997
Play Sensible World of Soccer '97/'98 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Sensible World of Soccer '97/'98 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).
Sensible World of Soccer '97/'98 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 Sensible World of Soccer '97/'98 like you would on any PC.
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