How to play Shawn Johnson Gymnastics on Mac

PlatformsPortable console

Game summary

Compatible with the Wii Balance Board, Shawn Johnson Gymnastics offers a truly realistic experience in the following gymnastics events: floor exercise, vault, balance beam and uneven parallel bars. Featuring the guidance and voice of Olympic gold medalist, all-round champion and "Dancing with the Stars" winner Shawn Johnson, the game invites up to eight players to train and compete in the exciting world of professional gymnastics. Aspiring gymnasts can work their way from amateur to champion as they master gymnastics maneuvers on four apparatuses, including uneven bars, balance beam, floor, and vault. Featuring exclusive bonus content of Shawn Johnson that players can unlock by perfecting routines, the game allows players to experience the thrill of this inspirational sport right in their own living room and includes a choreograph editor for creating and planning out routines. Shawn Johnson Gymnastics for the Wii, lets players utilize the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to compete and execute routines, while the pressure sensitivity feature of the Balance Board challenges their coordination and captures their lower-body movements.
First released: Dec 2010

Play Shawn Johnson Gymnastics on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Shawn Johnson Gymnastics 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).

Shawn Johnson Gymnastics 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 Shawn Johnson Gymnastics like you would on any PC.
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