How to play Shiryou Sensen: War of The Dead on Mac

Game summary

Set in the small town of Chaney's Hill, the game stars Lila, a member of the US Army's team of paranormal investigators: S-SWAT (Supernatural and Special Weapon Attack Team). She's sent to the area after all communications are cut off and an entire company of Marines disappears without a trace. The game is indeed a lot like Zelda II, with its overworld map and side-on battles. Except there are no dungeons as such, only a few interior locations such as a school and hospital to explore. The basic premise is that protagonist Lila has to wander the town, rounding up surviving townsfolk and marines, and leading them back to a church.
First released: Feb 1987

Play Shiryou Sensen: War of The Dead on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Shiryou Sensen: War of The Dead 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).

Shiryou Sensen: War of The Dead 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 Shiryou Sensen: War of The Dead like you would on any PC.
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