How to play SimHarbor on Mac

Game summary

You have been asked to build a harbor for a town near the Atlantic ocean. With a starting capital of £200,000 from the city council, the work begins! SimHarbor is a harbor building sim. Set up the piers, equipment and storage needed to service over 120 different ships. Expand your infrastructure, balance your finances and protect your harbor from disasters in this compelling sim. Reading the manual before jumping in is highly recommended, this is a contender for the HyperCard engine's most complicated game.
First released: Dec 2003

Play SimHarbor on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play SimHarbor 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).

SimHarbor 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 SimHarbor like you would on any PC.
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