How to play Singstar: Pop on Mac

Game summary

Be a Pop Superstar with SingStar® Pop Featuring a chart-topping line-up of today’s best artists, songs and videos, SingStar® Pop is the second release in the PlayStation®2’s newest interactive singing franchise. With custom microphones in hand, singers perform along to 30 songs and videos from “Top 40” artists such as Rihanna, All American Rejects, Cyndi Lauper, Gorillaz, Snow Patrol, U2 and more, turning your living room into the pop concert of the year - 30 chart-topping songs and videos from today’s top artists. - Available as a Standalone SKU or bundled with two custom, high-quality microphones and the SingStar® USB converter. - Multiple gameplay modes, including Solo, Freestyle, Pass the Mic, Battle and Duet, create a highly interactive social experience. - SingStar® technology recognizes pitch, tone and rhythm to accurately score performances. - Record your favorite performances onto Memory Card for future playback. Customize and enhance playback with numerous audio effects. - Includes EyeToy® USB camera compatibility: players can see themselves singing in place of the artist’s video. - Expandable Song Library: Disc Swap feature keeps the party rocking as different SingStar discs can be quickly changed.
First released: May 2005

Play Singstar: Pop on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Singstar: Pop 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).

Singstar: Pop 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 Singstar: Pop like you would on any PC.
Did it work?
Help us improve our guide by letting us know if it worked for you.
👎👍