How to play Skipper and Skeeto: The Great Treasure Hunt on Mac

PlatformsComputer

Game summary

A Danish edutainment point-and-click adventure game set in a castle. The player directs Skipper and Skeeto, a mole and mosquito, as they try to find a treasure hidden in the castle. They have one hour to find the treasure or the castle will be demolished. As one hour is too little, the player can discover invisible "forgotten moments" by scanning the screen with a magnifying glass. The game has small minigames centered around subjects such as the solar system, stars or the periodic table . Most of the game is about exploring the castle, collecting items and using them to get forward. At the end of the game there is a maze. The game is second game of the francise, having very loose ties with the first game.
First released: Dec 1997

Play Skipper and Skeeto: The Great Treasure Hunt on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Skipper and Skeeto: The Great Treasure Hunt 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).

Skipper and Skeeto: The Great Treasure Hunt 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 Skipper and Skeeto: The Great Treasure Hunt like you would on any PC.
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