How to play Soulstar X on Mac
Game summary
Core Design's original Sega CD game Soul Star is an awesome shooter featuring colorful sprite-based graphics, smooth scaling, and a behind-the-ship view. The upgraded Soul Star X would have made a fine showcase title for the 32x, especially with enhanced graphics and additional levels.
Soul Star is pseudo-3D, cockpit-view space shooting game from Core -- the peaceful six planets of the Soulstar have been invaded by the Myrkoids, and you are the last hope as a space warrior with blazing weapons.
Soul Star X was never released
Play Soulstar X on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Soulstar X 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).
Soulstar X 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 Soulstar X like you would on any PC.
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