How to play Sound Journal for Lovers on Mac

Game summary

Sound Journal for Lovers is a Downloadable Soundlink game for the Satellaview that was broadcast in 2 different volumes between February 8, 1998 and February 14, 1998. Sound Journal for Lovers comprises a set of text and images meant to smoothly accompany the music that played during the St.GIGA broadcast hour. The majority of the contents are screens displaying an artist listing and lyrics scrolling upwards. Of the minor interactions available to the player, a toggle option changes the lyrics from English to a Japanese translation. Some songs do not have an associated listing for lyrics.
First released: Feb 1998

Play Sound Journal for Lovers on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Sound Journal for Lovers 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).

Sound Journal for Lovers 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 Sound Journal for Lovers like you would on any PC.
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