How to play Spider Raid on Mac

Game summary

The player controls a spider which attempts to eat a single fly on the screen. The fly will flit bout randomly, only staying in one place for a few seconds at a time. The player has a health bar on the left, and gains strength whenever they eat a fly. There are several dangers the spider faces, including cans of bug spray which move towards the player, and drops of water which fall from the sky. If the player is hit by water, they are pushed away from the fly. The player loses a life if their health falls to zero There are also leaves on the screen which move the player closer to the fly. The player has a total of 3 lives, and when all are lost it's game over.
First released: Dec 1982

Play Spider Raid on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Spider Raid 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).

Spider Raid 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 Spider Raid like you would on any PC.
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