How to play Spyro: Year of the Dragon - Collector's Edition on Mac

Game summary

The Collectors' Edition version of Spyro: Year of the Dragon. This game is part of a trilogy released in the Spyro Collectors' Edition boxset. This version is mostly the same as the original. The only key difference is the words "Collectors' Edition" on both the disc and manual. The manual also has a white Playstation banner instead of the typical black banner.
First released: Jun 2002

Play Spyro: Year of the Dragon - Collector's Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Spyro: Year of the Dragon - Collector's Edition 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).

Spyro: Year of the Dragon - Collector's Edition 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 Spyro: Year of the Dragon - Collector's Edition like you would on any PC.
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