How to play Star Wars: Starfighter on Mac

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Game summary

Join three heroic starfighter pilots in harrowing deep space and planetary missions to save the planet of Naboo. Star Wars Starfighter allows you to fly through a unique chapter of the Star Wars universe, piloting 20 realistic and accurately rendered 3D starships amidst a variety of 14 environments set in air and space. Takeoff on an epic journey that begins on the lush paradise planet of Naboo and continues through the climactic assault on the Droid Control Ship inspired by the motion picture Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Take on the roles of rookie Naboo pilot Rhys Dallows, mercenary Vana Sage, and alien pirate Nym as they join together in an unlikely alliance against an unexpected assault on a peaceful planet. As you fly to the aid of Naboo, you'll test your battle skills against more than 50 vehicles, including Trade Federation drop ships, battle tanks, Droid starfighters and never before seen craft such as the deadly Protector, Scarab, and Dagger.
First released: Feb 2001

Play Star Wars: Starfighter on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Star Wars: Starfighter 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).

Star Wars: Starfighter 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 Star Wars: Starfighter like you would on any PC.
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