How to play Super Mario Bros: Odyssey (Chapter 1) on Mac

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Game summary

Super Mario Bros Odyssey Ch.1 is an unofficial fan game which is a retelling of the very first Super Mario Bros game, with cutscenes, new sprites, original levels, unlockable skin-sets and levels, and a few characters and items from future Mario games. It has nothing to do with later released Super Mario Odyssey official game, it was released years before Super Mario Odyssey started development.
First released: Feb 2014

Play Super Mario Bros: Odyssey (Chapter 1) on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Super Mario Bros: Odyssey (Chapter 1) 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).

Super Mario Bros: Odyssey (Chapter 1) 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 Super Mario Bros: Odyssey (Chapter 1) like you would on any PC.
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