How to play Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific on Mac

PlatformsPlatform, Computer

Game summary

Surface Naval action in the south pacific. A Long Lance torpedo rips through the hull of your flagship. Huge columns of water from enemy gunfire surround your battleships. It's just another day in Task Force 1942, the first in a new series of spectacular World War II Pacific War simulations from MicroProse. This is your chance to command a fleet of destroyers, cruisers and battleships against aggressive enemy forces in the South Pacific. No detail has been overlooked in this painstakingly researched simulation. Your daily routine will include firing torpedoes into enemy vessels. Issuing commands to ships and convoys. And confronting enemy ships head-on in explosive night battles. Plus, to really boost your confidence, you'll experience frightening torpedo wakes and blinding explosions so realistic you'll need to change uniforms every time you play. Task Force 1942 from MicroProse. It's the only way to experience the thrills... and risks... of surface naval combat in World War II.
First released: Nov 2014

Play Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific 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).

Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific 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 Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific like you would on any PC.
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