How to play The House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut on Mac

Game summary

When a hard-boiled agent and a fresh graduate of the academy team up with a lone stripper named Varla Guns to investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in small-town Louisiana, little do they know what lies in store. In the streets and swamps of Bayou City awaits a horror unlike any they could imagine. Arm yourself with an arsenal of weapons and get ready to shoot your way to survival as hordes of zombies descend in this Extended Cut of The House of the Dead: Overkill. The House of the Dead Overkill Extended Cut Featuring new levels Featuring new levels Use Playstations motion sensing Move Use Playstations motion sensing Move Fight against hordes of enemies Fight against hordes of enemies Synopsis The House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut deposits you in a retro, B movie-style world crawling with monstrous zombies hungry for your brain. Rediscover the nightmare with seven remastered levels and two new exclusive levels, all in stunning 3D with remastered HD graphics. New baby mutants and a radical new crossbow with explosive bolts refresh the gameplay and add a whole new element of terror to the mutant-shooting fun. Mow down the rampaging zombies with your motion-sensing PlayStation Move controller or PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter. Blast the zombies in their tracks as you fight for your life and try to determine the horrific truth behind the blood-soaked mutant horror. Key Features: Extended Cut features new levels, weapons, mutants and more in stunning 3D and remastered HD graphics Use your motion-sensing PlayStation Move controller or PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter to shoot down waves of marauding zombies hungry for brains (controller and Sharp Shooter not included) Team up with a friend to play as Agent G and Agent Washington, who are investigating a series of disappearances and find a scene of blood-soaked mutant horror instead See the pulp-style saga unfold in over-the-top horror similar to a classic B movie Explore seven rem
First released: Nov 2011

Play The House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play The House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut 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).

The House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut 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 The House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut like you would on any PC.
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