How to play The Legend of Zelda: Picross on Mac

Game summary

A picross fangame based on A Link to the Past, avaiable in the Universal Updater for the 3DS homebrew. You start at Link's house, go to Hyrule Field where a fork leads you to the main dungeon (since the other ways are blocked by a boulder and a grass respectively), fight an enemy in the dungeon that gives you a sword to cut the grass, and so on. It has exploration, bosses, itens, hearts and a bucketload of picross puzzles.
First released: Jan 2017

Play The Legend of Zelda: Picross on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play The Legend of Zelda: Picross 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 Legend of Zelda: Picross 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 Legend of Zelda: Picross like you would on any PC.
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