How to play The Messenger on Mac

PlatformsComputer

Game summary

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. Leveraging players expectations as a core game design ingredient, The Messenger is first presented as an 8-bit action platformer with a simple story, that unravels into an epic time traveling tale, eventually revealing itself as a 16-bit Metroidvania game packed with replay value and deadpan humor. An epic ninja adventure with challenging gameplay and tight controls. Legit 8-bit and 16-bit art and music reminiscent of your favorite NES and SNES games. Memorable cast of (often silly) villains, bosses and associates. Catchy soundtrack by renowned chiptune composer Rainbowdragoneyes, made in Famitracker. Character upgrades, new abilities, hidden levels and story arcs to discover. Challenging and visceral gameplay where mastery is a thing to behold.
First released: Aug 2018

Play The Messenger on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play The Messenger 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 Messenger 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 Messenger like you would on any PC.
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