How to play The Settlers II - History Edition on Mac

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Game summary

The Settlers II History Edition is modernized version of the highly detailed and humorous economic simulation. As leader of the Romans, you take over the responsibility for the fate of your people. Withstand the elements and be aware of your opponents: Vikings, Nubians and Japanese. Includes The Settlers II, The Settlers II Mission and the map editor. Some of the improvement highlights include: Windows 10 compatible, auto save, different resolutions including full screen, mouse, keyboard, and controller support for split-screen mode
First released: Nov 2018

Play The Settlers II - History Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play The Settlers II - History Edition 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 Settlers II - History Edition 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 Settlers II - History Edition like you would on any PC.
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