How to play Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai Taisen Puzzle-dama on Mac

Game summary

Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Taisen Puzzle-dama (ツヨシしっかりしなさい 対戦ぱずるだま Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Taisen Pazurudama?) is a Taisen Puzzle-Dama video game based on the manga Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai. It was developed and published by Konami, and was released exclusively in Japan in 1994, for the Super Famicom. It features the cast of the manga and anime Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai (usually localized as "Hang in There, Tsuyoshi") and Konami's own spin on Puyo Puyo: Taisen Puzzle-Dama ("Battle Puzzle Ball"). The goal of the game is to compete with a series of characters from Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai depending on who the player selected. Play involves stacking duos of faces of various colors. If the player completes a set of three faces - they don't have to be lined up, but they do need to be adjacent - the faces disappear. If they are next to a "trapped" face it is transformed into a normal face block. Ideally, the player completes a three-strong stack of identical-colored trapped faces and frees them in groups of three, which will then lead to a chain as those three vanish and free more trapped faces. The game was the first home console version of Konami's Taisen Puzzle-Dama series and the second game overall. The first version was the Arcade game Taisen Puzzle-Dama released earlier the same year. Future Taisen Puzzle-Dama games would also similarly feature anime license tie-ins, as well as characters from Konami's other properties.
First released: Nov 1994

Play Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai Taisen Puzzle-dama on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai Taisen Puzzle-dama 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).

Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai Taisen Puzzle-dama 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 Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai Taisen Puzzle-dama like you would on any PC.
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