How to play Ultra SCSIcide on Mac
Game summary
SCSIcide is an original, fast-paced homebrew game released back in 2001 by Joe Grand of Pixels Past. In SCSIcide you play the role of a hard drive read head. As the different colored bits scroll by on the hard drive platter, you need to quickly read them in the correct order before you suffer a buffer underflow. As you complete each level, the data scrolls by more and more quickly! How far can you go? If you're a fan of Activision's Kaboom!, then you'll love SCSIcide.
Joe Grand has spent some time recently updating SCSIcide and has released a new version of the game titled Ultra SCSIcide. This latest version of the game contains many improvements over the original:
Added support for joystick controllers. Controller type is automatically detected when you press the paddle or joystick fire button to start the game.
Fixed the flicker that used to occur at the beginning of each level.
Changed background and data bit color palette to make bits easier to distinguish.
Reduced track size from 10 to 8 bits, for a more appropriate one byte per level.
Changed speed increase per level - only two random data bits increase in speed each level.
Modified the sound and scoring routines to account for longer gameplay and higher levels.
Changed title screen text and added GIS and Pixels Past logos.
Added a PAL version of the game.
First released: Feb 2005
Play Ultra SCSIcide on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Ultra SCSIcide 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).
Ultra SCSIcide 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 Ultra SCSIcide like you would on any PC.
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