How to play Velvet Dark on Mac
Game summary
Velvet Dark is a canceled project that was planned as a sequel or spin-off of Perfect Dark.
The game was designed as a third-person stealth action game following Velvet Dark, Joanna Dark's sister though the relation wasn't stated in Perfect Dark.
Velvet appears as the co-op character in Perfect Dark.
Likely beginning as a Nintendo 64 title, the game was canceled at some point after the GameCube was announced in 2000.
The table of contents page of a design document for the game, dated the 30th of October 2000, was revealed on twitter by Gregg Mayles in 2015.
Compatibility with the Game Boy Advance was planned, probably similar to the way content in Perfect Dark could be unlocked with a connection to the Game Boy Color game, also titled Perfect Dark.
This would also mean there were plans for a Game Boy Advance companion game of some kind, though no work on a connected title has been revealed.
Play Velvet Dark on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Velvet Dark 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).
Velvet Dark 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 Velvet Dark like you would on any PC.
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