How to play Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi: Special Operations 1 on Mac

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Game summary

This time the fur really flies... If you thought you could snatch a few Zs after that victory at K'Tithrak Mang, you'd better look for another line of work! The cats are restless and rebellion is brewing throughout Kilrathi slave worlds. As a show of force, the Emperor plans a brutal assault on the rebel populations. Millions of lives are in jeopardy until you and the Special Operations team can blunt the attack. ...and cat-scratch fever isn't your only concern! After a mutiny aboard the TCS Gettysburg, its crew has turned to pirating the trade lanes and preying on Confederation ships. The felines are tough enough, but now you have to engage hardened joystick jockeys with the same combat training, weapons technology and leading-edge ships that you possess! Between the Imperial Kilrathi forces and the pirates aboard the Gettysburg, the balance of power is shifting...and not in the right direction. Still think you can handle it, flyboy? Launch into 20 non-stop missions with the most demanding dogfight scenarios in the award-winning Wing Commander series. Pilot the newly commissioned Crossbow, faster and more maneuverable than any other bomber in the Confederation fleet. Trade missiles, gunfire and insults as you engage relentless new enemies from Kilrah and the Confederation. Meet the brash Lieutenant "Bear" Bondarevsky, flying missions with him and other new Confederation pilots on your wing. Hear the anger, delight and anguish in transmissions form friendly and enemy pilots, with new digitized speech for the Special Operations (available only with Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound board). Transfer the character you created in Wing Commander II and fly to greater glory. Not a complete game - you must own Wing Commander II to play Special Operations
First released: Jan 1992

Play Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi: Special Operations 1 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi: Special Operations 1 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).

Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi: Special Operations 1 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 Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi: Special Operations 1 like you would on any PC.
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