How to play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 on Mac

Being an arcade simulator videogame developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 will bring you into the world of skateboard tricks. It was inspired by the legendary Tony Hawk skateboarder renowned for the mind-blowing mastery of skateboards. The game itself is plenty for levels and tricks to be completed for unlocking new challenges further down the gameplay. The higher level means harder tricks to perform around the skate park, so make sure you finger out the keyboard or joystick buttons to get the most sophisticated combos. The scores you earn depend on how great you’ve been whirling your skateboard. Trick sequence, complexity, uniqueness, degrees rotated, and other metrics are analyzed by AI to generate points that one has deserved. The game is saturated with constantly updating and special tricks that are yet to be open by players throughout the gameplay. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is officially playable on all popular platforms barring Mac. Despite this is dismaying indeed, we are going to show how to launch it on macOS regardless. All in our guidelines below.

System Requirements

Play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on Mac with Parallels

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater does not require lots of PC resources, and you can play the game on any Mac computer (iMac, iMac Pro, or Mac Pro), where Parallels Desktop can be a solution. This is software for Windows virtualization on Mac with the full support of DirectX and GPUs. It allows you to install Windows 10 on Mac with a couple of clicks and switch between MacOS and Windows instantly. You can run Windows just like on a regular PC, install Steam and enjoy the PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS game on Mac.

Install Windows 10 on Parallels (Step 1)

Install Windows 10 on Parallels (Step 2)

Install Windows 10 on Parallels (Step 3)

Install Windows 10 on Parallels (Step 4)

Play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater with cloud gaming services

Update: Both Nvidia GeForce Now and AirGPU support Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater to the date and you can play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on Mac on full settings! Register and explore cloud gaming now!

If you have an old Mac or it cannot satisfy Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game system requirements, there is an easy solution. Cloud gaming provides you sufficient cloud resources for a fixed fee. All you need is a small client program and a good internet connection starting from 15 Mbits/s. There are several great services, that provide such an opportunity, among the best are AirGPU and Nvidia GeForce Now. Both services already have Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater in their game catalog soon, and you can play on any Mac computer (starting from MacOS 10.10) and even Android!

Play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on Mac with BootCamp

This method is simple but time-consuming. If your Mac meets all system requirements above, this is probably the best way to play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater for now. You need to set up a dual boot of Windows and Mac via BootCamp. BootCamp allows users to choose the system to work in on startup, however, you won’t be able to switch between systems like in Parallels. You will need to reboot your machine every time you switch from Mac to Windows and vice versa. Remember that Mac is just a computer, that uses common processors, RAM, disks, and other components. So you can install Windows on Mac by allocating disc space of a minimum of 64 Gb (to be able to run Windows and a couple of games). To set up Windows via BootCamp, please, do the following:

For OS X El Capitan 10.11 or later

Mention, that for MacOS versions prior to OS X El Capitan 10.11 you will need to create bootable Windows USB.

1. Download Windows ISO file
2. Open Boot Camp Assistant (Go to Applications > Utilities)
3. Define the Windows partition size, choose downloaded Windows ISO file
4. Format Windows partition and go through all Windows installation steps
5. When Windows boots for the first time, follow on-screen instructions to install Boot Camp and Windows support software (drivers)