From here you can load up the settings menu, and choose from a much broader range of resolutions – on our MBP we run 1680 x 1050. Once the patch has finished running the new (old) launcher window will open up. You need to already have Age of Empires installed – once you have done so, run the patch that you have just downloaded, and make your way through the installer, which is fairly self explanatory. Helpfully a patch has been produced to allow you to use a higher resolution, and the full width of your screen – download the patch here. While most laptop screens run on 16:10 or 16:9 resolution – leaving a black letterbox border around both sides of the screen. Most old windows games run on 5:4 or 4:3 ratios, and Age of Empires is no exception. As well as introducing some cost, this also introduces more possibilities as a much wider range of programs can be run.
With WINE and PlayOnMac no longer supported, we have build a Windows XP virtual machine in Parallels Desktop Lite. Here at MacRetro we have been hard at work upgrading our retro gaming environment ready for the 64bit era ushered in by macOS Catalina.Īs a result of Apple deprecating 32bit app support we’ve had to change our architecture for playing old windows games on Mac. Find out how to play Age of Empires in widescreen HD on macOS Catalina, putting more game on screen, and losing the black border to the side of the screen.
