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Portal

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Portal
Portal cover
Developers
Valve Corporation
Publishers
Valve Corporation
Engines
Source
Release dates
macOS May 12, 2010
Reception
Metacritic 90
IGDB 80
Portal on HowLongToBeat
Portal on IGDB
Portal guide on StrategyWiki
Portal on MobyGames
Portal on Wikipedia

macOS Compatibility

Method Rating Notes
Native Perfect See HL2's Native page for instructions.[1]
Rosetta 2 Unplayable 32-bit Application
Compatibility layer
CrossOver Perfect Tested on CrossOver 22, 1600p 60fps and the game works perfect.[2] /Playable, major graphical issues.[3]
Wine Playable Tested with PlayOnMac. Maybe audio issues, then try set audio format to 44 100 Hz.
Virtualization
Parallels Perfect Playable.[4]

fixes & tweaks

Very high CPU utilization when running native: Disable multicore rendering in the advanced graphic settings. This greatly reduces CPU utilization and power consumption, while still offering good framerates

References

  1. Verified by User:PBeGood4 on 29 April 2023
    Device: M1 MacBook Pro
    Method: Compiled Source Engine Leak
    Resolution: 1920x1080
    Settings: high
    Framerate: 150+ FPS
  2. Verified by User:NyonCat on 2022-09-28
    Device: 13 Inch MacBook Pro M1 2020 8gb Ram
    OS: macOS 12.6
    Method: CrossOver 22
    Resolution: 2560 x 1600
    Settings: high
    Framerate: 60 FPS
    Comment: Everything worked fine, 1 hour of gameplay, tested different stages.
  3. Apple Silicon Games - last accessed on 2021-04-15
  4. Apple Silicon Games - last accessed on 2021-04-15