Age of Empires 3 on MacBook (Windows/Parallels VM)

I am trying to run Age of Empires 3 in Windows (on Parallels) on my MacBook and am receiving the following message:

The error box says "Age of Empires III Error"

Your system does not appear ot meet the minimum requirements for Age of Empires III. Running the game on a system that does not meet the minimum
requirements may result in instability, graphics corruption, and/or severe preformance problems. If you wish to upgrade your computer, please contact your computer manufacturer for any necessary assistance.

(Then in a lower box)


Age of Empires III requires at least a 64 MB video card. This computer appears to have a 0 MB video card. If you wish to upgrade your computer, please contact your computer manufacturer for any necessary assistance.

System information: 2200 MHz, 512 MB, 0 MB (vendorID
1ab8, deviceID 1131)

Obviously I have a video card so this message confuses me, not to mention 1Gb of RAM.

I have a friend with and iMac who runs the program with no problem but he uses Bootcamp to run Windows. Is this problem due my running Windows on a VM as opposed to "directly" on my MacBook?

I could use some guidance on how to get this to run. I am a new Mac user and any help will be greatly appreciated.