Any word on whether the game has elevated beyond the state of terrible?
Why would I play this an not SC4 instead?
Why would I play this an not SC4 instead?
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SimCity Finally Launches on the Mac With Native Version and Cross-Platform Servers
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Because it's one of the most anticipated Mac games in a long time, and just the delays themselves have turned into a story, without even considering how many people want(ed) the game itself?
Just a guess.
Can you actually save and whatnot? How about bring in old cities you made 15 years ago? I've not had good success with emulation versions.
You wouldn't, unless you wanted a simpler version with prettier graphics and no room to expand.
The game runs in dosbox. If dos and Mac save files are compatible, then it should work, though I have no idea if this is the case. You're better off asking this on the gog.com forum for the game.
Is this the first time any of the SimCity games have been available for the Mac? I remember playing this in 2000 on a PC.
Seems a little late
You played SimCity 2000 on a PC. SimCity suffers from version number issues (SC, SC2000, SC3, SC4, SC), but SimCity has always been available for Mac. The first SimCity debuted on black and white Macs in 1989.
There's a lot of people in this very thread that are not happy with EA and their business practises. Not to mention the other Sim City thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1618970/
So collectively, it does matter.
Oh Boo Hoo.
A few people on MacRumors moaning about EA = statistically insignificant. Just like the thread earlier today moaning that all MacBook Pros are faulty. This place attracts the 5% of people that have something to say. The other 95% are merrily using their Apple products happily.
its going to take more than the boot "sector" its going to take a whole OS "partition"
This has nothing to do with MacBook's so I am unsure why you are using them to try and add weight to your view.
EA have been publicly slaughtered for the way they delivered the PC version of the game, then there was the actual game itself which was absolute crap. It hurt sales significantly.
The whole launch fiasco that even made national news. Large numbers of people demanded refunds, which EA refused to give:
http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/7/4076570/ea-not-offering-simcity-refunds
But you can ignore the facts about it if you like. Feel free to blind me with more irrelevant statistics about faulty MacBook's...
EA have ruined countless gaming franchises (for me the biggest travesty is what they did with Command & Conquer). And let's not forget the DRM issues.
