SimCity Finally Launches on the Mac With Native Version and Cross-Platform Servers

[CrashInduction]

Any word on whether the game has elevated beyond the state of terrible?
Why would I play this an not SC4 instead?

 

[50548]

Just out of curiosity: I noticed this game gets a nice big front page spot, but other games get relegated to the "Other MacRumors Stories" panel off on the right. Is there some factor that determines which games get mentioned where? Thanks.

What an excellent question.

 

[TopToffee]

What an excellent question.

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.

 

[JAT]

You can get a Mac-compatible version on gog.com.

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.

 

[Cougarcat]

Any word on whether the game has elevated beyond the state of terrible?
Why would I play this an not SC4 instead?

You wouldn't, unless you wanted a simpler version with prettier graphics and no room to expand.

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.

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.

 

[CrashInduction]

prettier graphics and no room to expand.

Heh, no thanks.

 

[bwillwall]

Havent seen any bugs so far and it runs in the Lion+ full screen mode! THANK YOU EA IM VERY IMPRESSED!

 

[thomasp]

Meets all of the specs for my 4.5 year old MBP apart from the OS 🙁 Stuck on 10.6.8 and it needs 10.7 or higher.

Oh well, that's a shame.

 

[cerote]

Resolution is annoying on my 27in iMac. Glad it is finally on mac though finally.

 

[S.B.G]

What an excellent question.

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.

Here was the answer: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17805526/

 

[Steve121178]

Here was the answer: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17805526/

I'd rather you not give EA free publicity.

 

[TopToffee]

I'd rather you not give EA free publicity.

Oh good lord.

 

[hayesk]

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.

 

[MagicBoy]

I'd rather you not give EA free publicity.

Good job you don't have an opinion that matters then.

 

[Steve121178]

Good job you don't have an opinion that matters then.

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.

 

[MagicBoy]

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.

 

[mmomega]

Can't even open the game on 27" i5 iMac. Icon flashes and disappears.

 

[Adam552]

Just downloaded, can't set resolution to the max on my iMac, highest is like 1920x1440 >.<

 

[nsfw]

Why not keep a 10.8 boot sector and boot into it when you want to play Origin?

its going to take more than the boot "sector" its going to take a whole OS "partition"

 

[Steve121178]

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.

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.

 

[matt2053]

Will this run okay on a 2012 MBA?

 

[sransari]

they really need to bring back sim copter...by far the best sim game ever

 

[MacGeek1987]

Can't even open the game on 27" i5 iMac. Icon flashes and disappears.

Doing the same thing on my MacBook Pro... very frustrating.

 

[JAT]

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.

Thanks.

 

[Kissaragi]

It runs very well on my mac pro at high settings. Looks like they did a pretty good job of the osx build.