![]() Now, in 2014, we finally have the hardware necessary to run the game smoothly. It required resources that just didn’t exist then, and even my 2008-era powerhouse gaming PC had trouble running it. Why would you want to play an 11-year-old game in the first place? SimCity 4 was too far ahead of its time when Maxis released it in 2003. One thing I hope to see in the future is better support for trackpad gestures, like pinch-to-zoom, because otherwise the game treats trackpads like an old-fashioned mouse. However, the new version runs perfectly at 2560-by-1440 on my 27-inch Dell monitor, and is gorgeous. The original game was designed for common resolutions of a decade ago, and thus looked terrible on most of today’s displays. Even after several updates, the game never worked well on the subsequent Intel-based Macs, and Aspyr gave up in 2007.įortunately, Aspyr rebuilt this version from the ground up for modern Intel-based Macs, including support for native screen resolutions. The company brought it over in 2003, but coded for PowerPC-based Macs. This isn’t Aspyr’s first crack at porting SimCity 4 to the Mac. It’s available from the Mac App Store for $19.99 (on sale for $9.99), is a 1.14 GB download, and requires OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion or later. Thankfully, Aspyr Media, champions of Mac gaming, have retooled and updated SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition, bringing it to the Mac in all its glory. Electronic Arts (EA) tried to reboot the series in 2013, but with dumbed-down gameplay, and the requirement of an online connection, which overwhelmed EA’s servers, making the game The game kept evolving over the years, with SimCity 2000 and SimCity 3000 adding ever more complexity, culminating with SimCity 4, released in 2003. Even Adam and Tonya Engst, who are emphatically not gamers, loved SimCity back in college. Who doesn’t love SimCity? Since the launch of the original game in 1989, it has become a mainstay in places where games often are unwelcome, like schools. #1658: Rapid Security Responses, NYPD and industry standard AirTag news, Apple's Q2 2023 financials.#1659: Exposure notifications shut down, cookbook subscription service, alarm notification type proposal, Explain XKCD.#1660: OS updates for sports and security, Drobo in bankruptcy, why TidBITS doesn't cover rumors.#1661: Mimestream app for Gmail, auto-post WordPress headlines to Twitter and Mastodon, My Photo Stream shutting down.#1662: New Macs, 12 top OS features for 2023, vertical tabs in Web browsers, watchOS 9.5.1.
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