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SimCity (1989)

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SimCity
SimCity cover
Developers
Maxis
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS October 3, 1989
Mac OS (Classic) 1989
Windows 1992
SimCity (1989) guide on StrategyWiki
SimCity (1989) on Wikipedia
SimCity
Subseries of Sim
SimCity (1989) 1989
SimCity 2000 1994
SimCity 2000 Network Edition 1996
SimCopter 1996
Streets of SimCity 1997
SimCity 3000 1999
SimCity 4 2003
SimCity Societies 2007
SimCity (2013) 2013

This page is for the first game. For the latest game, see SimCity (2013).

Key points

The source code was released in 2008. See Micropolis for the open source version of the game

General information

SimCity Wiki - A massive wiki for everything SimCity related
/r/SimCity
Simtropolis Forum

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DRM: Reference card
DOS
Windows
Mac OS
Demo (DOS)

Version differences

The Enhanced CD version. has improved VGA graphics.
Micropolis is an open source version of SimCity Classic. It has been modified to work under browsers, add compatibility to modern systems, and enhance graphics.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest patch can be found here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Russian
Fan translation by Igor Belikov

Issues fixed

Game crashes or closes when saving or loading a game on Windows 10

Use Elisha's Windows 10 Patch[citation needed]
  1. Download the SimCity Classic Windows 10 Patch.
  2. Unzip the files to the installation folder.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) MS-DOS 3.1
Processor (CPU) Intel 386SX
System memory (RAM) 570 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 MB
Video card (GPU) 16-bit SVGA graphics card

References