Abandonware DOS title

SimCity

SimCity (or SimCity Classic) is a popular city building simulation in which you, the mayor of a city, have to build a metropolis from the ground up. You can build police and fire departments, assign industrial, residential or commercial areas, manage power distribution, build ports and airports. Grow your city from village to metropolis and try to keep your citizens happy.
SimCity screenshot
Rating: 4.08
(77 votes)
NOT abandonware (why?)
Genre:
simulation / city building
system:
DOS
released:
1989
publisher:
Broderbund
developer:
Maxis
designers:
Will Wright
keywords:
urban setting, trains, sandbox, top down
"As a stand-alone title, the first SimCity is an impressive execution of a very smart concept. Yes, there's room for obvious improvement, the limited interface holds you back, and much like with Theme Park you're building to maximize the efficiency of a model, not free-building the town as you please. Still, it's a fun challenge, and a great milestone to the genre." - Just Games Retro review

Downloads for SimCity

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Screenshots

Screenshots were taken by Abandonware DOS.
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Video

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Additional info

Facts, trivia and collector's notes are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. These texts use material from this Wikipedia article.

SimCity was Maxis' first product, which has since been ported into various personal computers and game consoles.

The inspiration for SimCity came from a feature of the game Raid on Bungeling Bay that allowed Wright to create his own maps during development. Wright soon found he enjoyed creating maps more than playing the actual game, and SimCity was born. In addition, Wright also was inspired by reading "The Seventh Sally", a short story by Stanislaw Lem, in which an engineer encounters a deposed tyrant, and creates a miniature city with artificial citizens for the tyrant to oppress.

The original working title of SimCity was Micropolis.

SimCity inspired a new genre of video games. "Software toys" that were open-ended with no set objective were developed trying to duplicate SimCity's success. The series also spawned a Sim City collectible card game, produced by Mayfair Games.

players: single player

input: keyboard, mouse, joystick

graphics: CGA, EGA, Hercules, Tandy, MCGA

sound: Covox, PC speaker, Tandy

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