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Nephron · Feb 18, 2003, 09:28 PM

Hi gang,

Has there been official confirmation yet of a port of SimCity 4 to the Mac?

Cheers!

goMac · Feb 19, 2003, 05:24 PM

Originally posted by Nephron:
Hi gang,

Has there been official confirmation yet of a port of SimCity 4 to the Mac?

Cheers!

The Mac version of Sim City 4 has been given a "E" rating, and is published by Aspyr according to the ESRB. Believe what you wish.

Wet Jimmy · Feb 19, 2003, 06:30 PM

As long as it has been optimised with vim and vigour - SC4 on the PC is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW... Seriously, as soon as you start hitting any kind of decent popuation, its time to turn off all the effects and get used to screen shudder when scrolling and lots of redraw. This is on my P4 2GHz, 1GB Ram and a GeForce3 Ti 500... so don't expect great things.

It's a great game that's been released one or two generations of hardware early. Kind of like Outcast.

Angus_D · Feb 20, 2003, 04:28 AM

Well, we all know how well SC3K ran on a Mac, don't we?

mh0ffmann · Feb 20, 2003, 08:55 AM

There's no mention at all of SimCity 4 on Aspyr's website... not "Early Development" or any other stage for that matter.

What gives?

superfula · Feb 26, 2003, 01:48 AM

Originally posted by goMac:
The Mac version of Sim City 4 has been given a "E" rating, and is published by Aspyr according to the ESRB. Believe what you wish.

This is true. If you guys want proof, check out the ESRB website. No sign of a date though. Soon I would imagine

iamnotmad · Feb 27, 2003, 10:42 AM

Aspry announced SimCity 4 for mac!!!
macminute

GREAT news!!

Nebrie · Feb 27, 2003, 11:09 AM

Finally!!!

but waiting till May..

derekn · Feb 27, 2003, 12:37 PM

YES!! Hopefully this will come out better than 3000. Says on Maccentral that i5games is doing it, Ghost Recon is a very nice port so hopefully that will carry over.

Wet Jimmy · Feb 27, 2003, 04:25 PM

I'm concerned about how well it will run... On a kick-ass, high spec PC, the game seriously chugs. It's SLOOOOOW. Considering Mac's have never really kept abreast of their PC cousins, and since I'll be playing on a powerbook, I really don't like the chances of it turning up in a playable form.

techweenie1 · Feb 27, 2003, 05:15 PM

Originally posted by Wet Jimmy:
As long as it has been optimised with vim and vigour - SC4 on the PC is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW... Seriously, as soon as you start hitting any kind of decent popuation, its time to turn off all the effects and get used to screen shudder when scrolling and lots of redraw. This is on my P4 2GHz, 1GB Ram and a GeForce3 Ti 500... so don't expect great things.

It's a great game that's been released one or two generations of hardware early. Kind of like Outcast.

Ditto!

bateman1 · Feb 27, 2003, 06:19 PM

Looks like a job for the 970!!!!

If you Sim, the chip will come!!!

here's to wishful thinking

DBvader · Feb 27, 2003, 06:48 PM

the game runs beatutifully on my Athlon 2000+/Ti4200.

im sure that it will be ok on my dual 867/9000

Wet Jimmy · Feb 27, 2003, 09:22 PM

Originally posted by DBvader:
the game runs beatutifully on my Athlon 2000+/Ti4200.

im sure that it will be ok on my dual 867/9000

What size city (population) do you have? Because if your machine can run at 1024x768 with the effects turned on and not stutter at a population of 10,000 plus, you are the only one on this PLANET.