SimCity sets you as the mayor of a new municipality, with the responsibility of building and maintaining a place where citizens can move to and work and be happy. The first task is to place essentials such as housing, transport links, schools, factories and shops. There are 50 types of these, allowing for homes of all standards and different types of businesses. Make sure to consider which sites are effective for which tasks. Some power sources pollute, others don't but are more expensive. Taxes must be raised to ensure an income, and then portions allocated to public services such as policing and roads. Earthquakes, floods and fires are all emergency situations that must be dealt to contain any damage. Successful mayoring will cause the small village to grow into a town, then a city and finally a metropolis. As the city's size grows so do it's needs. Commercial buildings may suddenly find that they need an airport to expand trade, or housing may find itself changing rapidly as vast amounts of people come and leave. The game also includes 8 pre-defined time-limited scenarios, with specific challenges and targets. The environment varies in each game (especially if you have the Terrain Editor add on), and this should affect your choices.

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Reviewer: Ascreennamehere - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 13, 2020

Subject: Thx Wow I'm fanboying i love SimCity thank you!!!!! - August 13, 2020Thx

Reviewer: dragonflea - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 28, 2019

Subject: Fabulous! Works flawlessly As noted by other reviewers, a different medieval graphics set ("skin") is loaded by default, but you can load the original classic graphics easily.



And, in contrast to other reviews, the save game works great! Likely the emulator has evolved/improved since these reviews. - October 28, 2019Fabulous! Works flawlessly

Reviewer: TigerGamer - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 13, 2018

Subject: Could be better some times it lags - September 13, 2018Could be better

Reviewer: Nedhudir - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 20, 2017

Subject: Wow Oh, the memories of playing this as a kid! - June 20, 2017Wow

Reviewer: dosocosu - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 12, 2017

Subject: Great!! Played this on the Amiga, Amazing game - March 12, 2017Great!!

Reviewer: picnicbasket - - November 14, 2015

Subject: OS Emulator Mouse Desync My mouse is confined to the bottom-left quadrant of the emulator's screen due to synchronization issues between the OS and emulator mouse.



Feels like the emulator is grabbing the mouse's velocity directly from the OS and not performing any DPI/scale corrections to the value. - November 14, 2015OS Emulator Mouse Desync

Reviewer: nekomaster - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 2, 2015

Subject: SimCity DOS, Great and Works Well! Works well in Chrome on Windows 10 (x64 Bit)



Yes it is SimCity, but by default loads with Medieval Times graphics, which is why the game looks different.



To get the SimCity we all know and love, goto "System" -> "Load Graphics" and Select "Classic Graphics" to get the SimCity Classic look. You can also choose other graphic sets as well.



Also the Anti-Piracy verification when you load a new city or scenario can be by passed just by pressing ENTER, it doesnt require any input or codes.



Only issue with this is that you cannot save games to the desktop, but people like me typically play SimCity for a while and usually never return to a city after I get bored of playing it for abotu 100-200 years. - September 2, 2015SimCity DOS, Great and Works Well!

Reviewer: ms-dos-classics-fan - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 8, 2015

Subject: SimCity Population Codes For those of us who are interested in getting past the anti-piracy population codes at the beginning of the game, here are the original code sheets: http://www.vintagecomputing.com/wp-content/images/copyprotection/simcity_large.jpg ms-dos-classics-fan -- April 8, 2015SimCity Population Codes

Reviewer: mrbuck - - February 5, 2015

Subject: how to get the classic simcity look To access the traditional SimCity load the game then go to SYSTEM,

then choose LOAD GRAPHICS then CLASSIC GRAPHICS then LOAD. - February 5, 2015how to get the classic simcity look

Reviewer: old_dos_guy - favorite - January 21, 2015

Subject: Not the SimCity you remember This is a modified version of SimCity with a medieval theme. Not worth playing! - January 21, 2015Not the SimCity you remember

Reviewer: mrhayes - - January 16, 2015

Subject: Frequently won't load 8 times out of 10, the game loads right up. But every once in a while, it just won't get past the Dos Box loading screen. - January 16, 2015Frequently won't load

Reviewer: OGlohocla1992 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 10, 2015

Subject: Perfect! Loved this game growing up and now I can just play in my browser :) no saving but I'll leave my pc on like usual.



Greg-Kennedy, whoever packed this game up and uploaded just left it on that Tileset by default. you just go to load graphics.. and pick Classic - January 10, 2015Perfect!

Reviewer: spankytwo - favorite favorite - January 8, 2015

Subject: Third or Fourth game I have tried I have tried this game and a couple others but the translation is haphazard at best. The mouse in was no where near the mouse out of game. Also with games like SimCity, it would be very difficult to play any meaningful game with out the ability to actually save your work. - January 8, 2015Third or Fourth game I have tried

Reviewer: kartek - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 8, 2015

Subject: Works great! To all the others having trouble, try this:

Use Firefox, after pressing the space bar to start the game, the "Fullscreen" button will be available. Go full screen and you'll see there's no mouse, press ESC and then click Fullscreen again and your mouse should be there and working properly.



AS far as graphics are concerned, go to the menu and load the "Classic" graphics and you'll see the familiar appearance. - January 8, 2015Works great!

Reviewer: Jeffmcg - - January 8, 2015

Subject: Cursor Issue I too am having issues with the cursor not aligning.



OSX 10.10.1 / Chrome 39.0.2171.95 (64-bit)



I really want to play this game! - January 8, 2015Cursor Issue

Reviewer: nlogue - favorite favorite - January 7, 2015

Subject: Cursor Synchronization I was happy to discover the DOS games being added (And Playable) through the Internet Archive and there are a few tricks to working with the emulator, however SimCity has a bug I could not manage. Though I tried repeatedly to align my cursor over the DOS cursor the two inevitably separated by a great distances making it impossible to operate this game. I will try again on another computer and perhaps that is the issue, but I would be curious to see if other users also encountered this issue. - January 7, 2015Cursor Synchronization