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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

OK with Snow Leopard

Written by CC from avully

Sep 13, 2009

Ok with Snow Leopard... But not forget to update with patch UB from Aspyr!
And I did have put manually "use with Rosetta" in the Read Info (it was not first select)

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Snow Leopard

Written by MP from Dover

Sep 10, 2009

Since this application is not Universal, it will not work with Snow Leopard. You can try the Universal Update patch from the Aspyr website.

9 of 13 people found this useful

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Runs fine on Snow Leopard 10.6; Install Rosetta and Quicktime 7

Written by SM from San Francisco

Sep 5, 2009

Just tested on my early 2008 MacPro, 10.6 Leopard, Nvidia 8800GT graphics card. Game seems to run fine, all functionality intact, no issues observed. I suspect older games like this may not work correctly, as previous poster described, if you don't install Rosetta and Quicktime 7 along with Snow Leopard (they're options in the Snow Leopard Installer). If you forget to install them, view the Read Me on the Snow Leopard DVD for how to go back and install these "Optional" items as one-offs. After that the game should run fine, as I had no issues loading prior cities or creating new ones and adding zones, roads, utilities, etc.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Incompatible with Snow Leopard 10.6

Written by SC from Berlin

Sep 4, 2009

If you have Snow Leopard 10.6 avoid buying this until Apple sort their stuff out - which they hopefully will.

It's a great game, but only if you're using 10.5 or lower.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Will not work With Snow Leopard

Written by CR from Haines City

Aug 31, 2009

Do not purchase this game if you intend on running 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Sad say that after years of the hard work I put into it and all the Successful Cities I created, it was a punch in the face when it wouldn't work anymore when I loaded in Snow Leopard.

The EA & Sim City Intros work but once you get to the section where the terrains are shown. the Sim City Logo stay stuck over the view and the computer just hangs. I think I will load up all my progress to my Mac Mini or iBook becuase I love this game. I will also try it will loading the Game from my Mac Mini and play it on my iMac via File Sharing wirelessly which was possible when all my macs had 10.5 Leopard.

Maybe apple will make updates so older software can work.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

DONT BUY THIS GAME

Written by KW from norwalk

Aug 23, 2009

Sim City 4 for the mac is horrible. I am a senior in college and I have been playing sim city 4 on a pc since freshman year. i fell in love with this game and had tons of fun with it on a pc. It ran perfectly with no problems, even when i had a city of 2 million. However this game is horrible on a mac and doesn't run well even with a population of 300. I regret spending my 60 dollars on it. By the way this game is 20 dollars for the pc wit no headaches. My mac has 4 gb of ram and a 2.8 ghz processor. Sometimes i feel like getting rid of my mac and going back to my pc for my game. I;ve come to realize macs aren't all what they were said to be. this is most likely the last mac i will ever own and its partially due to stupid things like this.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

A lot of things in one box

Written by KS from Sparta

Aug 12, 2009

This game is so fun! I love how you can also install plugins to the game to make it even more customizable.

In this game you act as a mayor of a city that you can create the shape of the land for(AKA: Customize the land forms). You must manage the city budget, build a transportation network for your citizens or "sims", and many more things in this game.

It comes complete with many tutorials and the ability to create your own regions for different people(Ex.: one region for person). Anyone who likes to build, destroy(you can also create simulated disasters such ac a tornado or a volcano eruption) places, or just be in control of just about anything, I HIGHLY recomend this game!

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Best SimCity ever.

Written by JM from Cork

Jun 21, 2009

Really great. Running on my 5 years old Power Book G4 1.5Mhz / 2GB Ram and its ok :-)
Expansion pack is great and smooth. Hope that mistake with "Sim City Societes" will be followed soon by proper Sim City 5!!!

Until then buy this one. There is already a few games trying to be like "Sim City" but still not good enough.

SimCity forever :-)

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Addicting

Written by BG from Peabody

Jun 16, 2009

This game is amazing. I had simcity 3000 for windows and this version just blows it out of the water. Some people say they've been having problems with the game but I have the newest macbook with 3 GB RAM and a 2.4 GHz processor and haven't had any problems. The game does lag slightly but its nothing unexpected. If you have the new silver or white macbook or better, you aren't likely to have any problems with this game.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Great Game, Mac OR PC

Written by AN from Becker

May 22, 2009

I really love this game. I bought it for my Windows computer and loved it so much that I had to buy it for my macbook... Two thumbs WAY up!

19 of 26 people found this useful

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Super slow

Written by MT from Nepean

May 2, 2009

Its like trying to play a brand new game on a really old computer. It is slow to respond to what you are doing and most of the time you cant even figure out what's going on. If this game was really made to work properly on a mac they should say what one so the rest of us don't have to waste our money on it.

16 of 36 people found this useful

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Very Very Slow

Written by CN from Mission

Mar 10, 2009

So slow you cant play it. Macbook Pro 2g of ram 7200 rpm drive.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

How to play sim city 4 without freezes

Written by AC from Newport Beach

Mar 3, 2009

Hey guys,

I had the exact problems. I have a macbook pro 2.88ghz with 4gbs ram and sim city was keep freezing. I changed the setting on graphics, instead of hardward try software. I did that and now it works perfectly fine without freezing.

Thanks

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Great Game, make sure you know what your buying!

Written by PH from Eagle

Feb 20, 2009

The game is great on my mac. Its a bit slow, but I can deal with it. When I took it over to my friends house, it ran horribly. So make sure you know you have everything.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Could have been great

Written by SM from Haslet

Jan 1, 2009

Being a fan of SimCity since I had the original when I was a kid, I was really excited to pick up this game for my MacBook. I didn't pay much attention to the fact that it wasn't a Universal game because I've never had a problem running the PowerPC stuff on my intel macs. It wouldn't even load on my MacBook without the "beta" universal binary patch from Aspyr and even with the patch it was still unplayable. I did get it to run decently on my intel iMac using rosetta but it bogs down really bad when the city starts getting bigger. I put up with it for a couple of weeks just because I love SimCity but I eventually couldn't put up with the performance issues anymore and I'll probably end up just trading this one in to the used bookstore. Get SimCity for another platform. Don't waste money on the Mac version unless you still have a decent PowerPC Mac at home.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Great game, doesn't run on intel.

Written by AP from Sleepy Hollow

Dec 29, 2008

SimCity Deluxe is a great game and is very fun to play however it runs terribly on Intel macs.

44 of 48 people found this useful

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Bummed Out

Written by WR from Anoka

Dec 9, 2008

Attn: Intel Mac users,
Save the $60 and the headache, this game does not run well on an Intel mac.
It also doesn't seem like Apple or Aspyr are doing anything about this either. I've had the game for about a year now and am still waiting on a patch to make it run smoothly and more enjoyable. Meanwhile anyone running windows XP can get a copy for $20 and run it flawlessly.

66 of 77 people found this useful

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

This was my favorite game

Written by WD from bartlett

Dec 5, 2008

This game on the pc rocks however on the mac it is sluggish even with a 2.5 dual intel and 2gb of ram. It runs like a beast!

15 of 26 people found this useful