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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Great Game

Written by JF from Roxbury

Jun 24, 2006

I taught this game as part of an Advanced Technology class (high school), 20 individual Mayors dealing with city issues is too much fun. Other components taught with this game were Google Earth (finally for MAC) structure of city government and mapping skills, a mini-lesson on the highway system. Also field trips when construction is occurring are a must and learning to listen to city noises.

Great game.

Plan to add podcasting and blogging next school year, daily SimCity4 News Reports.

80 of 134 people found this useful

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

I'd love to say it's great but...

Written by DG from Belfast

Jun 20, 2006

..having owned the game for 2 days I've failed to get it running. It loads to the 'map' section and then crashes before I can play a game.

I've tried everything imaginable to remedy the problem. Aspyr support have not helped me an iota either.

My computer is a very capable 1.67ghz powerbook and should run this with ease but alas nothing.

A spectacular waste of money

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

One problem solved.

Written by AM from New York

May 16, 2006

I have both 1 GHz and 1.67 GHz 17-inch PowerBooks and these games are a complete joy to play. I have been reading about how the game can slow down when your city gets larger. This is true for me as well. I hope they can fix this little flaw in the near future. Also, you CAN play this game without the CD being in the drive. Load the game as you normally would and when the region screen shows, eject the disc and you're off to the races. It works for both SimCity 4 and Rush Hour. Somehow, the computer stores the information on the HD, allowing one to play for as long as you keep the game going (Not quiting the game). You can even pause the game and put the computer to sleep and the game will start back up when you wake the computer. I have played the game like this for over a year and have not had a problem in this respect. So, go out and buy this game. It is well worth it.

295 of 473 people found this useful

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Grat Game

Written by CT from Appleton

Feb 15, 2006

This game is great the graphics are much better thrn the others also.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Awesome game, needs a little work though

Written by JR from Chicago

Feb 9, 2006

I love SimCity. I've been an addict of the game since the first version on my 286 pc in the 90s. I was excited to find this game available for the mac, and love playing it. It did, however, take some work to make it playable. First off, to use the game on a newer powerbook, you have to download a patch from www.aspyr.com to make it compatible with the new graphics cards in the powerbooks. Not a huge issue, but also not addressed anywhere without googling the problem. Additionally, it seems absurd to me that there is no option to play the game solely off the hard drive. Carrying the cd around if i want to play somewhere other than home is a nuissance and seems like a major flaw. The game itself is great, hence the 4 stars, but it needs to be able to be played without the cd in the drive.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Continue the saga

Written by NL from Kingsford

Jan 19, 2006

I've been a Sim City Junkie for years, and was just as impressed with this release as the ones before it. They really create a city building challenge that takes a bit of skill. Overall, it's great, but not complete without the Rush Hour Expantion Pack

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Great Game

Written by CR from Easton

Jan 18, 2006

I think this game is awsome it is hard to start and takes a long time to get the city going but once you do it is a lot of fun and the U-drive it missions are good and it has much better music than the older ones but all and all it is an awsome game

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

one problem

Written by NS from PITTSBURGH

Dec 14, 2005

The game is great. The only problem is that I always have to have the CD in the CD-drive to play. Is this a problem with anyone else? It uses up more power in a shorter amount of time and I am not sure whether or not to buy Rush Hour because I am worried that I won't be able to play both at the same time. Any help?

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Get Ready for an All Nighter!

Written by NR from Kingston

Nov 23, 2005

This is such a good game, you'll dream of strategies and different ways to build your cities in your head at night and during the day! The only downside... as the game gets going (bigger and better), the game can be quite demanding for graphics. Make sure your computer is pretty heavily fortified with a lot of memory and at least 128MB of Vram before even thinking about buying this game! Other than that, this is a great game and recommend to all who love strategy games like Age of Empires, or even Warcraft. I give it four and a half stars.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

It is a great game.

Written by MD from glenmoore

Nov 13, 2005

It has great graphics and is better than all the one tat came out before it.

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