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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.

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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!

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Great game, poor performance

Written by JK from Honolulu

Jul 11, 2008

When I recently purchased a new iMac, Simcity 4 was the first game I purchased. However, I was deeply disapointed at the performance on my machine. I went the Aspyr website and couldnt download any patches they provided. I also am not able to load my itunes into the game, despite the claim on the box. Its good to hear that others are having better experiences because I really regret buying this game.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Great game, poor performance

Written by KD from Madison

Dec 8, 2007

This could be a great game (as were the other SimCity games before it),; however, it's a terrible port by Aspyr. On PowerPC Macs (dual G4 and a dual G5), the performance is slow and laggy when cities grow to a moderate size. On my MacBook, the game is almost unplayable, since it's not Universal.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition by Aspyr

Poor performance

Written by BL from Brooklyn

Oct 11, 2007

I grew up on the SimCity games and I've spent countless hours building cities in previous versions. SimCity 4 was my first experience with a Mac port, and I must say it was terribly disappointing. I have seen this game played on three separate machines (ibook G4, macbook, and a macbook pro) and they all have had laggy results.

I'm sure the game would be much more enjoyable if it actually played at a decent speed.

That being said, I found myself quite annoyed with some of the new features. The city advisory overreact constantly. Having to manage the budget of every single school, hospital, fire station, and police station is tedious. I thought the idea of a region was cool in theory, but I always liked making one humongous city as opposed to 3 dozen little ones. And am I the only one annoyed by the automatic roads placed when you zone an area?

I think I'll just go back to my PC version of SC3000.

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