Re: SimCity style of game for GS?

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Sep 4, 3:17 pm, limtc <thyech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My son is a fan of SimCity type of management game, including SimCity,
> SimTower, etc.
>
> Is there such a game for Apple IIGS?

Hmmm....it would seem that some of my posts through the A2Central news
server aren't making it to Google groups for whatever reason??

Anyway, here is my reply from yesterday 4/09/2009 10:39 PM:

Hi Thye Chean,

There is/was a version of Sim City programmed by Bill (now Becky)
Heineman, but it was never released due to high licensing fees (or so
rumour has it). You could always try writing to him and see if he (a)
still has the game and/or source code, and (b) if he is able to
release it after all these years?

However, the source code to Sim City was released in 2008, so it could
be a good candidate for a port. I always planned to look into it, but
the project would need more time than I have available right now.
Maybe it could be a collaborative effort?

The source code can be found here:
http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2008/01/10/simcity-source-code-released-to-the-wild-let-the-ports-begin.aspx

Hope this is helpful.

Cheers,
Mike

p.s. Please excuse me if my original post does eventually turn up...

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Mike Stephens
Central Coast, Australia

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