Re: SimCity style of game for GS?

[Poster <poster@nospam.com>]

In article 
<beb29204-4424-489a-903e-61a9f379a5c4@y10g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
 Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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,

I can help out if it did turn out to be a collaborative effort.

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