While old (and sometimes not even that old) games aren’t even 64-bit (2/3 of my Steam catalog btw), apart from some conscientious publishers (like Blizzard), It is almost impossible to play old titles on Mac M1/M2.
casual, The Mac is already not very supplied in terms of games, it’s a large part of the historical catalog that has evaporated Ever since I switched to ARM. Luckily, some Mac veterans still have a little attention for their customers…
SimCity 4 is optimized for Mac M1/M2
It’s via a simple tweet that Aspyr, a publisher well known to Mac users, tells us updated SimCity 4.
#SimCity4 is 2️⃣0️⃣ years old and optimized for Apple Silicon in the @AppStore 🧑💻
Here are more fun and secret stories for one of our favorite city builders 🏙️
The video is in English and gives a brief overview of the main features of the game, whose lifetime is almost infinite. As a reminder, the goal is obviously to build a city, but the whole difficulty is finding it a good compromise between builders, taxes and the happiness of the residents. The challenge is also to balance the transport network, the balance between commerce, housing and industry while reserving space for leisure (parks, swimming pools, tourist attractions, etc.). In the latest versions it is even possible to manage and link several cities at the same time.
Min Config
The title only requires macOS 10.14.6 or later. It runs on most machines that are still in use.
• 64-bit processor
• Operating system: 10.14.6 or higher
• 2.2 GHz processor
• 4GB of RAM
• NVIDIA 330M | Radeon HD 4670 | HD3000
• VRAM: 256MB
• Disk: 2GB
On the other hand, Aspyr still sells it at full price, are worth a good twenty euros at the time of writing these lines. For the 20th anniversary we would have been happy about a small gesture…
SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
AspyrMedia, Inc.
23,99€ Hey, do you remember SimCity 5, the full 3D version? We tested it when it came out! As a bonus, a short video by Elodie:
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