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Revision as of 14:04, 27 January 2022
Developers | |
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Maxis | |
Release dates | |
Windows 3.x | October 1996 |
Windows | October 1996 |
Mac OS (Classic) | October 1996 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Sim |
⤏ Go to series page | |
SimCity (series) | |
SimEarth | 1990 |
SimAnt | 1991 |
SimLife | 1992 |
SimFarm | 1993 |
SimHealth | 1994 |
SimTower | 1994 |
SimIsle: Missions in the Rainforest | 1995 |
SimTown | 1995 |
SimPark | 1996 |
SimGolf | 1996 |
SimTunes | 1996 |
SimSafari | 1998 |
The Sims (series) | |
Sid Meier's SimGolf | 2002 |
Key points
- A teacher's guide is included
- Installer is 16-bit only, but a workaround is available. See Running the game on 64-bit Windows
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Entire game can be copied to the hard drive. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %WINDIR%\SimPark.ini[Note 1] <path-to-game>\SimPark.ini[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\*.prk |
Mac OS (Classic) |
- This is the default path used by the game. The save file location can be determined by the user.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Uses desktop resolution. Menus are 640x480 only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | 2 | Hot seat Name That Song mini-game. |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Running the game on 64-bit Windows
Although the game installer is 16-bit, the actual game is 32-bit. The only way to play it is to use an alternate installer:
Installing the game via alternate installer
Setting up the game with an alternate installer[citation needed] |
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- While the main game will work, the tutorial is 16-bit and will not run
Pink border around game screen
Run the game in 640x480 resolution[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. | ||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | 95 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 486DX2 | Intel Pentium |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 MB | 90 MB |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA, XGA, SXGA |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).