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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Leaping Lizard Software | |
| Publishers | |
| Maxis | |
| Mindscape | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | 1993 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | 1994 |
| Windows 3.x | 1996 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | Sim |
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| ⤏ 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 |
Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Windows version crashes if the main window inside the game is stretched over 1280 pixels wide
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Entire game can be copied to the hard drive. | |
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.3 will updates retail versions to the latest version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | |
| Windows | |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\*.sfm[Note 1] |
| 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. See Key points on top of the page. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | By default. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
| Controller types |
|---|
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | No speech. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes |
| 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
| DOS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 3.0 | 6.2 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 286 12 MHz | Intel 486DX2 |
| System memory (RAM) | 640 KB | 2 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | EGA, VGA | |
| Windows 3.x | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | 95, 98 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 386SX | Intel Pentium |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | VGA | |
| Mac OS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7.0 | 9.2.2 |
| Processor (CPU) | Motorola 68K series | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 MB | |
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).