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SimTown

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SimTown
SimTown cover
Developers
Maxis
Release dates
Windows 3.x 1995
Windows 1995
Mac OS (Classic) 1995
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls Point and select, Menu-based
Genres Building, Simulation
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Contemporary
Series Sim
SimTown on HowLongToBeat
SimTown guide on StrategyWiki
SimTown on MobyGames
SimTown on Wikipedia
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

SimTown is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric building and simulation game in the Sim series.

Cannot be run natively on newer versions of Windows due to an OS-specific error[citation needed].

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Entire game can be copied to the hard drive.
Windows 3.x
Windows
Mac OS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\*.twn
Mac OS (Classic)
This is the default path used by the game. The save file location can be determined by the user.

Video

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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and sound effects can be toggled on/off.
Surround sound
Subtitles
No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
General MIDI audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues unresolved

"Sorry! This version of SimTown requires either MS Windows 95 or MS Windows NT 3.5"

Prevents game from running on newer versions of Windows

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-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
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) Intel 386SX
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA, XGA
Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 6.0.7
Processor (CPU) Motorola 68030
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB


References