The 1989 release of SimCity ran complex urban simulations on a 16 MHz Intel 386SX by distributing updates across 16 frames inside the Simulate() loop. The 2008 Micropolis source release shows Maxis ...

A new entry in the popular series of city builders developed by Maxis. In comparison with the previous installments, SimCity 4 offers a wide range of new additions and updates. The governed city is no ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Even with its much-publicized server problems resolved, the ...

Screenshot of our own SimCity (called, for reasons that made sense at the time, We Are The Champignons) after three hours of game play. A few weeks before the launch, Venue had the opportunity to play ...

Windows 11 still carries Windows 95’s heap manager, recompiled for old apps. Raymond Chen explains EmulateHeap, and how to ...

SimCity holds a special place in my heart. After short stints in the Computer Science, Physics, Psychology, Communications and Math departments, I was finally forced by "The Man" to select a permanent ...

Created by Will Wright, a series of strategy games in which players can prove themselves as builders and administrators of virtual cities. The series is developed by Electronic Arts-owned studio Maxis ...

SimCity. There’s something powerful in Maxis’ decision to re-purpose the name of the inaugural game in its classic series for the freshly released reboot. It carries an implied declaration: this is ...

Cities are everywhere. Billions of us live in them, and many of us think we could do a better job than the planners. But for the past 26 years dating back to the original SimCity, we’ve mostly been ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. A lot has changed since 1989, not least of which is SimCity. The ...

Electronic Arts doesn't exactly have the best track record with gamers. But a new SimCity mod shows that in one controversial case, EA might have the right of things. EA and developer Maxis claimed ...