SimCity (SNES)

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SIM City
SIMCity-SNES.jpg
Platform: Super NES
Year: 1991
Developer: Intelligent Systems
Buy: Amazon

In SIM City, you play the mayor of a newly formed village. Your objective is to skillfully plan the layout of your village to entice more people to dwell there. As your population increases, your quaint village becomes a town, then a city, and so on. There are many factors you'll have to juggle as mayor. For example, good transportation and a properly maintained police force will benefit your growth, while pollution and urban sprawl will have a negative impact. You get to zone areas as residential, commercial, or industrial, while also setting up police and fire coverage, erecting stadiums, building power plants, etc. The game also comes with several scenarios of cities, like Tokyo, Bern, and Detroit. The cities have major problems which you must rectify in order to unlock more scenarios. When you get bored, you can cause disasters like floods, tornadoes, and monster attacks in order to see how your citizens react.

SIM City for the SNES is a port from the original DOS game. While ported games tend to be poorly developed, Nintendo went to great lengths to ensure that this port would be a success. Improvements were made to the graphics, music, and overall enjoyment of the game. They even successfully converted the mouse interface to a game pad.


Screenshots

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Music

The music of SIM City is a perfect example of how a game's mood is influenced by it's music. As you increase the size of your city the music keeps pace by becoming more mechanized and technical. The village tune is soothing and slow, while the town and city tunes increase in tempo and complexity. Once you reach the metropolis you can really feel the rapid pace of your bustling city. Other tunes are wonderfully fitting as well. Bad news carries with it an urgent mood, while good news is uplifting, and the title music is very memorable to any fan of the game.


Credits

Audio Credits:

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Recording

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Title

Composer

Arranger

Length

Size

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01 Title Soyo Oka Unknown 0:54 0.9 MB [1]
02 Selection Soyo Oka Unknown 0:49 0.6 MB [2]
03 Village Soyo Oka Unknown 1:17 1.0 MB [3]
04 Town Soyo Oka Unknown 1:40 1.3 MB [4]
05 City Soyo Oka Unknown 1:45 1.6 MB [5]
06 Capital Soyo Oka Unknown 2:01 1.9 MB [6]
07 Metropolis Soyo Oka Unknown 1:50 1.3 MB [7]
08 Megalopolis Soyo Oka Unknown 2:35 1.9 MB [8]
09 City Evaluation Soyo Oka Unknown 0:49 0.7 MB [9]
10 Good Information Soyo Oka Unknown 1:09 0.9 MB [10]
11 Growth Soyo Oka Unknown 0:29 0.4 MB [11]
12 Problem Soyo Oka Unknown 0:46 0.6 MB [12]
13 Congratulations Soyo Oka Unknown 0:08 0.1 MB [13]
14 Fired Soyo Oka Unknown 0:08 0.1 MB [14]
15 Ending Soyo Oka Unknown 1:04 0.6 MB [15]


Playlist

Type

Open

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Albums

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Game Rip

Format

Download

Size

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The SPC logs were recorded during actual game play. The titles of the music correspond to what is happening in the game when they're played.


Releases

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Links