April 30, 2007
Simulate a city… even faster
Posted Apr. 30, ’07, 7:58 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Games
I could never get the hang of SimCity. I spent a couple afternoons playing with it, but in the end, it always ended up being a desolate place that no one wanted to live in. My excuse I used recently to hide my shame was that there wasn’t a universal binary. I’m a man of principles after all.
If you’ve got SimCity 4 and the Rush Hour expansion pack, you can download the new public beta version to get that fresh universal binary feeling. No RAM bloating Rosetta for you. Don’t be afraid of the description text.
The wording is somewhat confusing on the Macgamefiles.com page where the download is hosted, as it says “For now, Simcity 4 Rush Hour is still not supported for play on Intel Macs.” This is not to imply that the Universal binary does not work on Intel-based Macs — simply that Aspyr does not yet warrant that the software will work.
That’s pretty fair, especially since it is a beta. Are you guys waiting for any games? I still have a copy of KOTOR that I really couldn’t get into and want a UB for.
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The original Call of Duty for me. Aspyr have been working on a patch for this, at least according to some forum entries that I've seen from them in the past, but it keep being pushed back due to other priorities. While I do own Call of Duty 2 I do continue to hope that a patch will be released for the original and its expansion, United Offensive.
great news. simcity is my favorite game (i'm actually playig it right now). i still have a PowerPC computer, but i am buying a new intel as soon as leopard is released. i hope by then we have full support of the intel processor!