SimCity Classic - Guide to Installation (Windows / DOSBox)

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/SimCity

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  • em-dosbox

    An Emscripten port of DOSBox

  • DOSBox: https://www.dosbox.com

  • winevdm

    16-bit Windows (Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, etc.) on 64-bit Windows

  • WineVDM: https://github.com/otya128/winevdm/releases

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  • dxwrapper

    Fixes compatibility issues with older games running on Windows 10/11 by wrapping DirectX dlls. Also allows loading custom libraries with the file extension .asi into game processes.

  • Then, download this and place the files inside the game directory (C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity Classic).

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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