Install Simcity 2000 On Windows 7
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I found this: http://aldude999.deviantart.com/art/..ws-8-340845297
I own the SC2K CD Collection and kept it all these years, but I could not use it with Win7 or now Win8 64bit because of the 16bit installer being blocked.
This thing works. It's beta so a little crude, but if you use the installer it will make a modern 64bit simcity.exe file on your computer and the game just works like it did 20 years ago.
I have the CD Collection which isn't the SE GoG(and archive.org) has so I had to tweak it a bit grabbing a DLL and moving the subdirectories off my CD into the install directory where the new EXE was created but it does work 100%. Saving and loading files, all functions other than the dropped out of date .HLP support files.
Clearly this works in Windows 64bit, will you GoG people be adding this if you can get the authors permission as the Win release is vastly superior to the lower res DOS version. I'd love to see this added since I bought the DOS release in a pinch awhile back.
As I said archive.org has this, part of their project that got permission to distro old PC games. I just happen to have a disc of it still after all these years. I'm so happy to see this work, just wish someone would do Sim City Classic Windows, but I think that'll be a hard sell with Micropolis, even if it has to run from a sucky .jar file for Windows.
Jul 08, 2012 How To Run SimCity2000 Or Other DOS Games On Windows 7. Installing SimCity 2000 on Windows 7. Let's Play Sim City 2000 P10 Highways.
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I found a patch for the windows version of Simcity 2000 here:
[url=]http://aldude999.deviantart.com/art/SimCity-2000-Installer-For-Windows-7-and-Windows-8-340845297[/url]
The GOG version unfortunately doesn't have the windows executable, but I can confirm that this patch works. Copy the SC2K folder from x:WIN95 (x being the drive with the Simcity CD) to the same directory the patch is extracted to. Run the patch and be sure to check the box that says Windows 7 save/load patch (assuming you're on windows 7 or 8). I'm on windows 8.1 64-bit and it works well.
[url=]http://aldude999.deviantart.com/art/SimCity-2000-Installer-For-Windows-7-and-Windows-8-340845297[/url]
The GOG version unfortunately doesn't have the windows executable, but I can confirm that this patch works. Copy the SC2K folder from x:WIN95 (x being the drive with the Simcity CD) to the same directory the patch is extracted to. Run the patch and be sure to check the box that says Windows 7 save/load patch (assuming you're on windows 7 or 8). I'm on windows 8.1 64-bit and it works well.
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Thanks for the link, osterac. What does the patch actually do?
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It fixes a problem where the game would crash every time the open or save dialog boxes try to appear. It also is a (somewhat broken) installer for 64-bit versions of Windows.
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If the GOG guys can get a similar fix ready, then we can finally have the windows version, because playing the DOS version is always bugging me, even if I do play it everyday.
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Works great here running Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. Also mentions support for the SimCity Urban Renewal Kit (SCURK) which I only assume works too. Make sure to check the box 'Windows 7 save/load Patch'. It is for sure needed.
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telly01: Works great here running Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. Also mentions support for the SimCity Urban Renewal Kit (SCURK) which I only assume works too. Make sure to check the box 'Windows 7 save/load Patch'. It is for sure needed.
Did that and it still crashes on Save/Loadlostnorm
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telly01: Works great here running Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. Also mentions support for the SimCity Urban Renewal Kit (SCURK) which I only assume works too. Make sure to check the box 'Windows 7 save/load Patch'. It is for sure needed.
lordfirefox: Simcity 4 Deluxe Windows 10
Did that and it still crashes on Save/Load There are 2 files you need. First is a new 32bit installer (setup32.exe) to install and then the SimCity 2000 compatibility patch that fixes the issue with saving and loading. Check this page out, it has the instructions and links to the files you need.http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/SimCity_2000
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