OpenSC2K – An Open Source Remake of SimCity 2000

Post by Spoom » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 2:08 PM UTC

NKCSS wrote: post #20

willvarfar wrote: post #15

Its very questionable to include the assets. The bottom of the readme says: > Includes assets and graphics extracted from the original SimCity 2000 Special Edition CD. These assets are NOT covered by the GNU General Public License used by this project and are copyright EA / Maxis. I'm including these assets in the hope that because the game has been made freely available at various points in time by EA, and because i…

It's available online if you add 'abandonware' into the search. Not sure what the legal status is though.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 2:14 PM UTC

colechristensen wrote: post #22

chungy wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

EA is actively selling SimCity 2000 at least on GOG.com. With that in mind, I think there can be no real gesture of goodfaith on the author's part. It's lazy, maybe just the "easy way" to do it in the beginning, but when the game is being actively sold, it's also slimy.

I don't think "bad faith" and "slimy" should really apply to 24 year old game assets. I value useful creation much higher than dated intellectual property. Or in other words, I do not support long-tail profit and control of any creative work.

Post by epicide » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 2:20 PM UTC

colechristensen wrote: post #22

chungy wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

EA is actively selling SimCity 2000 at least on GOG.com. With that in mind, I think there can be no real gesture of goodfaith on the author's part. It's lazy, maybe just the "easy way" to do it in the beginning, but when the game is being actively sold, it's also slimy.

I don't think "bad faith" and "slimy" should really apply to 24 year old game assets. I value useful creation much higher than dated intellectual property. Or in other words, I do not support long-tail profit and control of any creative work.

Post by theandrewbailey » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

ramon wrote: post #40

I love the revival of these classic games, they're so cool and awesome! I remember I had this SimCity 2000 CD somewhere, imagine now being able to install it everywhere is so great for the creators of these games, these guys should be proud of making such a thing!

Post by Fnoord » Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 2:26 PM UTC

meddlepal wrote: post #56

Quequau wrote: post #26

I enjoyed the first SimCity and I really enjoyed SimEarth. However, at some point I really stopped enjoying SimCity... and I'm not sure if it's that the game got more obsessively micro-managing or I just grew out of that style of game play entirely.

Classic, SC2K and SC3K were Will Wright games and didn't stress too much on the city micromanaging gameplay. They were plain and simple city builders. Things changed with SC4. Weirdly SCS and the last failed SimCity are probably closer in gameplay design and feel to the older titles than SC4 but the community hated them.