SimTower
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| Developers | |
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| OpenBook | |
| Publishers | |
| Maxis | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows 3.x | November 1994 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | November 1994 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Side view |
| Controls | Menu-based |
| Genres | Building |
| Art styles | Pixel art |
| Themes | Contemporary |
| Series | Sim |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| SimCity (series) | |
| SimEarth | 1990 |
| SimAnt | 1991 |
| SimLife | 1992 |
| SimFarm | 1993 |
| SimHealth | 1994 |
| SimTower | 1994 |
| SimIsle: Missions in the Rainforest | 1995 |
| SimTown | 1995 |
| SimPark | 1996 |
| SimGolf | 1996 |
| SimTunes | 1996 |
| SimSafari | 1998 |
| The Sims (series) | |
| Sid Meier's SimGolf | 2002 |
Warnings
- The Windows 3.x release of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).
SimTower is a singleplayer side view building game in the Sim series.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Entire game can be copied to hard drive. | |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.1B is the latest official patch, available from Archive.org and Patches-Scrolls.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Game window can be stretched to any arbitrary resolution. Making the window too large on high-resolution displays can crash the game or cause other runtime errors. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Elevators, Background and Event sounds can be toggled independently. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| Japanese |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| WinG | [1] |
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. | ||||
| Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
| Windows 3.x | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | ||||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 25 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 3.0 compatible | |||
| Other | Requires a 4x or faster CD drive | |||
| Mac OS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Motorola 68030 | PowerPC | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | 8 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Video card (GPU) | 256 colors | |||
References
- ↑ WinG - Wikipedia - last accessed on 2020-03-20
