The only downside seems to be that you can't save locally. H/t to Bjorn in the comments. Ive been doing this for 20 years and have reached the point where Im ready to email my list to him - with a gallery of screenshots.
UPDATE: Cinemablend has a code you can use to play the game offline. In fact, I like to play SimCity 4 as much as possible so I can make a list of all the things he got wrong (as I have with all the previous versions). Download or play SimCity 2000 online, or choose from more than hundreds of other DOS games. The SimCity we delivered captures the magic of its heritage but catches up with ever-improving technology." SimCity 2000 MS-DOS game released by Maxis in 1993. But we’re also hearing from thousands of people who are playing across regions, trading, communicating and loving the Always-Connected functionality.
We recognize that there are fans – people who love the original SimCity – who want that. SimCity is definitely the business and construction simulation game par excellence.Designed by Will Wright and originally launched back in 1989, it has become one of the most popular video games in history and one of Electronic Arts greatest hits, with versions for desktop, Android and iPhone, including the successful SimCity BuildIt. We did not focus on the “single city in isolation” that we have delivered in past SimCities. Its easy to play the strategy game on your Windows PC. But we rejected that idea because it didn’t fit with our vision. SimCity latest version: A classic simulation game for Windows PCs. Good God This brings back memories, and good ones at that I just discovered this site today and immediately saved it as a favorite. " So, could we have built a subset offline mode? Yes. to play type SIMCITY.EXE (it works google and someing) Eldokid. From the ground up, we designed this game with multiplayer in mind – using new technology to realize a vision of players connected in regions to create a SimCity that captured the dynamism of the world we live in a global, ever-changing, social world.". It’s fundamental to the vision we had for this SimCity. It didn’t come down as an order from corporate and it isn’t a clandestine strategy to control players. "Always-Connected is a big change from SimCities of the past.