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SimCity Deluxe coming soon to iPhone

by Mel Martin Mar 22nd 2010 at 9:30PM

An updated version of the the preferred game for those who want to create cities and watch them prosper or founder is coming to the iPhone this summer.

SimCity Deluxe from EA Mobile will have a user interface that improves on the current Sim City offering, with enhancements that make it look a bit more SimCity 4 on the PC. SimCity has been popular on the iPhone since it was released in 2008

The game includes different seasons (with appropriate disasters, of course) and 7 starter cities just waiting for you to run them into the ground.

The new version will sport improved frame rates, and the ability to modify terrain with a touch and swipe of your finger.

These type of games go way back. I remember playing Santa Paravia which was a similar, but considerably more primitive economic simulation, way back when it was on the TRS-80. Ah, memories.

The new SimCity Deluxe will work on the iPhone and iPod touch, and I reckon that you can count on an iPad version as well.

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Spuzzy

Why are they charging people for "features" which are actually bad implementation from the start ?

Way to rip off ardent fans of the franchise. Give the gaming industry a break EA.

March 23 2010 at 9:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gilmoure

If they do Alpha Centauri, I'll have to take a leave of absence from my work.

March 23 2010 at 6:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Victor

I want the original sim city. still my favorite.

March 23 2010 at 10:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
corey

I wish they'd put out a port of SimCity 2000 on iPhone

March 23 2010 at 9:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pabbie

Or they could just update the first simcity for the iPhone. It has a bug where you can't get rid of landfills. Very annoying since they wind up taking up half of my cities in the end.

March 23 2010 at 4:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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pdokeegan

You can get rid of landfills, it just takes a LOOOOOOONG time. Make sure you cut off all access to it, so no roads leading to it - no roads anywhere near it. I believe it took in the region of a hundred years to get rid of mine.

March 23 2010 at 9:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Raj

Now if only someone would release Alpha Centauri for the iPad, I would buy it in an instant.

March 23 2010 at 12:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike

Will get this as long as its the same price as Sim City now if its 10 bucks forget it this is stuff that should have been in the last one even though the last game was great.

March 22 2010 at 11:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Cougar

This just reminds me how much I want maxis to make SimCity 5.

March 22 2010 at 10:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
utterer

you misspelled flounder as founder in the first paragraph.

March 22 2010 at 10:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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YankeesRule

I hope they added subways and highways to this version! Without that in the first version, traffic was always an issue

March 22 2010 at 10:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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