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Posted September 12, 2013
Be great to be able to Purchase this game from here and be able to have it ported for MacOS X.
It is a small but addictive game from years back that I would love to play again.
SimCity 2000 Had 1000 positive reviews and I am sure that Sim Tower would be in a similar position.
Be great to hear back from people.

Nelvana
Posted September 12, 2013
Feel free to lend it your vote (if you haven't already done so :) )
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/sim_tower
Posted September 12, 2013
You could be waiting a while for this one; SimTower only had versions for classic Mac OS and Windows 3.x, neither of which are compatible with modern versions of those platforms. SimCity 2000 was easy since it had a DOS version.
Post edited September 12, 2013 by Arkose
Posted September 12, 2013
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Nelvana: Be great to be able to Purchase this game from here and be able to have it ported for MacOS X.
Nelvana
Well, since it's not on GOG.com (and likely won't be in quite some time), you could get it on an well known site for "abandoned" games and try to run it under wine.

But I'm no Mac user myself, so I can't guarantee, that it will work!
Posted September 12, 2013
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Arkose: You could be waiting a while for this one; SimTower only had versions for classic Mac OS and Windows 3.x, neither of which are compatible with modern versions of those platforms. SimCity 2000 was easy since it had a DOS version.
Yeah, really too bad, and rather odd that there wasn't a DOS version.

http://www.digitoys.tv/ released Yoot Tower for iOS; if we could get in contact with them maybe we could talk about a re-release on GOG. (Any contact info?)

Well, here's a Twitter account! :) https://twitter.com/digitoys I'll send a tweet, although I don't expect a response. EDIT: Okay, the last post was a LONG time ago. Nevermind.
Post edited September 12, 2013 by tfishell
Posted September 12, 2013
I enjoyed the original game, and have voted for it on the wishlist already, would like to see it here in the future for both windows and Mac preferably.
Posted September 12, 2013
SimTower has a gold rating on Wine's AppDB, so chances are it will be playable:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=582

Since Wine is not available for Windows I don't think there is a simple way of getting it to work there. I've seen a YouTube video where someone installed Windows 3.1 into DOSBox and then ran it there, so if you feel adventurous you can give that a try as well DOSBox is available for OS X as well).
Posted September 12, 2013
Hmm, wonder if Executor (similar to Wine, except it runs Macintosh System 7.0 and 6.0 applications rather than Windows ones) can run the Macintosh version, I'll have to try some day.
Post edited September 12, 2013 by Maighstir
Posted September 12, 2013
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HiPhish: SimTower has a gold rating on Wine's AppDB, so chances are it will be playable:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=582

Since Wine is not available for Windows I don't think there is a simple way of getting it to work there. I've seen a YouTube video where someone installed Windows 3.1 into DOSBox and then ran it there, so if you feel adventurous you can give that a try as well DOSBox is available for OS X as well).
True, but I don't think that makes it any easier to get running on Windows. It would help get it running on OSX, but Windows is still the main platform they target.

Which is a shame, because I'd love to get a chance to play. I remember seeing it when I was a kid, but I never actually got to play.
Posted September 12, 2013
Yeah, I know, I just wanted to point out a possibility to the poster if he really wants to play the game. There is also Wine on Windows, but currently it is nothing more than just a proof of concept:
http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOnWindows
Post edited September 12, 2013 by HiPhish
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