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And to understand just why that is, we’re going to have to give you a brief history lesson first. However, once put into context, this artifact becomes extraordinary, and gives us new insight into one of the most unlikely creative collaborations in video game history.

Here it is – SimCity on the NES! This video condenses about three hours of standard gameplay, and takes advantage of a glitch that gives the player nearly unlimited money.Īt a glance, the game doesn’t look like much more than an inferior version of the SimCity we saw on the Super Nintendo. Either way, the game was seen as something of a Holy Grail among collectors and archivists alike, and the odds of ever seeing it outside of a handful of published screenshots seemed slim, until a cartridge containing an unfinished version of the game materialized at 2017’s Portland Retro Gaming Expo. This version of the game was thought to be completely lost or, at best, confined to some deep dark archive inside of Nintendo’s offices.

It made a brief appearance at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in 1991, but was canceled soon after, and was never seen again. This version of the game was announced at the same time as its 16-bit cousin, and was said to contain all of its same features. But did you know that Nintendo’s version of SimCity actually started life on the original 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System? The cartridge launched alongside the system here in the United States, and brought the popular PC game to a brand new console audience. It was fun and simple on the PC and I don't think it would have had the issues that SImCity 2000 had being too much crammed onto an SNES cartridge.The unreleased packaging illustration from SimCity, as seen on a rare retail display sign from VidPro.Ī lot of you are probably aware of Nintendo’s remarkable rendition of SimCity for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. I think the was a GBA port later on, but I beleive it would have done well.

I am surprised that SimTower was never ported to the SNES. I played it a lot on the PC and it was fun, but the SNES version wass just sooo slooww. I didn't play much of the SNES port of SimCity 2000, as you mentioned it was not a great port at all. One of those times where less would have been more. I was excited at first, thinking "Well, I loved SimCity, so expanding to a whole world should be great!!". I remmeber renting SimEarth quite a bit and being horribly confused on what to do. It is a little dated now with the sequels that came out for the PC providing more/different options as can be expected. SimCity was one of the first games I owned for the SNES and I played it a lot. I thought this review was going to be about Sim games in general.