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Subject: Re: 2024 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away Day #0004
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 18:47:45 -0800
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On 12/5/2024 9:40 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 16:09 this Thursday (GMT):
>> On 12/5/2024 8:00 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 22:08 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>>> Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> * Project Highrise
>>>>>> https://store.steampowered.com/app/423580/Project_Highrise/
>>>>>>      Fine. I get it. You want a game from THIS century and MQLJG
>>>>>>      designed with somebody who's out of toddlerhood. Alright;
>>>>>>      I hear you. So here's "Project Highrise", which is 8G5A3
>>>>>>      essentially a modern remake of Maxis' old "SimTower" game.
>>>>>>      You're basically building a city in a tower, placing HFM5Q
>>>>>>      offices and apartments and infrastructure, trying to keep
>>>>>>      all the inhabitants happy. It's a real game! Surely you'll
>>>>>>      take THIS one!
>>>>
>>>>> I took this one Spalls. Thanks a lot. I never played SimTower so here
>>>>> is my chance I guess. My favorite Maxis games are SimCity 3K and 4K.
>>>>
>>>> Did you ever play the other Sim games like The Sims, SimAnt, etc.?
>>>
>>>
>>> Is simant a real game or did you make it up?
>>
>> It is (was) real.  Personally I'd like an updated SimLife.  I used to
>> leave that running overnight to see what had evolved.  :)
> 
> 
> Oh, neat. Why do you say "was"?

SimAnt came out so long ago that it may not be runable on current hardware.

SimLife is even older.

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