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Game seems to run OK, with full sound effects and music.  Motion is a bit choppy at DOSBox's default 3000 cycles; as mentioned above, I turn it up to 8000 cycles when playing.
 
Game seems to run OK, with full sound effects and music.  Motion is a bit choppy at DOSBox's default 3000 cycles; as mentioned above, I turn it up to 8000 cycles when playing.
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[[Category:Life simulation games]]

Latest revision as of 14:19, 27 December 2012

SimEarth
GAME SimEarth Title.png
Title Screen
Developer Maxis
Publisher Maxis, Electronic Arts
Released 1990
Status Works
Tested on 0.73
Tested game version 1.2
Links Compatibility List
Commands
Executable loadfix SIMEARTH.EXE
Installer INSTALL.EXE
Setup
DOS Extender
DOS4GW.EXE Unknown
Works with DOS32A N/A

SimEarth is a Maxis "Sim" game, in which the player controls the development of a planet.

Making it work

SimEarth requires the loadfix command to run properly (loadfix simearth).

Tested

2009-08-11 by Aaron of Mpls

DOSBox 0.73
Windows XP Pro SP2; 2.8 GHz Pentium D; 2 GB RAM
SimEarth version 1.2

Settings:

  • DOSBox:
  • CPU Cycles: 8000
  • SimEarth:
  • Video: VGA 640x480 16 color
  • Sound: Sound Blaster

Game seems to run OK, with full sound effects and music. Motion is a bit choppy at DOSBox's default 3000 cycles; as mentioned above, I turn it up to 8000 cycles when playing.