SimCity 2000 - Amiga or Macintosh ?

[dougal]

I really got into SimCity 2000 again. I am currently playing the Amiga AGA version on my A1200 and it runs decently enough.

I have Shape Shifter installed and MacOS runs decent too but I did not try SimCity 2000 on it yet.

My question, which version will run nicer on my Amiga with my spec ? The AGA version or the Macintosh version (Via emulation) ?

A1200 Blizzard 1260, 64MB Fast, GBS8220 Scandoubler/Flickerfixer, OS3.9

[Xanxi]

The MAC Shapeshifter version is better on my setup (A1260 AGA 192MB RAM). However, the MAC often crashes after a long moment playing and progress is lost.

[itix]

I really got into SimCity 2000 again. I am currently playing the Amiga AGA version on my A1200 and it runs decently enough.

I have Shape Shifter installed and MacOS runs decent too but I did not try SimCity 2000 on it yet.

My question, which version will run nicer on my Amiga with my spec ? The AGA version or the Macintosh version (Via emulation) ?

A1200 Blizzard 1260, 64MB Fast, GBS8220 Scandoubler/Flickerfixer, OS3.9

MacOS version is faster.

[utri007]

Promote SimCity to fast men with FBlit and its much faster

[dougal]

Hmmmm will try both. AGA with FBlit and MacOS though i have my hopes pinned on the MacOS version.

[CritAnime]

Would I get kicked in the nuts if I say I played the windows version?

I do enjoy the Amiga sim city games though.

[Bamiga2002]

Disabling CyberPatcher before running ShapeShifter seems to have cured most lockups for me. Played Warcraft 2 on "Mac" for two hours straight and no hangs .

[touringsedan]

If you have a real Mac, the Boxer App is pretty astonishing.

Run it and it virtualizes DOS and Sounblaster and Super fast SVGA.

Drag and drop game installer and it just runs, I am still impressed with it each time I use it.

[dougal]

I can't try SimCity 2000 or anything on my emulated Mac because whenever i try and get stuff onto the "mac" via CF or CD it won't run.

It will have a "PC" icon. I even tried to get Stuffit version 4 but it won't run and says something about PC Exchange

[fitzsteve]

Mac version wins
 
It's even better with RTG but if you can use 640x480x256 with your FF/SD that would be awesome using one of the Mac Video Drivers.

[CritAnime]

If you have a real Mac, the Boxer App is pretty astonishing.

Run it and it virtualizes DOS and Sounblaster and Super fast SVGA.

Drag and drop game installer and it just runs, I am still impressed with it each time I use it.

Yeah boxer is pretty good. I have it on my MacBook.

[Xanxi]

I can't try SimCity 2000 or anything on my emulated Mac because whenever i try and get stuff onto the "mac" via CF or CD it won't run.

It will have a "PC" icon. I even tried to get Stuffit version 4 but it won't run and says something about PC Exchange

Old mac files are not to be downloaded on a PC because of some odd file attributes that go banana.

Downloading on the Amiga is fine with Ibrowse.
Then i use the Mac-Handler stuff from the Shapeshifter package to mount my MAC hardfile and copy the file there directly, and everything is just fine.

[dougal]

Old mac files are not to be downloaded on a PC because of some odd file attributes that go banana.

Downloading on the Amiga is fine with Ibrowse.
Then i use the Mac-Handler stuff from the Shapeshifter package to mount my MAC hardfile and copy the file there directly, and everything is just fine.

Can i download them with any special tools on the PC as my miggies are not connected to the net ?

[desiv]

If they are compressed on the Mac (BinHex or SIT), you should be good.
The usual problem is the "resource fork" on the old MACs, that the PC doesn't support.

As long as it's compressed originally, then you should be able to transfer it via a PC, then to the Amiga, then to the emulated Mac.
Then you need to decompress it in your emulated Mac.  (or BinHex, which isn't really compression, but..)

desiv

[Xanxi]

Can i download them with any special tools on the PC as my miggies are not connected to the net ?

There is a complicated method i have used successfully.

Look for a PC tool called HFV Explorer. With this tool you will be able to include MAC files inside a MAC hardfile of any size, respecting the files attributes, the so-called forks. Then transfer the hsv hardfile to your amiga and use it as secondary hardfile (fortunately Shapeshifter can use two) and transfer the needed files.