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micropolisJS
The original SimCity simulation, open-sourced as Micropolis, hand-ported to JavaScript. Zone, build, tax, and watch a city grow or fail.
OUR TAKE / EDITORIAL
Why it's on the wall
SimCity, legally, in a tab. Generate a map with a river, zone too much industry, and relearn why your city is on fire.
Written by Neon Gamewall. An opinion, not a player rating.
GAME BRIEF
What's the game?
micropolisJS is a handmade JavaScript port of Micropolis, the open-source release of the 1989 SimCity. Pick or generate a map, zone residential, commercial and industrial land, lay roads and power, set the tax rate and let the simulation run. The code is GPLv3; the Micropolis name is used under the Micropolis Public Name License, which the game's own page credits.
BEFORE YOU PLAY
What to expect
The real 1989 simulation, not a remake: it will punish a bad road layout and a greedy tax rate the way the original did. Mouse-driven, desktop first. Fully legal: EA released the Micropolis source and the trademark is licensed to the project. No AI build claim is made.
Controls: Mouse to zone and build; toolbar for budget, speed and disasters.
SOURCE & CREDIT
Meet the maker
The game's AI build is not independently verified. See the creator source or build notes ↗.
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