Re: How can I play Sim City 3000 in Windows 10?

It states to contact a Game Advisor for a digital rendering of an older disc game (for newer platforms such as Windows 10) but nothing older than Sim City 4 is listed in 'first, choose a game'. I have the disc for 'Sim City 3000 Unlimited' but am having trouble with it now.

@PrimbudP

The game itself isn't listed, just select Simcity as your game and you should be fine.

I followed the steps and i talked to a person. I then proceeded to give the person my email and name. Now what?

Hello all,

If you are on Windows 10 and have a disc version of the game, then sadly you will not be able to install the game. If you are about to purchase the game, I would recommend checking out GoG.com.

If you have any further questions, please reach out to an Advisor.

Thanks!

Why are you telling me to buy this again? I already bought the license to play this game so why can I not play it?  I definitely don't have the money to spend on buying it again

Your game is almost seventeen years old.  Only Window98 and Windows2000 were around back then, and Maxis is out of business now.  It will never be patched again, and Windows 10 cannot emulate an OS any older than Vista with any useful accuracy. 

You might look into getting "Virtual PC" from Microsoft, and then find a copy of Windows2000 to run within that virtual space (finding an unused copy of Windows98 would be rather difficult now). 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3702

First of all, I know this thread is old.. But I love this game, payed for it, and refused to let it just stand there on my desk all dusty. The only way I got the cd version of this game working flawlessly on windows 10 was by applying a no-cd exe, therefore removing the DRM, since all the trouble in starting up the game is due to that.

I hope all people who bought this game like I did, can enjoy it after all these years!

Cheers

I know this was a few months ago but can you remember how you did that? And if so could you link me to something that explains it/ debrief me cos I'm not great with tech but I don't want the game to go to waste. Thanks!

If you have the retail version (and not the one from GOG), the compatibility fixes found on PCGamingWiki should help: https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/699-simcity-3000-compatibility-fixes/

where did you get the no/cd exe?

Please, could you help me find that no-cd exe?? I'm also very upset by not being able to play it anymore..

Thank you so much!

How did you apply a non-cd exe?