The Original SimCity is Now the Open Source Micropolis | Linux Today

The Original SimCity is Now the Open Source Micropolis

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 3, 2008

“Think you’re smarter than the meatheads on your local city
council? Now you can prove it–without running for office–courtesy
of the original city simulation game. Electronic Arts (EA) has
released the source code to SimCity under the GPLv3. The newly
freed game is dubbed Micropolis, and it is playable in most major
Linux distributions.

“The original SimCity was published in 1989, and spawned 18
spinoffs (and counting), plus dozens of expansions and
sequels…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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