SimTower / Sim Tower

[Tim O.]

My one favorite game from long ago was Sim Tower. It no longer exists as a Macintosh game and I was wondering if there was a port or perhaps someone who could help porting it to Intel Mac OSX. Hope this helps.

 

[Tim O.]

Actually, all I need are the data files.

 

[smurfy]

Wow. Creepy.

Last night I was trying to find a way to run this very game! It's real cool and fun

There isn't a port out there right now, but who knows? I doubt there will be an official one anytime soon though. Someone ported Red Faction to OS X.

The only solution I found, and the one I will eventually use, is to install Windows through Parallels and run it in that. Because I'm going to do that anyways.

I don't know. The other, free solution is to get a free Classic OS emulator and run it in that.

 

[XMARLTONX]

You could also get DosBox, a dos emulator and run it that way.

 

[RONE]

I'd love to be able to play SimTower again. Has everyone given up on this game? I've still got my copy, and I even tried to play it about a month ago.

 

[Interstellar]

I wonder if the I could still remember the combination for the money cheat...

Bottom left corner that's all I can remember -

 

[Josh_MacMan]

I thought I was the only one who missed that game.

 

[XMARLTONX]

Here ya go guys:

http://abandonia.com/games/341/download/SimTower.htm

Run it with:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14973/dosbox

I haven't got it working yet though =(

 

[Tim O.]

Thanks XMARLTONX! I also found this: http://www.scummvm.org/

 

[RONE]

Here ya go guys:

http://abandonia.com/games/341/download/SimTower.htm

Run it with:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14973/dosbox

I haven't got it working yet though =(

That looks like something on the right track, but I've never used DOS before and can't figure out how to run the game. Perhaps someone with some DOS experience could enlighten us?

 

[Village Idiot]

That looks like something on the right track, but I've never used DOS before and can't figure out how to run the game. Perhaps someone with some DOS experience could enlighten us?

I'm at work. If I have some free time later I'll post up...here's a hint. Search for Dapple Grey. It's a Doxbox GUI that simplifies things ten fold

 

[XMARLTONX]

I have yet to get this to work with SimTower, it constantly tells me it needs a windows machine. Although I use this following method for alot of my older games:

Well with DosBox I:

Take the game file itself>select it>right click>open with>all applications>dosbox>then open

The game file is NOT the setup file. It is usually a shortened version of the game's title and is an .exe. In this example it is "CARMEN.EXE".

This method mounts everything for you and alliveates alot of the work. It looks like this:

The game will then launch itself, and enjoy!

 

[Tim O.]

I am trying the above as we speak, but...drum roll please...The absolute best website in the world! http://mac.the-underdogs.info/ Anyway, with this, all I have to do is find a classic simulator for Intel.

 

[RONE]

I have yet to get this to work with SimTower, it constantly tells me it needs a windows machine. Although I use this following method for alot of my older games:

Well with DosBox I:

Take the game file itself>select it>right click>open with>all applications>dosbox>then open

The game file is NOT the setup file. It is usually a shortened version of the game's title and is an .exe. In this example it is "CARMEN.EXE".

I tried this with the original "SIMTOWER.EX_" and I got an invalid something or other. I changed the file name to "SIMTOWER.EXE" and DOSbox went to this screen and hasn't changed (nor do any commands work):

Any suggestions?

 

[XMARLTONX]

I tried this with the original "SIMTOWER.EX_" and I got an invalid something or other. I changed the file name to "SIMTOWER.EXE" and DOSbox went to this screen and hasn't changed (nor do any commands work):

Any suggestions?

Not a clue, you're stuck right where I am lol It weird, I use DosBox with a bunch of games with no problem.

 

[knightlie]

Files such as SIMTOWER.EX_ are compressed. Rename it back to SIMTOWER.EX_ and try EXPAND SIMTOWER.EX_

 

[RONE]

Files such as SIMTOWER.EX_ are compressed. Rename it back to SIMTOWER.EX_ and try EXPAND SIMTOWER.EX_

I get "Illegal command: EXPAND". Any other suggestions?

 

[RONE]

I even have my original game cd and I can't open "SimTower" with DOSbox.

 

[Soupish101]

Wow weird i just ran into the same problem too!

 

[Apple4life]

I'd love to get back in the game too. It was an awesome game!