SimCity 2000 Special Edition, FREE

[Mindf!3ldzX]

https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/f...s/on-the-house

Get it while it's there.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

thanks!

[Bog]

ah yeah here is the link on steam store page Shadow Warrior Classic (1997) on Steam

[Mindf!3ldzX]

I dont have that one. (Shadow Warrior)

good call! I'll just retain my particular version though haha.It's rare I want to play some nostalgia gaming, but it does happen!

[Bog]

Sure, logout/close the origin client, go to the folder where the game is installed and try to execute the dosbox.exe there, it usually have the game's icon. It will start origin instead, asking for your login information, only then dosbox will execute. then again, its no big deal.

As for Steam, check Shadow Warrior (the free one), it comes with the same dosbox.exe provided on the official site. Same can be said about Duke3d megaton edition (it comes with the dos version, too), heretic, blood, hexen, doom (classic) and maybe Strife Veteran Edition.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Wing commander 3, Sim city 2000 SE and Crusader no remorse can be run without DRM. there is a .dat file that looks like an iso image, which can be mounted in any version of dosbox and played in it, just like in most DOS games released through steam.

EA did try to attach DRM on the version of dosbox provided through origin, which is easy to bypass anyway.

Not that it matters (to me) but, got anything to back up that drivel? You'll note I use both Steam and Origin both so, that is why I'm curious.

[Bog]

Wing commander 3, Sim city 2000 SE and Crusader no remorse can be run without DRM. there is a .dat file that looks like an iso image, which can be mounted in any version of dosbox and played in it, just like in most DOS games released through steam.

EA did try to attach DRM on the version of dosbox provided through origin, which is easy to bypass anyway.

[OMacKnight]

Oh my, that would be glorious <3

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Have you noticed the #BringRikerIn going around? Jonathon Frakes to possibly direct the next Star Trek. MAKE IT SO NUMBER 1

[OMacKnight]

470 games on steam, about 50 or so I'm sure I've gotten for free from various events, about 300 I didn't plan to get, but got in really cheap bundles and most of the rest I actually bought

I think I'll stick to steam since almost every free game offered on origin so far I either own or wouldn't play, but I don't think it deserves the hate it gets anymore

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Origin > Steam, especially considering the CONSTANT flow of freebies. I've had an Origin account since 2013 and my game collection is booming with goodies.

[ArrrCee]

Origin really isn't that bad of a client. Plus the game is free, you're not losing anything grabbing it, playing it and uninstalling everything later.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

I loved that game as a kid i had the urban renewal kit as a kid and would set up the town to have a military base and a nuclear power plant. then load the city up in sim copter and steel the war military helicopter and blow up the power plant killing everyone! by far sim city was one of the best FPS at the time! hell i even hacked the radio station that played in the helicopter to play Ozzy by overriding there wav files with my own. pc microphone held up to a boombox just to record sound bites. #Be4Mp3

I did that with Crazy Taxi for PC Really awesome when this is possible in games.

[JDSTONE]

I loved that game as a kid i had the urban renewal kit as a kid and would set up the town to have a military base and a nuclear power plant. then load the city up in sim copter and steel the war military helicopter and blow up the power plant killing everyone! by far sim city was one of the best FPS at the time! hell i even hacked the radio station that played in the helicopter to play Ozzy by overriding there wav files with my own. pc microphone held up to a boombox just to record sound bites. #Be4Mp3

[Mindf!3ldzX]

^ my SimCity 2000 Special Edition game folder folder.

I found another cat spreading that same misinformation over at @ IGN

SimCity 2000 Currently Free on Origin - IGN

I tweeted @ Katie to update the article to tout that it has zero DRM , can't even be launched via Origin,and utilizes DOSBOX.