There hasn’t been a lot of good news out of EA lately, but here’s some: the company just launched a bunch of classic games on Steam. The new (old) releases include nine games in total, spanning franchises like Dungeon Keeper, Populous, and SimCity.
Here’s the full list:
Command & Conquer The Ultimate Collection
SimCity 3000 Unlimited
Populous
Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
Populous: The Beginning
Dungeon Keeper Gold
Dungeon Keeper 2
Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack
The Saboteur
It sort of seems like another shot across the bow at abandonware archiving.
I just picked a title at random- https://archive.org/details/DungeonKeeperGoldEditionUSAEnFrEsNlSvPl
As long as companies think they can keep making money from old games, they will keep trying.
I’m OK with them wanting to keep making money from it as long as they update it for compatibility with newer operating systems. Selling something they have completely abandoned us not cool.
Can a bitch just get Sim Tower?! I miss that game the most from childhood…
Check out Project Highrise. Felt pretty similar to the nostalgia.
Or https://www.myabandonware.com/game/simtower-the-vertical-empire-3f2
I always loved SimCity 3000. It was the first city builder I’d ever played.
I can still hear that smooth jazz playing and the sound of screams when I sent a robot and a tornado barreling through the city.
I really want a modern old school style city builder. I tried cities skyline but it was too complicated. Like parkitect is to planet coaster.
Skylines is complicated?!?
Fair enough I guess, have you tried citiesXL? Older and dead but even more of a city painter I believe.
Compared to Sim City 3000 and Sim City 4, Cities Skylines’ UI feels really convoluted to me.
Looks like somebody is in need of cash 😂. But to be fair, these games were back in the day mighty good. It’s really a shame to see how both greed and ever growing ambitious killed creativity.
I own all of C&C on Origin, but I’d rather get a root canal without anesthetic than use their launcher. I paid Steam $10 instead.
Don’t you still need the EA launcher through steam though? I don’t want to buy the ultimate collection again if that’s the case
EDIT: I can confirm I just launched RA2 without the launcher after buying through steam. Halleluiah
EA’s launcher still requires internet access though, right? If so, you’re probably better off sticking to the GOG versions. I booted up Jedi: Fallen Order on a train, and EA told me “no”.
I don’t know about these newly added games but I can launch Sim City 4 from Steam without Origin.
Populous The Beginning! I never played the other populous games but I have some very fond memories of this one. As a kid I just loved using spells to reshape the worlds and mess with the enemy AI. Dropping a volcano in the middle of their village and watching them go nuts was always so much fun.
I remember spending hours on the first level raising land across the entire planet to make a gigantic village
