Anything higher might make Windows flake out during installation. Make sure the base system memory size in VirtualBox is set to 32MB. Download from this site: Windows 98 Bootable CD Images | Boot Disks In addition to Windows 98 (either a CD or image, I happened to have a legitimate CD from 1999 with it's keycode) you need a boot disk image. If anyone else wants to try this, here are some pointers: As an added bonus, since Windows 98 was a GUI that ran on top of MS-DOS you actually do have the option to reboot the system in DOS mode for running any DOS games you might have. This configuration should also work for other Win98 (or earlier) games that either can't be run in XP/Vista/7. Took a little doin', but I got audio as well as video running (as you can see). Here is the link of commands that do work in DOSbox: Even videos of people playing it 'in DOS' show that it's running in Windows.Īlso, EXPAND doesn't work in DOSbox because DOSbox emulates MS-DOS. It came out in 1995 so of course it was a big deal to have it play on Windows 95. I don't understand why people say SimTower was a DOS game. Or Macintosh System 7 or higher with a 68030 or above Or Windows 3.1, Windows 95 or higher with a 386 or above SimCity 2000 Special Edition Windows 95 CD bundle with SimTower, $60 Here are the system requirements for every OS it was released on:Īvailable for Windows 3.1/Windows 95/Macintosh, $15

I'd be surprised if any of the installers online pointed to the 3.1 installer though, because that was floppies only if I remember correctly. Unfortunately you need to be emulating Windows 3.1, 95, or 98 to get this to run. No amount of 'EXPAND' or any other decompression command will install the game for you. Yes, *.?_ files are compressed, but they're compressed in such a way that the windows SETUP.EXE installer can read them. Even when I had it and it was on 3.5' floppies it was still a Windows game. In fact, SimTower never came out for DOS, so you won't be able to find a DOS installer. The file linked to on Abandonia (and anywhere else I've found on the web) is a Windows installer. I just created an account to post this in case anyone else reads this:

Installing sim tower on dosbox