22 years later, modders are keeping SimCity 4 alive

The community continues to evolve the game.

The community continues to evolve the game.

Search for “SimCity 4” on YouTube, and you’ll see players constructing multilevel highway interchanges and intricate railroad networks, or maybe even a swooping flyby of a sprawling metropolis. None of these features came with the original game, which was released just after the turn of the millennium. They’ve been developed slowly and painstakingly over the 22 years since its release by dedicated aficionados — a thriving community that continues to push the game’s limits.

The work is a labor of love, and it’s a lot of labor and love. Modder Tarkus says that after all these years, he’s

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