When did you get Sim City 4?

[Mr Saturn64 742]

I got it in 2009

[Cpt Johnny 58]

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[lhrob 213]

2004

[z1 566]

Why is there no 2003 selection?  A lot of people got it then, as it came out in January.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I got it about six months before rush hour came out.

[diverscale 1]

got it the day it came out, but I can't really remember when that was lol. I thought it was 2003

[Bipin 3,402]

Not soon enough.

[mrbisonm 1,622]

2003..........couldn't vote, no 2003 on the list.

I got it the day before it officially came out in Canada. (Pssst, I know the store owner quite well... )

 

mrb

[simMayor84 111]

i got it last year. i was a simcity fan since simcity2000. then 3000. wanted to get 4 when it came out but couldnt because i didnt have a pc then. finally got a kickass laptop last year and sc4 was the first game i bought. so like a 9 year wait, it was worth it though. especially with all the mods and bats. when i first seen this site i was like a kid in a candy store. my plugins folder is growing by the day! 

[Shortsonfire 67]

I can't remember when I got it, but it was several years ago.  I just know I got the deluxe version for PC, then several years later I got the Mac version through Aspyr.

[Cdesigner 8]

I got my first copy of SC4 in 2004, but i rebought it in 2013

[Haljackey 17,354]

2003..........couldn't vote, no 2003 on the list.

 

Same here!

 

Although I didn't get Rush Hour until 2004.

[rivit 3,391]

Waited till Rush Hour came out - so it must have been 2004

[docj101 99]

I highly anticipated SimCity4 vanilla leading up to it's launch, buying it release day.  I guess that was '03 but if I didn't look it up I wouldn't even remember anymore  .  I also really looked forward to Rush Hour; buying it on release day.  Then of course I bought Deluxe once it was released, but with nothing to be excited about I'm pretty sure it wasn't on release day.

[City Planner 121]

2003

 

i remember buying a new computer to run it, paid for it on my Mobil gasoline credit card as Mobil sent out advertisements to sell a 486 dx25 computer and monitor that could be paid for in monthly installements on the gasoline credit card so I took advantage of it so that I'd have a computer that would play SC4 acceptably.  Prior to that I was still using my old 286 computer.

[Superbacon 380]

Somewhere way back in '04 or '05. But I'm more sure it was '04.

[docj101 99]

2003

 

i remember buying a new computer to run it, paid for it on my Mobil gasoline credit card as Mobil sent out advertisements to sell a 486 dx25 computer and monitor that could be paid for in monthly installements on the gasoline credit card so I took advantage of it so that I'd have a computer that would play SC4 acceptably.  Prior to that I was still using my old 286 computer.

Lol, a 286 up until 2003.  I don't know how ya did it...  I happen to have a 286 laying around still, with a 386 actually, but neither were powered on since 1990.  good stuff!

[Michonder 4]

27/09/2006 13:48:14

[SS3K 160]

When ever it first came out in the UK then I bought simcity 4 deluxe. I remember buying simcity 4 in the shop then I bought simcity 4 deluxe online. simcity 4 deluxe is the only pc game I play these days.

[MandelSoft 2,770]

I think I got it in 2004, but I shelved it for a while since I sucked playing the game. Picked it up back in 2006 and since then, I fell in love with this game. Got Rush Hour in 2007 second handed.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

I don't really remember, but I think it was in 2004. I didn't get it right away, that much I remember. Borrowed it, tried it out a few days, sucked at playing it, brought it back and planned to buy it eventually, but didn't get around to actually doing that.

 

It took quite a while for me to buy it finally. Judging from the time I registered at SC4 community websites, it must have been 2004.

 

I still have the original box art SC4 and Rush Hour expansion. I remember that the Rush Hour expansion used to be very, very hard to come by in Germany back then. I was glad when I finally got it second hand on eBay for ~6 Euros (used to be ~30 Euros new back then, and mostly ~27 Euros used, when the regular game retailed for 10-15 Euros!) because the poor bloke had misspelled it and nobody found his auction except for me.

 

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[Kiiroitori 55]

^ LOL that must havve been lucky! nice find I got SC4 Deluxe in 2010.

[B.C builder 291]

I got the Sc4 Deluxe edition in summer 2008

[aaaling 83]

SC4 Deluxe in Fall 2008.

[TekindusT 3,809]

I got SC4 vanilla on 5th January 2007, that's the Epiphany night in Spain (where people get presents from the Three Wise Men). Installed it that same night and began playing.

 

I sucked at this game and I played sporadically watching my run-down, broken-dreamed game streets until 28th January 2008, when I registered on Simtropolis looking advice and cool custom content for my vanilla game. It didn't work without the Rush Hour expansion, so I looked for it desesperately. I got it some months later, can't remember exactly when, from a local videogame store which still had a copy nobody had (incredibly!) bought yet.

 

Even though I was amazed by the new possibilites RH brought, it wasn't until February 2009 when I went active in Simtropolis and the REAL fun began.

[AdoxxBE 289]

I got it together with the Rush Hour exp pack in 2004 if I'm correct.

[Pobs 24]

2011, but I wasn't playing it properly till I discovered Simtropolis.

[euverus 20]

October 2003 I think, because in September I still played SimCity 3000.

[Androgeos 73]

I believe I bought the Deluxe Edition sometime in 2006. I got my IBM in late-2005. Back then, the only major game I had on a CD was RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. It was fortunate I bought it then; that was the only time I saw the Deluxe Edition sold in rectangular box form.

[Cyclone Boom 17,016]

If I remember correctly, I bought SC4 vanilla in late 2003. Then in 2004, I acquired the RH expansion pack, and also the Prima strategy guide. From then, I played the game on and off for a few years, beginning to progressively loose interest as time went by. It was only until discovering the world of custom content that renewed my interests in the game. Realising the enormous potential for expansion and customisation, I haven't looked back since.