SimCity 4 (lost alpha and beta builds of simulation game; 2002): Difference between revisions

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The games box art.

Status: Lost

SimCity 4 is a city building simulator developed by Maxis. During the development of the game, Maxis released multiple preview screenshots of the game. Some of them are accurate to the final game while others feature graphics not present in the final game. None of the beta or alpha versions have been released or leaked. They can roughly be categorised into what appear to be early versions of the game. as of now, only Screenshots of different versions of the game and 3D renders of buildings

Early development versions

These screenshots show drastically different graphics from the final game.

Tiny city area, different buildings and nature textures
Different weather effects and textures, unfinished road junctions, cliffs
UI is a cross between SimCity 3000 and 4
Tornado with cows, different road types
Coal power plant with different appearance
Buildings with...
...and without dynamic decorations

Late development versions

Since these were created closer to the games release, there are less differences.

Some features are missing from the UI
Unfinished UI
Unfinished UI
Unfinished UI
Unfinished UI
Unfinished UI
Unfinished UI
Unfinished UI
Unfinished UI
Render of building that is not part of the final game
Roads are different, buildings have no extra objects
Different road textures
Beta volcano
Beta volcano
Fire looked different
Fog weather effect, beta buildings

3D renders

These images were likely created in a 3D modelling software and not using the in-game renderer.

Hotdogs in Tornado
Tornado
Probably a mockup made early in development of what was planned in the game

References

http://web.archive.org/web/20020802021915/http://www.gameport.cz/r-art.asp?id=1020408815&t=gameport

https://www.gamepressure.com/games/screenshots_list.asp?ID=1146

https://www.gamemeca.com/view.php?gid=120258

http://en.riotpixels.com/games/simcity-4/screenshots/page-6/

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+|title=<center>SimCity 4 lost prototypes</center>
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+|imagecaption=The games box art.
+|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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-'''''SimCity 4''''' is a well known city building simulator. During the development of the game, Maxis released numerous preview screenshots of the game. Some are pretty close to the end product, others show radically different graphics. None of these development versions has leaked yet. They can roughly be categorized into what appear to be early versions of the game, late versions and into marketing mockup renderings which likely never were going to be part of the game engine.
+'''''SimCity 4''''' is a city building simulator developed by Maxis. During the development of the game, Maxis released multiple preview screenshots of the game. Some of them are accurate to the final game while others feature graphics not present in the final game. None of the beta or alpha versions have been released or leaked. They can roughly be categorised into what appear to be early versions of the game. as of now, only Screenshots of different versions of the game and 3D renders of buildings
 ==Early development versions==
-These screenshots show radically different graphics from the end product.
+These screenshots show drastically different graphics from the final game.
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 File:Simcity-alpha-01.jpg||Tiny city area, different buildings and nature textures
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 ==Late development versions==
-These look pretty similar to the released game, however there still are differences.
+Since these were created closer to the games release, there are less differences.
 <gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
 File:SimCity4-beta02.jpg||Some features are missing from the UI
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 ==References==
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 http://web.archive.org/web/20020802021915/http://www.gameport.cz/r-art.asp?id=1020408815&t=gameport