SimCity Classic! In a Docker Container!

The game media for this has been sourced from archive.org.

For detailed usage, consult README.md from upstream classiccontainers/dosbox image.

$ docker run \
    -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY \
    -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
    --device /dev/snd \
    classiccontainers/simcity_classic

This requires an X11 and Pulse Adudio server; for more information on how to set those up, consult the README.md in the repository for the upstream image.

$ docker run \
    -e DISPLAY=host.docker.internal:0 \
    -e PULSE_SERVER=host.docker.internal \
    classiccontainers/simcity_classic

Per the documentation in the upstream image, the A drive inside the dosbox environment will be mounted to /var/games/dosbox. If you want data to be available after the container terminates, simply mount a local directory to /var/games/dosbox in the container.

$ docker run \
    -v /home/user1/savedata:/var/games/dosbox \
    classiccontainers/simcity_classic

When the game runs, it will load a (mostly) black-and-white graphics set. In order to get the graphics you're probably familiar with, once you've started a city,

• Go to the System menu
• Select "Load Graphics."
• Choose "Classic Graphics"
• Click "Load"

If anyone knows how to make Classic Graphics the default, let me know and I'll add it to the image.

This project is intended for educational purposes only.