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\nDecades after anything was last seen of the game, a reddit user has appeared online posting all-new video footage of a playable build of SimCopter 64<\/strong>, a long-lost title for Nintendo’s first fully 3D console.\n<\/p>\n

\nSimCopter was a Nintendo version of the Maxis and EA PC title of the same name, following in the footsteps of the Nintendo-exclusive version of the original SimCity. Unlike that title, however, SimCopter 64 was actually in development at Maxis itself, rather than under license at Nintendo.\n<\/p>\n

\nSimCopter was showcased at E3 1997, which is where much of the video we’ve had of the game up until now comes from. SimCopter was envisioned to connect with a new version of SimCity in development for the N64’s ill-fated 64DD add-on. As on PC, you’d build a city in SimCity, then fly around it in SimCopter, though both games function stand-alone.\n<\/p>\n

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Decades after anything was last seen of the game, a reddit user has appeared online posting all-new video footage of a playable build of SimCopter 64, a long-lost title for Nintendo’s first fully 3D console. SimCopter was a Nintendo version of the Maxis and EA PC title of the same name, following in the footsteps of the Nintendo-exclusive version of the original SimCity. Unlike that title, however, SimCopter 64 was actually in development at Maxis itself, rather than under license at Nintendo. SimCopter was showcased at E3 1997, which is where much of the video we’ve had of the game up until now comes from. SimCopter was envisioned to connect with a new version of SimCity in development for the N64’s ill-fated 64DD add-on. As…<\/p>\n

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