# nicholas-ochoa/OpenSC2K

OpenSC2K - An Open Source remake of Sim City 2000 by Maxis

Repository: https://github.com/nicholas-ochoa/OpenSC2K
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/opensc2k
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: game, remake, simcity, simcity-2000, sim, city, 2000, phaser3, phaser, phaserjs, phaser-game, sc2k, webgl, electron, typescript, maxis, javascript, opensc2k
Last push: 2020-01-27T03:38:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3134, "days_push": 2410, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5101, forks 113 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:09.763314+00:00)

## What it is
OpenSC2K is an open-source JavaScript remake of SimCity 2000 built with Phaser 3 and WebGL, capable of importing and viewing original .sc2 city files. It requires original game assets (LARGE.DAT and PAL_MSTR.BMP) from the Windows 95 Special Edition and currently lacks the full simulation.

## Use cases
- play a browser-based remake of SimCity 2000
- import and view original SimCity 2000 .sc2 city files
- extract graphics from SimCity 2000 LARGE.DAT assets
- study how the SimCity 2000 file format works
- contribute to an open-source city-building game engine

## When to choose
- you own SimCity 2000 assets and want to view or play cities in a modern browser
- you want an open-source codebase to extend a classic city builder
- you're researching the SC2 file format and Maxis graphics extraction

## When to avoid
- you want a complete, polished city simulation - the simulation is unimplemented
- you don't have original SimCity 2000 asset files, since graphics cannot be distributed
- you need a stable game - the project is mid-refactor with broken functionality and last released in 2020

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: game-engine, graphics, parser
- domain: gaming-tools, web-development
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: simcity-2000, remake, phaser3, webgl, city-builder, retro-gaming, game-development, web-server, electron

## Member repositories
- nicholas-ochoa/OpenSC2K (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.763314+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:02:12.608250+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nicholas-ochoa/OpenSC2K (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.763314+00:00, sha 5d2d81280324)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.