In the past I've spent countless hours on the Sim City series, from the DOS version of the original game up to Sim City 4, and enjoyed each version pretty thoroughly. Of those, Sim City 4 would have to be my favorite, both through the scope (building an entire region of cities as opposed to just one city) and the amount of custom content available through modding communities over the years.
I've also dabbled with games like Pharaoh and Caesar IV, which are more mission-focused as opposed to the more open-ended Sim series. Though I never got anywhere close to finishing either of those games, the concept of building a city in earlier time periods is one that I wish were more explored in other games.
I've been looking into more recently-released games, and wonder if anyone here has played any that they would recommend? I've heard not-so-great things about Cities XL and Sim City Societies. Cities in Motion looks pretty interesting, even if it is only mass-transit focused. Are there any others I might not be aware of?
FWIW I'm using a newish Macbook Pro running only Mac OS X, though installing Windows might not be about of the question
I traded in my Genesis copy at a store about a year ago. Guess my goal this week is to find a way to play!