Simphoni is a simulation games fansite focusing on City Building games such as Cities Unlimited and SimCity Societies, and Will Wright’s highly anticipated Spore. Officially, we were born on September 9, 2006, although our community has roots that stretch all the way back to 2002, before the release of SimCity 4. We have a reputation as a friendly and welcoming community, as well as a great resource for fans of our favorite games.

History

The Simphoni community had its humble beginnings on a site called SimCity Central in March 2002, covering the upcoming game SimCity 4. As one of the first communities dedicated to only SC4, we quickly grew to over 500 members by that fall. And as the release date of the game got closer, that number doubled and tripled in a matter of months. A month after SC4’s release, in January 2003, our numbers had exploded to over 3000 members and we were the most comprehensive and active SC4 community out there.

However, these days were not to last. In March 2003, SimCity Central went down. In that time, many members left to find other homes, while the ones that most loved the community bided their time until, two months later, SCC finally arose out of the dust again. This brought about our transition to a smaller, yet still highly respected, community. We liken ourselves to a small city where everyone is friendly toward each other, compared to a metropolis where nobody knows anyone. However, we are still the second largest SimCity community out there. We had a home at SimCity Central until September 2006. At that time we moved to our new adress here at Simphoni, lead by our administrators Rexer, Jirnsum, and sdrawkcab.

Since then we have become a meeting place for fans of several different games. We even have several game developers participating regularly at our forum. So if you want to be close to the news, come in and participate in the forums!

The Future

The management of Simphoni has big plans for the future. We intend to offer tons of info on your favorite games, including exclusive content directly from game developers. We will continue to focus on providing a fun and inclusive forum community for everyone to enjoy.