<s>
Lincity	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
construction	B-Application
and	I-Application
management	I-Application
simulation	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
which	O
puts	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
control	O
of	O
managing	O
a	O
city	O
's	O
socio-economy	O
,	O
similar	O
in	O
concept	O
to	O
SimCity	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
name	O
is	O
both	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
reference	O
and	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
city-building	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
SimCity	B-Application
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
v2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lincity	B-Application
features	O
complex	O
2D	O
and	O
top-down	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lincity	B-Application
can	O
be	O
won	O
in	O
two	O
ways	O
:	O
reaching	O
sustainable	O
development	O
,	O
or	O
evacuating	O
the	O
entire	O
population	O
with	O
spacecraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lincity	B-Application
homepage	O
has	O
a	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
,	O
listing	O
players	O
who	O
have	O
succeeded	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
these	O
two	O
goals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lincity	B-Application
was	O
created	O
around	O
1995	O
as	O
Simcity	B-Application
clone	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
by	O
I	O
.	O
J	O
.	O
Peters	O
and	O
hosted	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lincity	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
ported	O
later	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
is	O
supported	O
when	O
compiled	O
from	O
source	O
code	O
using	O
GCC	B-Application
and	O
run	O
using	O
X11.app	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
SVGALib	B-Application
or	O
X11	B-Operating_System
as	O
its	O
graphics	O
interface	O
API	B-Application
on	O
Unix	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Lincity	B-Application
does	O
software	O
rendering	O
it	O
requires	O
no	O
3D	B-Device
graphics	I-Device
card	I-Device
and	O
also	O
has	O
very	O
low	O
demands	O
on	O
other	O
computing	O
resources	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
much	O
memory	B-Architecture
or	O
a	O
fast	O
processor	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
1999	B-Application
there	O
have	O
been	O
only	O
minor	O
changes	O
to	O
Lincity	B-Application
;	O
the	O
last	O
update	O
was	O
in	O
August	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
significant	O
development	O
continued	O
with	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
Lincity-NG	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
transferred	O
to	O
Google	B-Protocol
Code	I-Protocol
and	O
then	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lincity-NG	B-Application
uses	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
and	O
OpenGL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
features	O
an	O
isometric	O
view	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Simcity	B-Application
3000	I-Application
,	O
and	O
graphics	O
which	O
resemble	O
Simcity	B-Application
3000	I-Application
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
a	O
CNN	B-Architecture
article	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
games	O
highlighted	O
Lincity	B-Application
sophistication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
The	O
Linux	B-Application
Game	O
Tome	O
Game	O
of	O
The	O
Month	O
for	O
January	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lincity	B-Application
was	O
2008	O
a	O
featured	O
freeware	B-License
title	O
on	O
1up.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
featured	O
Lincity	B-Application
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
