Metropolismania · PlayStation 2

Metropolismania PC Port

Platform
PlayStation 2
Project
Metropolismania-PC
Status
In Progress
Last update
Runs on
PC
Game version needed
USA · SLUS-20377

Metropolismania-PC is an experimental native PC port of the PS2 city-building game Metropolismania, made by static recompilation. The README says the current build boots into a city but is not yet ready to play through; it reports 1,058 of 1,481 functions rewritten and verified. No regional serial was stated in the captured project documentation.

How to play

  1. Use your own Metropolismania PS2 disc; the exact regional serial is not stated in the README reviewed for this listing.
  2. Clone the project and follow its instructions to provide the disc data and build prerequisites.
  3. Build and run the experimental port, bearing in mind it currently stops at the city and is not a complete playthrough.

Game version you need

  • USA · SLUS-20377
  • Regional serial/version not stated in README

Hardware & system

No minimum stated in the README. Runs on: PC.

Versions, platforms & known issues

ProjectTypeReleaseStatusRuns onGame versionLast update
Metropolismania-PCExperimental port boots to city but is not ready to play through; README reports 1,058/1,481 functions rewritten and verified. Recompilation No tagged release In Progress PC USA · SLUS-20377 Oct 19, 2026

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About the game

Metropolismania cover art

The best cities are built on friendship, not concrete! Everybody wants to live in the best city in the world! That's why you're a Metropolismaker, a well-connected urban planner who creates the most popular places on the planet. Of course com of your citizens have other ideas, so you'll have to work extra hard to keep everyone happy.

Original platform
PlayStation 2
First released
Sep 27, 2001
Release · Europe
Nov 8, 2002
Release · Japan
Sep 27, 2001
Release · North America
Oct 3, 2002
Developer
Indi
Genre
Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person, Bird view / Isometric
Rating
ESRB T

Screenshots

Game details, cover art and screenshots from IGDB via LizardByte GameDB, retrieved Oct 25, 2026. Images are © their respective owners.

About this project

The project is in an early reverse-engineering stage. Its README provides a concrete code milestone—1,058/1,481 functions rewritten and verified—and says the current build reaches a city. Since no specific release tag or exact disc serial was found in the reviewed README, those details are not guessed here.

FAQ

Is Metropolismania playable through the full game?

No. The README says the current build boots into a city but is not ready for a full playthrough.

Which Metropolismania disc version is required?

The project needs a PS2 disc image, but the exact region/serial was not stated in the README reviewed here.

Does Recompedia provide the game, ROM or BIOS?

No. Recompedia does not host or link to ROMs, ISOs, BIOS files or game assets. Metropolismania-PC ships no game code or data either; it needs a disc image made from a copy of the game you own.