We've certainly fallen a long way from when id would just turn off CD key authentication when games reached a certain age. Cutting out multiplayer and SnapMap doesn't really qualify to me as preserving the original game. What remains here is excellent, and hopefully Mick Gordon gets a few cents if you buy the soundtrack given how he was treated making the sequel's music.
I played this on a computer with a 386 *SX*, 16 colour video driver and no sound and still loved it. It's a great thing to have DRM-free for when/if new Sim City's servers go down!
