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  "description_en": "FreeSims recreates The Sims 1 engine in C# and runs on files from the user's original game installation. Its SimsVille source covers game content loading, characters, houses and a neighborhood, with build instructions for Windows and Linux.",
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  "name": "FreeSims: recreating The Sims 1 engine",
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    "An original The Sims 1 Complete Collection or Legacy Collection installation in the default path is needed.",
    "Building requires Visual Studio 2017 or later on Windows, or Mono on Linux; the README also specifies MonoGame 3.6 or later and OpenTK 1.2 for Windows, or OpenGL 3.0 and SDL2 for Linux.",
    "Mozilla Public License 2.0."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要将原版《模拟人生 1》Complete Collection 或 Legacy Collection 安装在默认路径。",
    "构建需要 Windows 上的 Visual Studio 2017 或更新版本，或 Linux 上的 Mono；Windows 还需 MonoGame 3.6 或更新版本和 OpenTK 1.2，Linux 还需 OpenGL 3.0 和 SDL2。",
    "许可证为 Mozilla Public License 2.0。"
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