I wonder would i have bought the snes if the nes version had been released. This segment from the television series video power shows simcity nes appearance at the winter consumer electronics show in january of 1991. Unreleased Simcity Nes Prototype Surfaces After Nearly Three Decades Simcity did come to the snes in 1991 something that in itself was historic for reasons detailed by the video game history foundations blog post.