SimCity 2000

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Description

SimCity 2000 is the successor to the city simulation game Sim City. You are once again the mayor, but this time you can fully customize the terrain before building your city. The graphics are isometric, whereas the original had graphics displayed in a top-down fashion.

This title adds numerous features over the original such as the ability of building "light" zones, subways, hospitals, colleges, zoos, and arcos which are actually cities in cities. You can now give names to places, and your city is surrounded by neighboring towns with which you can make trade. Finally, instead of the poll in the first game you now have the option of reading several newspapers to get an idea of your progress.

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Alternate Titles

• "模拟城市2000" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "סים סיטי 2000" -- Hebrew spelling
• "SimCity 2000: The Ultimate City Simulator" -- Tag-lined title
• "SimCity 2000: Symulator Buddwy I Rozwoju Miasta" -- Polish tag-lined title
• "SimCity 2000: La Super-Simulation D'Urbanisme" -- French tag-lined title
• "SimCity 2000: Der ultimative Städte-Simulator" -- German tag-lined title
• "Sim City 2000" -- Alternate spelling
• "SC2K" -- Formal abbreviation
• "SC2000" -- Informal abbreviation
• "シムシティー2000" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Games with randomly generated environments
• Genre: Simulation - City building
• Maxis Sim series
• PlayStation the Best series
• SimCity series

User Reviews

The best of the Sim City bunch	Windows	Condemned (70)
Reticulating Splines	DOS	Feem (45)
Great addictive gamplay but the original did it better for me	DOS	Julian McKenzie (159)
A worthy sequel which not only improves on the original but also adds some exciting new features	DOS	IJan (1919)
Never cared much for this one.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4416)
Eh...I guess it's possible to like it.	DOS	Yeah Right (57)
An awful redo of the fantastic computer game. Mediocre at best.	Game Boy Advance	J W (101)
Another Maxis classic	DOS	MiG Attack (9)

The Press Says

Secret Service / New S Service	DOS	Jul, 1994	100 out of 100	100
PC Gamer	DOS	1994	94 out of 100	94
Amiga Games	Amiga	Dec, 1994	91 out of 100	91
PC Games (Germany)	Windows 3.x	Feb, 1995	88 out of 100	88
Svenska Hemdatornytt	DOS	Mar, 1994		83
Ultimate Gamer Magazine	SEGA Saturn	Jan, 1996	8 out of 10	80
All Game Guide	SEGA Saturn	1998		70
All Game Guide	Macintosh	1998		70
Total! (Germany)	SNES	Jan, 1997	2.75 out of 6	65
Game Shark	Game Boy Advance	Jan 27, 2004	D	25

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Trivia

Perspective

SimCity 2000 is viewed from a dimetric rather than isometric perspective. This means that two sides of an object are at the same angle, while the other is not.

Trees

Few gamers must have noticed that trees actually multiply in this game. Leave the game running for a few days at top speed with all automatic functions, a surplus budget and disabled disasters and you'll see the results. This leaves the game in a useless state as environmental activists complain each time you to try to build something on a square.

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #12 Hardest Computer Game
• PC Gamer
  • April 2000 - #20 in the "Readers All-Time Top 50 Games" poll
  • April 2005 - #29 in the "50 Best Games of All Time" list
• Power Play
  • Issue 02/1995 – Best Simulation in 1994

Information also contributed by PCGamer77 and Zack Green

Related Web Sites

• SimCity 2000 (The official homepage)
• SimCity 2000 Center (Find hints, tips, tricks, and cheat codes for this simulation game.)