SimCity 2000

SimCity 2000 is a classic city building simulation, part of the popular SimCity series, developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. SimCity 2000 is a huge step up from the 2D predecessor SimCity and boasts improvements like: isometric view, underground, water pipes, subways, new buildings like prisons, schools, libraries, museums, etc.

Rating: 4.06

(86 votes)

NOT abandonware (why?)

Genre:

simulation / city building

system:

DOS

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urban setting, trains, sandbox

Downloads for SimCity 2000

Buy SimCity 2000 on gog.com Download add-on - Urban renewal kit Manual

Trouble running this game? Check out the F.A.Q.

Screenshots

Screenshots were taken by Abandonware DOS.

YouTube video courtesy of Squakenet.com.

Additional info

Facts, trivia and collector's notes are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. These texts use material from this Wikipedia article.

In 1995, SimCity 2000 won "Best Military or Strategy Computer Game" Origins Award.

Querying a library and selecting 'Ruminate' displays an essay written by Neil Gaiman.

Certain newspapers have a special monthly humor advice column by "Miss Sim."

Alongside the Great Disasters Scenarios package came the introduction of a separate toolset called the SimCity Urban Renewal Kit (SCURK for short). It enabled players to modify the images used in-game to represent various buildings in much the same manner as general image manipulation software.

players: single player

input: keyboard, mouse

distribution: 3,5 floppy disk, cd-rom

graphics: SuperVGA, Vesa

sound: Adlib, Sound Blaster, Pro Audio Spectrum, Roland, PC speaker, MIDI

Abandonware DOS popularity: above average

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Part of the series:SimCity

Collector's notes:

SimCity 2000 Network Edition, sometimes unofficially referred to as the "Gold Edition", was released in 1996 for Windows only. The game featured slightly different gameplay in network mode, where mayors may start with more money, but must buy land before building upon it. Players of the Network edition had the ability to share in-game resources and to compete or cooperate with other cities.

A re-packaged version of SimCity 2000, SimCity 2000 Special Edition (also known as the CD Collection), was released in 1995 for Microsoft Windows and DOS PCs.

In 1994, Maxis released an expansion pack to SimCity 2000 called Scenarios Vol. I: Great Disasters, which included new scenarios based on a number of possible disasters.

Awards:

1994 - Best Simulation Program, CODiE Awards.
Selected for All-TIME 100 video games TIME.com.

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