Network Edition CD-ROM
In the box
- Game CD-ROM
In the game
- SimCity 2000 for Windows 95
- Network play for up to four mayors
Released 26 June 1996, Windows only. Sometimes called the Gold Edition. Never sold as a download.
PC
SimCity 2000: Network Edition
SimCity 2000 is a city-building simulation video game jointly developed by Will Wright and Fred Haslam of Maxis. It is the successor to SimCity Classic (1989) and was released for Apple Macintosh and MS-DOS personal computers in 1993, after which it was released on many other platforms over the following years, such as the Sega Saturn and SNES game consoles in 1995 and the PlayStation in 1996.
Simulator
- Time to beat
- about 4 hours
- Plays offline
- Partly
Overview
SimCity 2000 is a city-building simulation video game jointly developed by Will Wright and Fred Haslam of Maxis. It is the successor to SimCity Classic (1989) and was released for Apple Macintosh and MS-DOS personal computers in 1993, after which it was released on many other platforms over the following years, such as the Sega Saturn and SNES game consoles in 1995 and the PlayStation in 1996.
SimCity 2000 is played from an isometric perspective as opposed to the previous title, which was played from a top-down perspective. The objective of the game is to create a city, develop residential and industrial areas, build infrastructure such as power and water facilities and collect taxes for further development of the city. Importance is put on increasing the standard of living of the population, maintaining a balance between the different sectors, and monitoring the region's environmental situation to prevent the settlement from declining and going bankrupt, as extreme deficit spending gets a game over.
SimCity 2000 was critically praised for its vibrant and detailed graphics, improved control menu, gameplay and music. An approximate total of 4.23 million copies of SimCity 2000 have been sold, mainly in the United States, Europe and Japan. While its predecessor pioneered the city-building genre of video games, SimCity 2000 would become the model upon which subsequent urban simulators would be based over the course of the next decades.
Gameplay
EP 1 - SimCity 2000 Network Edition (1080p), Strictoaster. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Simulator
- Developer
- Maxis
- Publisher
- Maxis
- Series
- SimCity
- Platforms
- Windows
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Worldwide | 1996-06-26 |
Editions
Playable today
Playable offline todayPartly
It needs a fan compatibility patch on current Windows.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, 1996 CD-ROM without copy protection. |
| Ever released in the store | No Never sold as a download. |
| In the store to buy today | Does not exist |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Does not exist |
| Disc runs with no patch | Partly It has trouble on Windows NT based systems, which includes every current Windows. The fan Network Edition Interoperability Patch fixes it. |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Partly Official patch 1.1. Current Windows still needs the fan interoperability patch. |
| Has online features | No Network play is over a LAN. |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Yes LAN games for up to four mayors. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist |
Online
Plays offlinePartly
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer and publisher Maxis Original designers Will Wright, Fred Haslam
Credits
- Publisher
- Maxis
- Developer
- Maxis
- Released
- 1996-06-26
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 4 hours
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