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.
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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 Video. Watch on YouTube
SimCity 2000 Special Edition gameplay (PC Game, 1995), Squakenet. Watch on YouTube
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Worldwide | 1995-02-07 |
Released 7 February 1995 for DOS and Windows 95.
Sold on GOG and the EA app, and part of EA Play.
No DLC. The 1994 add-ons are already on the Special Edition disc.
Playable offline todayYes
Single-player only, with no online features.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, CD-ROM, 1995 |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, GOG, 4 October 2011 |
| In the store to buy today | Yes, US$5.99 on GOG, also on the EA app |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes |
| Disc runs with no patch | No The Windows 95 version has a 16-bit installer that will not run on 64-bit Windows. The DOS version needs DOSBox. |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Partly Patch 1.2 is the last update. A fan-made installer such as SC2000X installs and runs the Windows version on current Windows. |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist |
Plays offlineYes
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Developer | Maxis |
| Publisher | Maxis |
| Designers | Will Wright, Fred Haslam |
| Artists | Jenny Martin, Suzie Greene, Kelli Pearson, Eben Sorkin |
| Composers | Sue Kasper, Brian Conrad, Justin McCormick |
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