SimCity 3000 is a city building simulation personal computer game released in 1999, and the third major installment in the SimCity series. It was published by Electronic Arts and developed by series creator Maxis, a wholly owned subsidiary of EA. It was released for Windows, Macintosh, and, through.
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See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. Release Year: 2000 Game Name: SimCity 3000 Rating: E-Everyone MPN: 63 Genre: Simulation Brand: Electronic Arts UPC: 063 EAN: 063. Product Information SimCity 3000 is the third title in the popular SimCity series of games.
Building on the success of the series, SimCity 3000 adds several enhancements designed to make it an even more enjoyable and realistic experience. The game features a 3D interface similar to SimCity 2000 yet is much more graphically impressive.
The new graphics engine includes interactive features such as real moving traffic and pedestrians. In addition to graphical enhancements, SimCity 3000 adds new depth of gameplay to the series through the design of new events, missions and disasters. A Building Architect Tool allows players to design their own buildings and Maxis' www.SimCity.com website (click on 'Extras') allows players to interact, participate in contests and publish their own SimCities. Product Identifiers Publisher Maxis Game SimCity 3000 MPN 63 UPC 63 eBay Product ID (ePID) 6479470 Key Features Platform Apple ESRB Rating E - Everyone Genre Simulation Location USA Tech Details Control Elements Keyboard, Mouse Number of Players 1 Release Year 2000 Game Special Features. Import SimCity 2000 cities.
Manage your creation from the ground up. Destroy or save your city from natural disasters Game Series SimCity Series.
SimCity series logo (2012-present), Track Twenty, Platform(s), February 1989 December 16, 2014, and SimCity is an video game series originally designed. The first game in the series, was published by in 1989. The success of SimCity sparked the creation of several sequels and many other spin-off, including 2000's, which itself became a and franchise. In the SimCity games, the player develops a city from a patch of undeveloped land. The player controls where to place, infrastructure like roads and power plants, landmarks, and public services such as schools, parks, hospitals and fire stations.
The player also determines the tax rate, the budget, and social policy. The city is populated by 'Sims', simulated persons, who live in the city created by the player.
The three types are the major areas in which Sims inhabit: for houses and apartment buildings; for shops and offices; for factories, warehouses, laboratories and farms. While there is no particular win condition in a game of SimCity, the balancing act of the above-mentioned factors provide the constraints which make gameplay possible.
To maximize population or profitability, to re-create real life locations in-game, achieve an aesthetic design or to trigger as many natural disasters as possible are among the many possible goals one can determine for oneself while playing a SimCity game. The SimCity universe is loosely based on 20th century California urbanization, and all editions have some common thematic elements: in a new game players start from an undeveloped, are the default form of transportation, and happen. Contents. Gameplay Timeline of release years 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 The player (acting as mayor) is given a blank map to begin and must expand the city with the budget provided.
As the city matures, the player may get to place government and other special buildings (such as a mayor's house or ), depending on how large the city is. The player must supply the citizens services, which include, safety,. These come in the form of different buildings, where each building covers a circular 'range' of service. Inadequate funding of these services can lead to strikes.
Cities must also provide basic utilities, namely, and (in and ). The primary source of income is, which can be altered by one percent increments in all versions up to SimCity 3000, and by tenths of a percent in SimCity 4. Legalizing and placing certain 'special' buildings (such as or ) can generate income as well. The player may also make deals with neighbouring cities to sell or buy services, as long as a connection is made to the neighbor for that service (this feature was introduced in SimCity 3000). SimCity is predominantly a single-player game (the exceptions being a 'Network Edition' of SimCity 2000, and a Unix port of the original SimCity). SimCity 4 also provides a form of multiplayer gaming with the ability to share regional maps and cities with other players, allowing players to collaborate, but not to interact in real time gameplay.
Personal computer versions SimCity. Main article: The unexpected and enduring success of the original, combined with other ' ' titles' relative lack of success at the time, motivated the of a. SimCity 2000 ( SC2K), released in 1993, was a major extension. The view was now instead of overhead, the landscape was not flat, and underground layers were introduced for. New types of facility included, and (although they appeared randomly on residential blocks in the first SimCity, they could not be built by the player). Players could build, subways, and zone land for.
There are a total of nine varieties of power plants in SC2K, including, (which can only be placed on tiles) and the futuristic and plant. The budget and finance controls are also much more elaborate—tax rates can be set individually for residential, commercial and industrial zones.
Enacting city ordinances and connecting to neighboring cities became possible. Another new addition in SC2K is the query tool. Using the query tool on tiles reveals information such as structure name and type, altitude, and land value. Certain tiles also display additional information; power plants, for example, display the percentage of power being consumed when queried, and querying roads displays the amount of traffic on that tile. Querying a library and selecting 'Ruminate' displays an essay written.
Graphics were added for buildings under construction in the residential, commercial, and industrial zones, as well as darkened buildings depicting abandoned buildings as a result of. News comes in the form of several pre-written articles with variable names that could either be called up immediately or could be subscribed to on a yearly basis.
The newspaper option provided many humorous stories as well as relevant ones, such as new, warnings about aging power plant, recent and (highlighting city problems). SimCity 2000 is the only game in the entire series to have this feature (besides the discontinued children's version, ), though newer versions have a. The newspapers had random titles ( Times, Post, Herald, etc.), and prices based on the simulated year. Certain newspapers have a special monthly humor by 'Miss Sim'.
SimCity 3000. Main article: The successor to SimCity 2000, SimCity 3000 ( SC3K) was released in 1999. It introduced many changes both to the city management and to the appearance.
In a pattern which has continued throughout the SimCity franchise, the number and complexity of city services increased between SC2K and SC3K. The issue of was added: once a city has a population greater than 1,000, would begin to accumulate and would have to be disposed of at the expense of the city; in previous versions of SimCity, this issue had been ignored. And were also introduced, and appeared on large light industrial zones in a city with low land value and little. In Sim City 3000, there are three zoning densities compared to the two densities used in SC2K. In addition to their limited life span, power plants are now vulnerable to decreasing maximum output at a constant rate after they have gone through about three quarters of their life span. Although the concept of neighbor cities was introduced in SC2K, its role was expanded in SC3K.
For the first time, the player could interact with his or her neighbor cities, negotiating rudimentary business deals with other mayors, such as the sale or purchase of, or services. These generate a monthly charge which is either added to or subtracted from the player's treasury, in accordance with the deal. Canceling a neighbor deal will incur a substantial cash penalty.
From time to time, the simulated mayors of neighboring cities will call meetings to renegotiate the terms or price of these deals. Although not strictly a city management aspect, SimCity 3000 simulated the effect of on construction much more realistically than in SimCity 2000. In the latter, most buildings fell into a wide stratum that did not reflect land value very effectively; every building was more or less suited to neighborhoods of every economic disposition.
In SC3K, land value created distinct which tended to contain narrow income bands, creating well-defined, middle class areas, and wealthy areas. Land value is also determined by the city center effect where buildings that are at the city center have higher land values and those buildings on the borders have lower land values. The city center effect is determined by the location of buildings within the city. However, over time, land value ' would cause almost every area of a city to become expensive, so that wealthy neighborhoods covered most if not all of the map. Business deals were another new concept to SC3K. By allowing certain structures to be built within the city, the player could receive a substantial amount of funds from them.
The four business deal structures are the, and the Gigamall (a large ). Business deal structures however have serious negative effects on a city. The toxic waste dump lowers both the land value and residential desirability in the area surrounding it and produces massive pollution.
The prison dramatically decreases land value. The casino increases citywide crime and the Gigamall weakens demand for local commerce.
There were several changes to the graphical interface in SC3K. Although the game retained the pseudo- of its predecessor, the actual landscape became more complex and colorful. In SimCity and SC2K, the playable landscape was brown, like the color of bare dirt. In SC3K, the playable landscape was a more realistic green color, simulating grassland, along with other colors that progressively change by height, from beige (beach sand) to green to brown (bare ground) to white (snow). In SC2K, land could either be flat or sloped, and all slopes were of the same steepness. In SC3K, there were five distinct steepness of slope, creating more varied landscapes.
However, in SC3K, there are no and, which are common in SC2K. Also, for the first time, there were different types of trees which could appear on the playable map.
In SC2K, there were only trees, while in SC3K, trees prevail, but other types of trees exist, depending on the elevation of the terrain. SimCity 4. Main article: SimCity 4 was released on January 14, 2003.
As with previous SimCity titles, SimCity 4 ( Sim4) places the player in the role of a (or several mayors), tasked with populating and developing tracts of lands into, while fulfilling the needs of fellow who live there. Cities are now located in, which are divided into segments, each of which can be developed.
Each region represents the metropolitan area of a city, while individual cities represent districts. The player has the option of starting the city in a segment of any of three area sizes; in actual measurement the smallest has a length of 1 kilometer on a side, and the largest has a length of 4 kilometers on a side. A large city is 16 km 2; for comparison the borough of measures about 60 km 2. The size of a region and its layout of segments can be changed in a file provided for each region.
Zoning and building size have been improved for SimCity 4. Is now a separate zone-type, allowing farms to grow regardless of high, so long as there exists demand for agriculture and agricultural zones have been provided. Zones are now automatically aligned towards roads; streets are automatically created in a grid formation when zoning on tracts of land. Buildings are now classified into several levels, zone types, and building size stages, which are affected by the region's population and the city's condition.
The game simulates and with buildings deteriorating or improving accordingly. Buildings originally constructed for occupation by higher wealth tenants can now support lower wealth tenants in the event surrounding factors forces the current tenants to vacate the building; this allows certain buildings to remain in use despite lacking its initial occupants. Buildings and lots can now be constructed on. SimCity 4 can be used in conjunction with.
Sims can be imported into a city for use in the My sim mode. City layouts created in SimCity 4 can be used as neighborhood templates in; the location of roads, trees, bridges, and map features such as rivers and hills are preserved in the importation.
SimCity Societies. Main article: Released in 2007, the gameplay of SimCity Societies is significantly different from previous SimCity titles, with a greater focus on 'social engineering'. Public works and a tax system do not play a part in the game. Instead, players get daily income from workplaces in the city.
Transportation networks have been reduced to dirt roads, paved roads, subways and bus stops. Players do not build zones, a key element of past SimCity games; instead, they have the ability to directly place individual buildings, something not seen in previous editions, and similar to 's game. There are also six 'social energies', called, which allow players to learn about the characteristics of the citizens. The six societal values are,. The city will look, and act, in accordance with the energies the players choose. Players may focus on satisfying one, several, or all of these values.
An improved version of the reward system introduced in has been included in the game. The game is 'fully customizable' and allows the players to customize individual buildings, decorations, citizens, and game rules.
Prior to its release, when mentioning the depth to which the game will allow customization, a Tilted Mill representative stated that those who were proficient in and will have easy access to every asset of the game and that basic tools would be provided for building editing. SimCity (2013).
Main article: SimCity's sixth major release was announced on March 5, 2012 for Windows and Mac OS X by Maxis at the 'game changers' event. The game was released for Windows on March 5, 2013. A download-only version was released in August 2013 available for digital download on Origin. It was a dramatic departure from previous SimCity games, featuring full 3D graphics, online multiplayer gameplay, the new Glassbox engine, as well as many other feature and gameplay changes. The game launch was plagued by connection errors for many users, and this aspect of the game was heavily criticized in user reviews. EA announced that they would offer a free game from their library to all those who bought SimCity as compensation for the problems, and they concurred that the way the launch had been set up was 'dumb'. As a result of this problem, temporarily stopped selling the game in the week after release.
EA came furthermore under fire, as the game as released in 2013 required an internet connection to even play the singleplayer mode; however, reports surfaced that the internet connection requirement could be easily removed. According to a blog post in October 2013 by Maxis Emeryville General Manager, Patrick Buechner, the team was considering an offline mode, which would allow for mod support.
An offline mode for SimCity was subsequently made available by EA in March 2014. SimCity 2013 was additionally criticized for its very small maximum city size of 4 km 2, one quarter the size of previous versions.
EA has announced that they would not increase the city size in the near future. Console versions SimCity SNES. Main article: Although general gameplay in SimCity 64 is much like SimCity 2000, the game's graphical textures and building tilesets are considerably different. However, the game provides several advanced features that were not seen in either SimCity 2000 or (1999), including the ability to view the city at night (now also available in ), pedestrian level free-roaming of a city, and individual road vehicles and pedestrians (which could only be seen while in the free-roaming mode).
Cities in the game are also presented in hybrid graphics. SimCity Creator. Main article: SimCity DS is a heavily modified version of.
The game inherits SC3K's graphics, but makes use of the handheld's dual screen to display additional interfaces at once. System specific features are also prominent, such as the use of the systems' integrated microphone, which is used to blow out fires, and the touch screen, which is used to control the interface. Before beginning a city the player must first choose a location in the region, one of five different advisors and then sign the town charter using the touchscreen and stylus.
The upper screen of the DS displays the city and the news ticker while the map, advisor, information and the buttons are shown on the touch screen. SimCity DS features five advisors who help players make decisions in the game by providing recommendations and advice. As opposed to previous versions of SimCity, the player must choose only one advisor to help them when they sign the town charter. The different advisors include Mr. Maxis (A cameo)Julie McSim, Ayako Tachibana, Kaishu Tachibana, Servo 3000 and a secret advisor named Alien.
There are also petitioners, many of whom are citizens of the players' cities, who request solutions to problems and changes to city policies, such as lowering tax rates or enacting an. They may also give the player rewards or request certain structures to be erected in the city. SimCity DS 2. Main article: SimCity DS 2 is a game for the video game console and is the sequel to SimCity DS.
It was released in Japan on March 19, 2008, and was released in the West in September 2008 under the name SimCity Creator. The game introduces a new Challenge Mode that sees players guide their city through different historical periods. Because of this, it is also possible to create cities with a historical theme.
For instance, the player can create a medieval city, or a pre-historic city. SimCity iPhone. Main article: A version of, known simply as SimCity, was released in 2008 for the.
This version lacks some of the greater details seen in the series. It is a simple version of the other games in the more recent SimCity series. It is no longer offered on the iTunes App Store. SimCity Deluxe and SimCity Deluxe HD SimCity Deluxe was released in July 2010 for iPhone as well as. It is an improved SimCity 3000 with SimCity 4 buildings. It has improved graphics and an improved interface over the earlier iPhone version of SimCity.
On July 29, 2010, the game made its debut on the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch, and SimCity Deluxe HD for iPad. The version is considerably similar to the desktop version, however still lacking several of the key features seen on the desktop version such as God Mode and My Sim mode. This version is no longer available on Apple's iTunes App Store.
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SimCity Deluxe for the Blackberry Playbook This version of SimCity 4 for the Playbook was released on October 10, 2011. This is the same game initially released for the iPad, known as SimCity Deluxe HD. SimCity Classic SimCity Classic is an online browser-based version of the.
It was established in 2008. SimCity: BuildIt. Main article: SimFarm was released in 1993 for, and and is a spinoff of SimCity. SimFarm focuses on developing a farm, allowing the player to plant crops and grow their farm. Sim City: The Card Game Sim City: The Card Game is an out-of-print based on the video game SimCity.
It was released in 1995. Several city expansions followed, adding location and politician cards from various cities including:,.
A expansion was planned, but never released. Allen Varney of said it offers 'fine solitaire play' and that the game eventually offered stand-alone city sets. SimCopter. Main article: As the name suggests, SimCopter puts the player in the role of a. There are two modes of play: free mode and career mode. The free mode lets the player import and fly through cities of their own or any of the 30 cities supplied with the game.
However, user cities sometimes need to be designed with SimCopter in mind, and most of the time the player must increase the number of police stations, fire stations, and hospitals to allow for speedier dispatches. The second mode—the heart of the game—is the career mode.
This puts the player in the shoes of a pilot doing various jobs around the city. The game gained controversy when a designer inserted sprites of shirtless ' (male bimbos) in trunks who hugged and kissed each other, who appear in great numbers from time to time. Their fluorescent nipples were drawn with a special rendering mode usually reserved for fog-piercing runway landing lights, so they could easily be seen from long distances in bad weather. An unintended of the code caused hundreds of himbos to swarm and crowd around the helicopter, where they would be slashed up by the blades, and then need to be air-lifted to the hospital—which earned the player easy money. The was caught shortly after release and removed from future copies of the game.
Streets of SimCity. Main article: Streets of SimCity is a 1997 and published.
One of the game's main attractions was the ability to explore any created in by in a cinematic style. The game, like, is in full and the player's vehicle can be controlled using a keyboard, a joystick, or a gamepad.
Another notable feature is the game's network mode, in which players can play deathmatches with up to seven other individuals. Notably, it is one of the few games in the Maxis series that did not work on, and the last Maxis game to be developed and released without supervision by (which acquired Maxis in 1997 and assisted development of Maxis games thereafter). SimsVille. Main article: SimsVille was intended as a crossover spinoff of and SimCity, which would have allowed the player to build the city, as well as make sims and play them. The game was supposed to be released in late 2001; however in September 2001, Maxis announced they had cancelled it, along with SimMars, to focus on the future of The Sims expansions, as well as. Reception According to Maxis, the SimCity series had sold above 5 million units by February 1999, at the time of SimCity 3000 's release. See also.
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