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-SimCity
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Create, build and run the most realistic
city you can imagine
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Connect your metropolis with other cities
you've created to form a massive region of SimCities
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Sculpt mountains, gouge valleys, and
seed forests
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Deploy police cruisers and fire trucks
to the scene
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For 1 player
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From the Manufacturer
Get SimCity 4 and the Rush Hour
expansion pack in one convenient package. Create, grow, and breathe life
into your ideal urban environment. Fight disasters both realistic and fantastic.
Govern your own virtual metropolis as you see fit with SimCity 4 Deluxe.
Product Description
Includes the best-selling SimCity
4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive
region of cities ever! Manage huge cities, control your city's transportation
system, jump into vehicles and solve u-drive-it missions, and much more!
Determine your city's fate!
SimCity 3000 Unlimited
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-SimCity
3000 Unlimited-
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All-new Asian and European building
sets with hundreds of new buildings to choose from
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13 challenging scenarios or create your
own custom, goal-based adventure
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4 new disasters to inflict: plague of
locusts, toxic cloud, space junk, and a whirlpool
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23 new landmarks: Helsinki Cathedral,
Japan's Himeji Castle, and more
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Customizable terrain with scores of
new options, such as snow, rolling hills, and a desert
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Amazon.com Review
SimCity 3000 is back, and it's bigger
than ever! Maxis pulled out all the stops for this new version of the bestselling
game, adding enough new customized graphics to re-create cities from around
the world. The new European and Asian building sets serve up hundreds of
new buildings that match the architecture of these diverse environments.
From the Great Wall to the Berlin Wall, it's in there. Of course, you can
still mix and match--freedom to run a city as you choose has always been
the name of this game.
No addition to the SimCity family
would be complete without some new methods for destroying your creations,
and SimCity 3000 Unlimited has four more devastating disasters than the
old version. You can re-create the movie Armageddon by unleashing large
chunks of flaming space debris, smite your populace with a buzzing swarm
of locusts, destroy seaports and coastal developments with a whirlpool,
or uncork some toxic clouds.
The Building Architect, formerly
available as a free download, is now packed on the CD-ROM. This 3-D architectural
program lets users create the buildings of their dreams, from dilapidated
outhouses to towering skyscrapers to works of modern art that are intended
for pure decoration. Don't worry if you don't feel like using this powerful
tool to create things yourself--the game comes with dozens of new ways
to make your cities unique, and you can always head to the SimCity Exchange
to download imaginative add-ons created by other users. The infinite expandability
and infinite replayability of this game should keep would-be mayors completely
occupied until they move to the suburbs of The Sims.
Amazon.com Product Description
Create and control your urban empire
with more power than ever. Expand your SimCities with new customizable
terrain and hundreds of new buildings, including two new building sets
from Asia and Europe. Inflict four new disasters (plague of locusts, toxic
cloud, space junk, and a whirlpool) on your citizens. Take on 13 challenging
scenarios, from reuniting East and West Berlin to rebuilding in the aftermath
of a nuclear disaster. Or, create your own scenarios with the SimCity Scenario
Creator.
SimCity 4
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-SimCity
4: Rush Hour Expansion Pack-
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Create and control the most life-like
metropolis you can imagine
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Take your Sims from "The Sims" into
your SimCity
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Dispatch police cruisers to fight crime,
send out the Mayor's limo to quell a rioting mob, or cap an erupting volcano
threatening your citizens
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Form mountains, carve valleys, plant
forests, raise oceans, and more
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From mellow traffic flow to commuter
hell, noontime crowds to nighttime calm, partygoers to troublemakers, the
movement in your city is ever-changing and unpredictabl
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Amazon.com Review
It's hard to believe that creator
Will Wright had trouble selling his original SimCity concept to publishers.
That first game went on to fame, notoriety, and great praise--from critics,
gamers, and even educators--and spawned countless imitators, not the least
of which include Wright's own smaller-scale The Sims, which went on to
become a phenomenon in its own right. Now on its fourth edition, SimCity
returns to our hard drives, and would-be city planners everywhere will
be busy for a long, long time.
SimCity 4 functions much like its
predecessors. You've got the power to zone land as residential (green),
commercial (blue), and industrial (yellow). You control the budget. You
decide where to place crucial services like police, fire, medical, and
even utilities like power and water. You place schools, parks, roads, water
towers, and scenery as you accede to the many demands of your Sim citizens.
Do a good job and your city will grow and the money will flow into your
coffers. Do a bad job and the people will pack up and move away, leaving
your city treasury in horrific debt and landing you what the game cheekily
considers to be a far easier job: senator. The game requires a balancing
act that takes both planning and a persnickety nature. There are charts
to read, reports to watch, and, above all, needs to juggle. It's rewarding
when it all comes together, and frustrating when you fail, once again,
to build anything worthwhile.
That's why I wish the game came with
a better manual. The included book glosses over most major information
and then neglects important aspects, such as the RCI indicator (which explains
zoning needs) and parts of the budget. At the very least, the manual should
include tips on handling debt. There are two tutorials which cover the
basics, but again, they won't help you get out of trouble once you get
in too deep. You can find this information in the strategy guide, which
is sold separately, but you really shouldn't have to go that route.
The graphics are amazing, showing
a vibrant metropolis with scurrying traffic, wandering Sims, smoking chimneys,
and sparkling lights when night falls. Fireworks reward each year of service.
And wait until you see the cool disasters you can unleash if the mood strikes
you--fire, lightning, tornado, volcano, and giant robot. Oddly, there's
a significant performance hit even on fast systems. Thankfully, the stuttery
scrolling and slow-to-respond zoom don't hurt the game too much since you
can pause it at will or fast forward if you need to wait for your cash
reserves to build. The most significant flaw is that the game only offers
one save slot, which discourages experimentation.
Despite minor imperfections SimCity
4 is an awesome game. You can build several cities next to each other on
the map and make them dependant on each other. (You can build the greater
L.A. area, in other words.) You can even import your Sims from The Sims
to live in your city. Such familiar characters can tell you a lot about
what your city needs. Put simply, city planning has never been this fun,
this challenging, or this deep. --Andrew S. Bub
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-SimCity
3000 (Jewel Case)-
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City simulation game
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Create your own buildings with the Sim
City Building Architect Tool
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Select terrain based on real cities
such as New York and San Francisco
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Choose from improved zoning options,
including historic districts
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For 1 player
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With Sim City 3000, you have
more power than ever before to build and control your city. Re-create your
version of the world's greatest cities using landscapes such as San Francisco
or Berlin and landmark buildings like the Empire State Building or Big
Ben. To put your stamp on your city, create your own buildings using the
Sim City Building Architect Tool. Then zoom in close to your metropolis
as it comes to life with people and traffic in living color and full 3-D
sound. All new missions and cool disasters test your abilities to run your
city or even destroy it. For more challenge, negotiate and barter with
neighboring cities to strengthen your metropolis.
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