SimCity 3000

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Summary: a true robbery
Review: the only "old" game that doesn't play on my new PC that has WINDOWS XP. I knew it after i installed the game !

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Summary: People start leaving for no reason
Review: I started my first succesful city (w/o a starter city) and it was great! Then, after about two hours of gameplay, MY 855,500 pop. city had a problem with people. It must have, because in less than 20 minuets, My city was reduced to about 250,000 pop. Get this IT WAS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. My popularity was high, all of the ordenances I could have had were activated, all buildings had water and power, I had full funding to schools, firestations, police, ect., police and fire coverage were excelant, taxes were only at 3 for everything (Ind., Com., and Res.), and everything else you could think of, I had it. It was the perfect city and my whole population (who still liked by the way) left the city. If you have a good reason for it , I'd say it was a glitch in the game. Don't get me wrong, it is a fun game when there is a reason to the sudden drops, but I don't think you can have a real good city that lasts for more than four or five hours and there is no good city, they'll all die out eventually. The only option you have is LOSS. I am hoping that SC 4000 will be MUCH better.

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Summary: wow.......
Review: I turned it on and my computer said want to load.... ok i loaded then it said play i played it.... couldn't play cuz i couldn't find my mouse then it said "system failed". Thats what i call fun HA. Well i got news for you thats not what i call fun HA. I learned that all of the buildings fell down when my city had an earthquake to HA. WONDER WHY IT FAILED SO SADLY. This actually hapended HA.

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Summary: The Ultimate Simulation !
Review: Sim City 3000 is with no question in my mind the best Simulation game on the market today. You start of as a mayer with a set amount of money and from scratch you can make a beautiful city that makes millions. This is a must buy game for PC gamers. My city has over 700,000 people and 29 million dollars. I have had the game for years and still I play it on Saturday and Sunday mornings. This is a game that has graphics I believe will blow you away and if you do good your commercial zones will develop into high skyscrapers. While the residential sector of your city land value is astronomical. So go to the store and treat yourself to this game now.

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Summary: Okay...................................
Review: Well,I actually liked this game,its pretty fun,you can make all kinds different landmarks,and you make and control your your own city!But,the main problem with it was i couldn't figure out how to save a game-It didn't say anywhere,and it was so furasturating!!!!!!!!!but other than that it was pretty fun,I would recomend any Sim game-especially Sim Tower......Also You might like Zoo tycoon,and the Roller Coaster Tycoon games.....

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Summary: Probably The Best Sim Game (Besides "The Sims")
Review: This is a pretty cool game. But the loading is slooooow. It's neat how you can create and control your own urban empire. You can put in resedential zones, commercial areas, indusrtrial zones, trees, water, electricity (powerlines), water pipes, roads, highways, buildings from all around the world (including the World Trade Center), parks, ponds, schools, churches, libraries, fire stations, jails, police squads, and much, much more! It's enjoyable and fun. You must watch out for disasters that can happen by themselves. Which reminds me, you can start your own disasters! There's riots, fires, tornados, earthquakes, and UFO's (which is a little phsyco, but hey, it's the Sims!). Don't forget to warn your Sims with the siren! There's also humorous phrases on the simulator bar at the bottom of the screen! You can speed time up from a lalma to a cheetah. Like all real cities, you have money. You gotta use your money carefully of course. Of course you can always get loans if your city is sagging and getting kinda "destroyed". Also, there are like, city "reporters" that inform you about your city needs. There is an environmentalist, policeman, and a few more. You may also 'reject' and 'accept' some of the other city "reporters" questions and needs (perhaps). Well, I forgot what I was going to say for the rest of this review, and I'll make another one if I remember it-- sorry. Well, I guess that's enough to get you interested!

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Summary: Sim City 3000
Review: The initial problem is just to survive especially in some of the scenarios. Once you learn to balance building resources, disposing of waste, enacting laws, etc. your city grows and cash comes in and you have mostly happy sims. However, after mastering the basics, that's about all that happens. Factories, power plants, etc. age and must be rebuilt, waste disposal is a constant problem. With no scoring or rating system there is no way to effectively judge your progress at learning the techniques of playing the game. After several looooong games it gets boring but it's probably worth the price.

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Summary: Can be addictive
Review: I enjoy playing this game for the most part. I have spent hours glued to the computer watching my cities grow. Unfortunately as the cities increase in population, so does the chances of the computer crashing - a very annoying problem. Also the parades last too long, the seaports are difficult to develop, the terrain for some cities, such as St. Louis, are unusually hilly, and the buildings look alike. The game is not that challenging. But overall a recommended game.

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Summary: really great
Review: Sim City 3000 is really cool! You start off by making a Power Plant(I prefer Fusion or Microvave),laying power lines,zoning Residentail,Commercail,and Industrial areas,disposing of garbage,Making Roads and/or a Mass Transit System,Make Water Structures and pipelines,and Take care of Civic needs. Later in the game you might want to enact some ordinances(rules/laws),Make business deals with neighbors and organizations,set a budget(earlier on the computer does it for you),build rewards which most of them can only be optained thru Business Deals( ones optained without deal:county courthouse,Mayoral Mansion also know as you're house,city hall,performing of arts center,and Monument/statue. ones optained thru deal:Gigamall,Amusement Park,Space Port,Defense Contractor,Country Golf Club,etc.). Plus you can add Landmarks to you're City. This is a Great game,but for Sim City 2000 fans that want a totaly different game get the Unlimited Version(also known as Sim City 3000 Unlimited).

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Summary: Sim City 2000 is much better
Review: This game may have prettier graphics than Sim City 2000 and Sim City Classic however the designers turned it more into a toy looking game. Being able to see the actual cars is hardly exciting after 5 minutes and it hogs system performance. I was really hoping for an intellegent game not just pretty graphics. Also this game is not a challenge. It is so easy to make money espeacially on full speed. With an endless amount of money it seems the game is won and is really boring.