July 2024 - Sim City 2000

[NinjaKat]

AGA Game of the Month for July 2024, is Sim City 2000![/b]

SimCity 2000 is the city building game subsequent to SimCity, developed and published by Maxis Software and released in 1993. It made its way onto many platforms following its initial release. It expanded upon many of the concepts that were present in the original and features new gameplay elements.

In this new version you now have the ability to build land with different elevations before you even start with structures. Once you have your terrain to your liking, you can start with your city. Available structures include the old tried and true from the original, but add many additional options like prisons, museums, hospitals, seaports, and much more. You also have access to building underground pipes and subways as well as building roads that lead to other cities with which you can trade. You also have your choice of ways to produce power for your city, but they have a finite existence and must be rebuilt periodically. You can now set individual taxes for the different city zones (residential, industrial, commercial) and enact ordinances. One of the most helpful additions is the query tool, which allows you to see information about anything in your city. The list of new features is too long to go into fully, you will just have to see for yourself. Apart from just free building, you can also play through challenges dealing with different scenarios.

Information:

• Amiga Hardware: AGA
  
• Release Year: 1994
• Disks: 3
• WHDLoad: No
• Players: 1 only
• Publisher: Maxis
• Developer: Maxis
• A500 Mini: Not as standard

Links to game information:

• Lemon Amiga
• Hall of Light and Manual

Please refer to the 'Game of the Month Rules and Participation' post for information on how to participate!  Good Luck!

* To qualify: Play SCENARIO TBD and RULES TBD SOON - I JUST NEED TO WORK OUT WHAT IS FAIR! on an AGA machine or equivalent emulator. As per the GOTHEM rules, please confirm the machine/emulator you used, your score, screenshot/photo with score shown.  If the game does not keep score, please let us know where you got up to (without spoilers) with a brief review of your time with the game. Also state any additional qualification rules stated above, such as playing on a certain mode with certain rules, just so we have a better feeling that you are playing fairly!

Do not use keys, passwords or cheats, including the WHDLoad option to skip levels with the Help key![/b]