SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited

I had this game many, many years ago on a burnt disk with SimCity 3K written on it. After many years of running the game the disc scratched and became unplayable. I check gog only to find that it had not had a copy yet and got lucky finding the Disc version at a used game store, but now that it does I will get it when my disc dies. But onto the game. The graphics aren't 3D, the Cities are simplistic, and I love it. Because they kept the game simple it can run on almost anything so it is silky smooth (though you might want to play with the graphics if you are running it on a monitor with a resolution grater than 640X480). The music is top notch with amazing City Building style to it. And when you do get board the disasters are always waiting to level your city. It is fun by all sense of the imagination, IMO its the same as 2000 but with a better UI, and way better than 4 since it doesn't use 3D and they very cool style of the game shines through. Its bright, colorful, sound fantastic, and worth every penny.

i have never really played the sim city games before i had one on wii years ago but thats about it. i added this to my wishlist forever ago but it recently went on sale and i decided to pick it up i only ment to play for like 30 mins ended up playing 2 hours. i love to see my city grow and prosper like the title says this game is like crack. i highly reccomend this to anyone wanting to try out the sim city franchise!

SimCity 3000 made to work in Windows 10 by GOG. I am so glad that I found this one! For many years, to use the mouse to navigate around has not worked well for me. So I used the keyboard instead and this still works well.

A game where you try to profit off of building cities while balancing the demands of your citizens. For someone who's not played before, it may be rough to start where some of what you need to do isn't obvious, like maximum distances away from roads, education, water, traffic, pollution, crime, etc. These things could result in going bankrupt quickly where there's little you can do. So I'd suggest referring to online tips to play the game properly. But once you get over the initial hurdle it becomes addictive in that you get a good sense of progression where you are expanding your city at an accelerating pace to the point where you have more money than you know what to do with. Then it becomes an open sandbox where you are free to use your imagination and try out some different city layouts without having to worry about money. There are still some annoying quirks. -Like the fact that power, garbage, and water buildings will eventually expire and demolish themselves and cannot just be auto-renewed. -No auto-saves, so the game could (and did) crash and you could lose progress. -Some kind of bug with water distribution, where if you get to a big enough city size, only water towers can supply water to the remaining parts of your city. -Sluggish controls at times.

The game is showing its age but it's still my favourite of the SimCity games thanks to its jazzy soundtrack and the fact it hits the sweet spot of not being too simplistic like the original SimCity but not as complex as SimCity 2000 (with respect to micromanaging industry tax rates) or SimCity 4 (with respect to the managing of multiple cities and the sheer number of options available). Recommended!