SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited

Great update and working well on Windows 11 Pro 64-bit 22H2 on AMD Ryzen 3600 for me without using ANY Microsoft Compatibility Settings/Presets (including the intro video). I'm also using the resolution fix (via modifying SC3U.exe hex values) to play in 4K on my GTX 1080 Ti (obviously overkill for this game), and I am insanely impressed at how clear everything still looks/renders at such a higher resolution than it was likely developed for. GOG has made this nostalgic game experience nearly as easy as can be. I am currently pursuing a fun goal of playing every SimCity release consectutively, and at a minimum filling an entire map at least once before moving onto the next version. If they were to update the hex values in a recent update so that new users don't have to, that would be A+! Another luxury item would be for them to update the Ui within a loaded city to support or use a higher DPI when using higher resolutions. I know this game wasn't made for the higher resolutions and they are technically already perfect, but it would be a much more enjoyable experience if we could run the game at our native resolution, as well as still be able to see/read the interface easily (since it becomes so tiny, especially when running at 4K). It is still useable the way it is, so i'm not expecting this to ever be done either. A super luxury bonus item would be the capability to unlock the play speed to run at whatever the local CPU can handle. This was very fun/useful when using an MS-DOS emulator to play SC2000 (the option within the emulator is a CPU option named, "Turbo") because it allows you to enjoy the nostalgia of the game, while also reaching a satisfactory city build amount without having to dedicate/consume as much time (it's also really fun to watch a full-map of city absolutely burst to life all at once using the turbo speed). Maybe I can find another emulator for XP ;) Thank you GOG team; your efforts are appreciated by my entire family!

I tried SimCity 4, and didn't really like it. That one feels needlessly complicated and offers no substantial benefits to prefer it over this one, which is simpler, has a more distinct personality and does not have any graphical "bells and whistles" that so much distract from the essence of the game. But this is just my opinion. Overall, I think games like these only work well in 2D, and this is the best chapter in the series before 3D games started coming out.

What else can I say, the game is amazing and far better than the newest Simcity. There is a resolution fix I've been using for years now with this version and I've noticed no one talking about it in the reviews. If you go to this link I'll paste here you'll get a file to download that automatically tries to find your GOG copy of Simcity3000U and applies a patch to your game. now keep in mind if you use GOG Galaxy it will try to "update" your game but make sure before it does that you go into the setting for Simcity to turn off auto updates for that game only or it'll override the patch. Happy playing!! http://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-SimCity-3000-Resolution-Patcher

Czy istniała by możliwość pełnej polonizacji gry?Wtedy na milion % dodam ją do biblioteki bez względu na cene. Gra jest bardzo dobra, fajnai śmieszna. Dawno temu grałem w pełną polską wersję, która była genialna. Dzisiaj uważam, że powinien to być standard niestety. Brak wersji PL skutecznie odbiera mi chęć zgrania w tą grę

So whoever was in charge of game preservation / compatibility at GOG did a really poor job with this one. For me it would just keep crashing straight after startup with none of the commonly suggested workarounds changing that. Ultimately, it was this thread https://www.gog.com/forum/simcity_series/fixed_these_problems_using_dxwnd_map_scrolling_speed_high_cpu_usage_small_textui/page1 combined with a plain lucky observation that enabled me to finally get it stabilized, but dear lord was that a journey to get there. Maybe I'll update this review once I've actually played this game for a while - for now I just want to warn people that this product, despised advertised for modern systems, will probably NOT run out of the box and requires a lot of special attention that may or may not get it to run the way it should.