SimCity 2000
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😊 7.8/10
(GameBoy Advance - PAL, Action & Adventure)
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Developed by:
Electronic Arts
Published by:
ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd.
Released On:
01 Jan 2003
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SimCity 2000 is the successor to the city simulation game Sim City . You are once again the mayor, but this time you can fully customize the terrain before building your city. The graphics are isometric, whereas the original had graphics displayed in a top-down fashion.
The title adds numerous features over the original such as the ability to build "light" zones, subways, hospitals, colleges, zoos, and arcos which are actually cities in cities. You can now give names to places, and your city is surrounded by neighboring towns with which you can trade goods. Finally, instead of a poll, you now have the option of reading several newspapers to get an idea of your progress.
The Game Boy Advance is home to SimCity 2000 , a title that combines action and adventure gameplay with city simulation elements. As mayor, you must balance the needs of your citizens while also managing the growth and development of your city.
Gameplay involves building and managing your city, balancing resources, transportation, and services to keep your citizens happy and healthy. You can explore different areas of the game, including visiting neighboring towns and cities, reading newspapers for news, and taking on various tasks and missions to earn rewards.
eBay Product ID:
10256 (France)
EAN-13:
5060034550211 (France)
Nintendo Media PN:
AGB-A5CP-EUR (France)
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Manual
Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
SimCity 2000 is a city-building simulation game where players construct and manage a thriving urban environment by designating residential, commercial, and industrial zones. By providing essential infrastructure such as roads, power, and transportation, players facilitate the growth of a self-sustaining community of Sims. As the city expands, players can further develop it with specialized services, advanced transit, and increased zoning density to create a complex and prosperous metropolis.
Story
What Makes a SimCity
While SimCity 2000™ has many layers of complexity and features, it is fairly easy to get a small city started. To prepare you for building, here is a basic explanation of exactly what a SimCity is made of.
Basic Requirements
All you need to start a city are the following essentials:
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A place for the Sims to live: A residential zone
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A place for the Sims to work: An industrial zone
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A place for the Sims to shop and conduct business: A commercial zone
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A source of power: A power plant
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A way to get the power from the power plant to the zones: Power lines
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A way for Sims to travel between work, home, or shops: Roads
Initial Growth
That is all you need to build. Sims with a pioneering spirit will move into your city and build their own houses, factories, and offices. They will carry on business and complain about taxes. If you build it, they will simulate.
Expanding Your City
Once your city has begun to grow, you can add more complexity:
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More zones with different density levels
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Other means of transportation
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Airports and Seaports
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Police and fire stations
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Educational and recreational facilities
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A whole lot more
Enough talk... time for a simulating experience.
How to Play
START UP
1. Make sure the POWER switch is OFF.
2. Insert the SIMCITY 2000™ Game Pak into the Game Boy® Advance slot as described in your Nintendo Game Boy® Advance instruction manual.
3. Turn the POWER switch ON.
NOTE: The SIMCITY 2000™ Game Pak is for Game Boy® Advance only.
INTRODUCTION
To search for the ideal city today is useless. For all cities are different. Each one has its own spirit, its own problems, and its own pattern of life. As long as the city lives, these aspects continue to change. Thus to look for the ideal city is not only a waste of time but may be seriously detrimental. In fact, the concept is obsolete; there is no such thing.
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Steen Eiler Rasmussen (1898) -
Welcome to SimCity 2000™
When you play SimCity 2000™, you become the planner, designer and mayor of an unlimited number of cities. You can take over and run any of the included scenario cities, or build your own from the ground up. You're in charge. You can choose to build small rural towns, or huge bustling metropolises.
As you design and build your cities, simulated citizens, known as Sims, move in and build their homes, stores and workplaces. They raise their families and invite their friends. If your city is a nice place to live, your population will increase. If it's not, your Sims will leave town. And be assured that they'll let you know what they think about you and your policies.
One of the toughest challenges of SimCity 2000™ is to maintain a huge city without sacrificing your Sims quality of life, without going broke maintaining the infrastructure, and without raising taxes so high that businesses relocate.
SimCity 2000™ lets you face the same dilemmas that mayors all over the world are facing. We've all said at one time or another that we could do a better job than our elected officials - here's your chance to prove it.
SimCity 2000™ is primarily a "building" game, where you create and try to increase the size of your cities - but you also have plenty of opportunities to destroy. From bulldozers to earthquakes to air crashes, the implements of destruction are only a move away. But remember, it's a lot more challenging to build than to destroy, and the lives, hopes and dreams of millions of Sims are in your hands.
This manual is divided into two sections. The Introduction welcomes you to SimCity 2000™ and explains a little about the manual. The Tutorials are small guided tours through different aspects of city building with SimCity 2000™.
TUTORIAL ONE
Congratulations! By virtue of owning SimCity 2000™ you are hereby proclaimed mayor of a million cities and ruler of a billion simulated lives (your Sims). It's a tough game, but somebody's got to play it. These tutorials are designed to help you adjust to your new office with as little transition time as possible.
There are two tutorials, each designed to be finished in one short sitting so you can get them out of the way and get on with the important business of building and running your cities. The first is a general overview of the basic features of SimCity 2000™ - enough so you can start a new city, and get going on your own. The second goes into detail on a few of the advanced features.
We suggest that you whip through the first tutorial and then go and play on your own for a while. You may figure out everything else on your own, and never need the other tutorial. But it's there if you need it!
Load SimCity 2000™ and select start by pressing the A Button.
After you have selected START, this list of choices will appear. Here you can start a new city, load a pre-built scenario or load a saved game. For this tutorial, press the A Button while new city is highlighted.
Next you can select any terrain map you wish to start building your first city on. Press Up and Down on the Control Pad to move the cursor up and down. Press the A Button to make your choice.
Next you must enter the name for your new city and the name of its brand new mayor. After all, what is a city if it has no name and no mayor.
Finally, when the game begins, the first dialog box that you see will ask you to make two simple decisions: How much funds you will have at the start, and what year the game should start. The defaults are $20,000 and 1900, which will be just fine for the tutorial, so press the A Button to start the game.
The various funding levels set how hard you want the game to be:
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$20,000 - Easy
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$10,000 - Normal
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$10,000 Bond - Hard
The next window to appear is the in-game help window. Read what it has to say.
Pressing the A Button will speed up how fast the text appears. Pressing the B Button will exit the help window, even if the rather helpful message has not yet finished appearing.
Construction Menu
To control the Construction Menu:
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Press Up and Down on the Control Pad to access menu items. The menu itself will slide up and down.
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Press Left and Right on the Control Pad to access sub menu items.
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Press the A Button to select a construction menu item. This will put you into
Controls
A Button
Close the newspaper
A Button (press twice)
Make the budget window go away
SELECT
Access the map screen
B Button
Exit the map screen
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