Sim City 2000

by DESTINATION

Product Features

• Face the type of decisions the mayor of a big city faces - from where to lay roads to how to bring in new citizens
• Set up houses, public transportation, develop commerce
• Experience the painful setbacks of natural disasters and alien invasion -- conquer these difficulties to keep your city running!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000CDZBE
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 4.9 x 1 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 5, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,393 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

SimCity 2000 comes to you in this PC-to-Game Boy Advance system conversion. Take on the role as mayor and call the shots for the entire city. Attract potential citizens by keeping up on the housing, industries, mass transportation, and commerce. Natural disasters and even an alien invasion might occur to set you back. However if you can conquer all of these problems, you just might be able to turn a small town into a thriving metropolis!

Game play is much like the big-screen version, with a simpler interface and easy-to-scan meters telling players exactly how their towns are faring. Each game is completely different from the last--can you build the greatest city on earth?

Product Description

In SimCity 2000 you'll have the ultimate responsibility -- build a beautiful, thriving city while keeping its citizens happy and safe!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not your ordinary GBA game though runs sluggish., June 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Sim City 2000 (Video Game)

Finally, a game for the GBA system that cannot be beaten in one day. The possibilities are endless. Great for those long trips. My only complaint is that at times, during certain scenarios, there seems to be too much going on for the cartridge to handle. I thought playing it on the gamecube using the gameboy player would solve this problem but it didn't. Can be quite frustrating when fires are breaking out and the cursor just doesn't want to budge.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not disappointed, April 3, 2004

By 

jeff (Spring Hill, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sim City 2000 (Video Game)

this game is pretty much as fun as I wanted it to be. With the consideration that this is a handheld the graphics are very good. In he game you are the mayor and you nead to build a city.You do this by zoning areas of land with residental, commercial, and industrial zoning. You then build roads connecting these different zones and you build a power plant(there is a variety of powerplant types available, example:nuclear, coal, oil, solar) and you build power lines to supply these areas with power. Then the sims move in and make builings. The game also includes natural disasters and sometimes the citezens will riot. How much your citezens riot can be controlled by how happy they are with the city you build for them. Other buildings available in the game are police stations, hospitals, school, prisons, parks, and many other public and governmant building. As your city grows you might want to add airport zoning and seaport zoning so that sims can come in and make airports and seaports, thus making connections with other cities and improving commerce and business. The draw backs are that there are no cars seen on the road or trains a traintracks. Another disadvantage is that I found that when I build railroads and bus stations, they tell me I have 0 passengers per day.It is also very hard to build a succesful school(My schools always have like 60 teachers and 3 students and it is graded F). The game also glitches up sometimes but that is really not a big problem. And another fun thing about the game is when your cities population grows you get reward builings. If you like these types of games then I strongly think that you will be happy with buying this game.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I expected. Great Portable Fun., December 27, 2003

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Maria S. "mariajl" (Glen Burnie, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sim City 2000 (Video Game)

This game is exactly what I would expect from a game titled Sim City 2000 -- especially when on such a small console as GameBoy Advance.

The graphics and gameplay are very much like the original PC version of Sim City 2000.
Even some of the game flaws are the same (with it not letting you build where a power line is already -- instead you have to do power lines last. This inconvenience was corrected in later PC versions).

As others stated, if you only have green or blue squares -- it is not the game -- it is YOU not reading the directions and/or playing correctly.
Power may not be hooked up... it may still be on pause... etc.

This game is exactly what I hoped it would be. And exactly what I would expect from a game console I can put in my pocket.
If you want more graphics and power -- you shouldn't be using a GameBoy Advance (which is, basically, a teeny Super Nintendo).