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SimCity 2000: Special Edition

The ultimate city simulator. You design, build and customise any city you can imagine, and Sim City 2000 SE will bring it and its resident Sims to life. Includes the Urban Renewal Kit and Scenarios Vol. 1--all…

7 February 1995

SimCity 2000: Special Edition is a simulator developed by Maxis, released 7 February 1995 on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What SimCity 2000: Special Edition is

SimCity 2000: Special Edition is a simulator game developed by Maxis and released in 1995. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The ultimate city simulator. You design, build and customise any city you can imagine, and Sim City 2000 SE will bring it and its resident Sims to life. Includes the Urban Renewal Kit and Scenarios Vol. 1--all on one CD-ROM.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Sim series

SimCity 2000: Special Edition is the 16th of 64 entries we hold in the Sim series. The next entry was SimTown in 1995.

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What it launched against

SimCity 2000: Special Edition launched on 7 February 1995, within three weeks of Star Wars: Dark Forces, Front Mission and Tetris Plus.

Released around the same time: Star Wars: Dark Forces, Front Mission, Tetris Plus.

Official trailer

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When did SimCity 2000: Special Edition come out?
SimCity 2000: Special Edition was released on 7 February 1995 for DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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