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SimCity 1.0 (Classic) Special Items –Park –Police, Fire Dept. –Stadium –Power Plants Coal or Nuclear –Seaport –Airport Diasters –Fire –Flood –Air Crash –Tornado –Earthquake –Monster
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Game Expert: SimCity
Myke OlsonLCC 4400: Seminar In Media Studies
October 29, 2002
SimCity 1.0 (Classic)
• Residential, Commercial, and Industrial:– 3 x 3 zone tiles– Buildings are built by the Sims, depending on Land
Value• Budget Concerns:
– Fire, Police, Trans Fund– Tax Rate– Show budget every year or
“auto budget”• 16 Colors or Black & White
SimCity 1.0 (Classic)
• Special Items– Park– Police, Fire Dept.– Stadium– Power Plants
• Coal or Nuclear– Seaport– Airport
• Diasters– Fire– Flood– Air Crash– Tornado– Earthquake– Monster
SimCity 1.0 (Classic)
SimCity 2000• Residential, Commercial, and Industrial:
– Any size zone tiles– Light or Dense Levels– Buildings are built by the Sims,
depending on Land Value• Budget Concerns:
– Fire, Police, Health, Education, and Trans Fund
– Property Taxes– City Orninaces– Bond/Loan Payments
SimCity 2000 New Features
• Newspapers alert to what residents want• 3-Dimensional• 256 Colors• 3 Zoom Levels• Underground Level:
– Water pipes– Subways
• Signs
SimCity 2000
• Special Items– Small/Large Park, Zoo,
Stadium, Marina– Police, Fire Dept.,
Hospital, Prison– Power Plants
• Depends on what year– Seaport, Airport– School, College,
Library
• Roads– Highways– Bus Stop– Subways
• Rewards– Mayor’s House
SimCity 3000 New Features
• Residents petition the mayor• Better Graphics• Zoom in one more level• Landmarks
• Archologies• Unlimited Version:
– Make your own buildings– Make your own scenarios
SimCity 3000 New Features
Landmarks More Disasters (and farms)
SimCity 4 New Features
• Street level• Import your Sims
• Night-time• More disasters
SimCity 4 Terrain
SimCity 3000 vs. SimCity 4
SimCity 4 Disasters
Tornadoes Volancoes
Categorization of SimCity
• Board games• Building and laying out a city• Some randomization / chance (like dice)
– population, disasters, traffic• Fast reward / punishment loop• Each version change just gives you more
things to control and better graphics