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Great fun but only if management games are your thing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: December 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

According to an earlier review, "The worst game i ever played, on the back it shows these tall buildings and even when i zoom in the buildings are blue and green squares. i hate this game. The only thing i liked was destroying the town (because it was so stupid)."

As a matter of fact the game will look exactly like the pictures on the back provided that you build roads and a power grid. When you first allocate land for residential, commercial or industrial usage all you get is the coloured squares. Whack in a power station and transit and you're away. Buildings will sprout up.

Anyway, that aside, this is basically the more simplified Sim City 1 concept but with graphics ported over from the PC Sim City 2000. It's not a straight port (nothing like as complex) but it's good hand-held entertainment and you get the warm glow of wielding power over a whole bunch of Sims on the bus/train etc. Top notch.

Not your ordinary GBA game though runs sluggish.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: June 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

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.

Not disappointed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: April 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

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.

Exactly what I expected. Great Portable Fun.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

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).

Pretty Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: January 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

All things considered this is a very good copy of the PC game.
Pros:
Nice graphics, fairly easy controls, lots of features (like disasters) can be turned on/off individually or or all turned on/off. Construction is easy, and described well in the instructions.
Cons:
Eye strain (headache) from the dark screen (you need pretty good light for this one.) No cars driving around, no people in the stadium, or a train running around town. When you're zoomed out far enough to see the whole city, there is very little detail. When zoomed in to see the streets and buildings, it's a pain to scroll all over the place to see other parts of the city. (Guess you can only do so much with a portable.)

I find the game to get a little boring after awhile, but I felt the same way about the PC version. The instructions could offer more advice about running the city. Even though I'm not a "Sim-Head" I find it interesting enough to recommend. This would be a great buy if you love Sim City.

Gets old real fast

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: January 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love the Sim city series, but this was just a huge disappointment. I got bored of playing it in less than two days. There's so little options to build, plus there's no animations, as people have mentioned before: no cars or trains or people in the stadiums.There are boats and planes though. I know it's a handheld game so they couldn't put too much on there but come on! I remember playing the first Sim City when it came out in the early 90s and it was much better than this.
The game also got slow when a monster attacked it, and sometimes has a few other problems such as police stations becoming invisible and train and bus stations not having any passengers riding on it (Is this just me or do other people have this problem??)

Excellence at its best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is an excellent port of Sim City 2000 from the PC. City management fun at its best. If your squares are blue and green maybe your game is paused because you can build in pause mode (very useful at the beginning). Either that or you have no electricity in your zones and nobody wants to build there. If you've played Sim City on the SNES this is so much better in terms of graphics and building options. Really for the price you cannot beat it. This is a lot of fun to play on a commute and you can save whenever you want. If you've played Sim City expect more of the same city management fun you've grown to love. Very enjoyable and excellent value.

Not as good as I had hoped

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As a big fan of the PC (and event Super Nintendo version), I was so excited to get this game. But, it turns out that it wasn't worth the money. The parred down controls make it very boring after awhile - no subways or waterpipes to put in. They are missing a lot of the little detail such as the cars, etc. And, it's very complicated to lay streets and stuff in the direction you want or to scroll around to see your city. Don't bother with this one.

very fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: November 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this is one of those games that never gets old. if your ever bored like me siting in a study hall with nothing to do or if your siting at home this is for you. this game was fun enough were people would sit on the computer and play it for hours. plus the cheap price and good graphics make have to have it. don't think the graphics are like the super nintendos version because they look just like on the computer. ive seen screen shots and they look clean and crisp. You also never have to wory about a slow computer either and it has all the same features as the computer version did. never ending replay value and never ending tasks make this a need to own game for your collection.

Stick with the PC versions...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When I first heard about Sim City 2000 on the GBA, I thought dang that should be pretty sweet. Then I realized that in actuality, the game would probably be pretty lousy due to the small screen and limits of the GBA. Still I decided to pick up a copy anyways but it wasn't worth the $20.

As some have said, yes the game can be fun for a short period of time but then you'll most likely never get the urge to play it again. Doing some simple tasks in the game proves to be a bigger chore than in other versions and the cities you create feel empty and lifeless. However, if you've got lots of time on your hands and don't mind some of the neater additions of the pc versions missing along with some slowdown when disasters occur, then you will probably enjoy this game.

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