SimCity 3000
          (STRATEGY)


   For those who have ever had the urge to design his or her own hometown
   from scratch (and frankly who hasn't?) comes SimCity 3000, granting
   you the tools to design and rule your own city in whatever fashion you
   deem appropriate. SimCity offers more of the city-building fun that
   came with its predecessors, only this time with many new features,
   which make for more realistic gameplay and offer more creative
   control. One of the new features, the Building Architect Tool, will
   allow players to build more easily their own houses, skyscrapers, and
   factories, and then place them wherever desired in the newly created
   cities. Another of the new features to be made available will be the
   SimCity.com web site, where a community of players will have the
   chance to share their creations with each other. Maxis hopes to bring
   real, breathing life to SimCity 3000, with other new enhancements such
   as realistic traffic and pedestrians, detailed 3D buildings, and a 3D
   sound engine that will let players listening to kids playing in
   suburbs while factories churn away in the inner city. Challenges will
   also be found in balancing the advice and demands from expert
   advisors, neighboring cities, and petitioning citizens.

   SimCity 3000 will be the third release in the PC SimCity line, and will
   continue the powerful illusion of reality that has become hallmarks of
   the immersive series.