The idea that Clint had "pin-ups" in his bedroom of SimCity screenshots is somehow both the nerdiest thing I've ever heard, and also the most relatable thing I've ever heard.

@DrSpaceman69

3 ай бұрын

Rivaled only by the fact clint dressed as SC2K on Halloween as a kid

@howdj

3 ай бұрын

I imagine his parents exasperated downstairs after he has gone to bed, cutting out pictures of women and trying to sneak them onto his wall while he is sleeping.

@dutchuncle2716

3 ай бұрын

It does 100% qualify him as the person to make these retrospectives though.

@noticiasinmundicias

3 ай бұрын

I remember printing a similar promo image from The Sims 2. It look literal ages and I think my mom had me stop the thing before it finished because of the absurd amount of color ink I was 'wasting'.

@Gogettor

3 ай бұрын

Who hasn’t released to Mr Wright?

my dad was a middle school computer teacher in the 2000s and I was in his class briefly. Sim City 3000 Unlimited was installed on every PC in the computer lab and we were allowed to play it if we finished our work early. He even assigned us the game as a project at one point, because he really believed in the ability to adapt ideas from games to the real world. We were rural fifth graders and I think this is the closest some of us felt to a city. He also assigned Oregon Trail at one point. This brought back a lot of memories.

@likky1

3 ай бұрын

That is very good honestly, video games can be a good medium for teaching

@standard5131

3 ай бұрын

Legend

@asrr62

3 ай бұрын

thats how i got into it too but it was shop class which had a computer lab too. i got hooked on this game lol

@sucktitles

3 ай бұрын

W dad W teacher

@fireprooof101

3 ай бұрын

From Oregon? Or did other states play Oregon trail also

In my teens I used to joke that every mayor should be required to manage a simcity before managing a real one.

This game really encompasses mid-late 90s optimism. When people were quite optimistic about the future

@tylorpater4259

3 ай бұрын

Before the late stage capitalism hit

@CantankerousDave

3 ай бұрын

The future isn’t what it used to be.

@WhatAHorribleNight

3 ай бұрын

Cold War was over. Dot Com was booming. Everything seemed fantastic. Then... 9/11. Nothing was ever the same after that.

@Pyjamarama11

3 ай бұрын

@@WhatAHorribleNight amen to that sorry any Millennials, you lucked-out

@sebastianriemer1777

2 ай бұрын

No we weren't.

Printing out SimCity 3000 pin-ups is such a peak nerd thing to do. I would expect nothing less of LGR. 😋

@southerninterloper4107

3 ай бұрын

They were his "Pictures of Lily", I'm sure. 😉

25 years old.... oh my god...

@keithmichael112

3 ай бұрын

🎵 Hello Darkness My Old Friend...

@HashIshene

3 ай бұрын

Came to say the same. Damn

@aserta

3 ай бұрын

You're old. Get over it. Batman is over it.

@CobaltFoxPlays

3 ай бұрын

Yep, we be old gamers

@ryuno2097

3 ай бұрын

feels like it was just yesterday I played it.

I love the optimistic vibe of this game. Like no other game it captures that feeling of the late 90s that the future was going to be awesome and that society was on the right track and headed for greater things. Even though the game itself stuck to current gen tech of the time, it felt like it was all about turning the world into a clean fancy cityscape with lush parks and gold plated logos on luxurious buildings everywhere.

Hanging computer print-out pin-ups with sticky-tack has gotta be the most relatable 90s kid bedroom thing I've seen on LGR.

I still listen to this game's OST these days.

@vidcas1711

3 ай бұрын

Absotely golden soundtrack for playing other simulation games.

@citymanlive

3 ай бұрын

I feel like getting it on vinyl :D

@seucachorro506

3 ай бұрын

it's also on spotify, top quality music.

@pineapplesalad6494

3 ай бұрын

This game's OST still plays occasionally in my head.

@FluffyTheGryphon

3 ай бұрын

I have a Spotify playlist that I made called "Music that Cities are Built From" that has these soundtracks and much more to prevent repetition.

"you know you want it, you little dirty city planner" just GOLD

@crotchwolf1929

3 ай бұрын

I still have it. 😁 The same copy Grandma bought me for Christmas in 1999. Shame it won't run on modern machines.

@CityPlannerPlays

3 ай бұрын

👀👀👀

@Njuregen

3 ай бұрын

I have the Ultimate version it is my favourite SIM City on the PC... I loved the SNES version, which was nostalgia as a kid more though!

@DanielMak1234

3 ай бұрын

I can never get tired of the jazz; it introduced me to jazz and will always have a special place in my heart - South Bridge and Night Life are my jam

@artofnoise5013

3 ай бұрын

I'll never be able to unhear that. haha

I feel so validated by this video. I spent an unholy number of hours playing Unlimited back in the day and just as you say the "aura" of the game is so perfect. From those perfect shades of green to the style of the buildings to the vibe of the jazz soundtrack.

@QJ89

3 ай бұрын

I feel bad for having played this with the music off back in the day. Speaking of, I've always loved the sound design of this game. Highlights for me include: clicking on the power lines (clunk-whirrr-zzt-zzt), putting down the subway stations and hearing the ambience in their view, clicking on abandoned lots (all too common for me, sadly). Lowlights? How about the library?

@iller3

3 ай бұрын

I think I put more time overall into 2000 and 4, but 3000 definitely had the tightest balance to complexity ratio of any City Sim on the market. And it did so in keeping a utopian sort of focus on the city population itself instead of the sadly overcomplicated real world problems in dealing with traffic (or in exploiting some mechanics to create infinite power and money loops)

The mayor of Nuketown being a Duke Nukem-lookalike was a nice touch! Great episode, and great series!

These lengthier retrospectives from you are an absolute gem and so cozy, your best content

@LGR

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@septimo7121

3 ай бұрын

@@LGR Are you going to review (in my opinion) the best of the series simcity 4? i've been waiting patiently....

@ichibanmanekineko

3 ай бұрын

​@@LGR I agree that these videos are some of the best content. Are you a big fan of the CC Red Alert series? Would love to see some in-depth history on these classic. Thanks for all your work ❤

@twoforcesinbalance1543

3 ай бұрын

@@LGR also here for the cozy vibes, i watch your content to relax and go through memory lane! keep it up

I'm surprised that SimCity 3000 is often forgotten/overlooked when folks talk about the franchise. People think about SC2K but honestly I feel 3000 was the absolute peak of the franchise from all angles, and oh god, that SOUNDTRACK. Jerry Martin was firing on all cylinders during this time with both this and The Sims 1's music.

@mmuww

3 ай бұрын

100% agree

@wertywerrtyson5529

3 ай бұрын

2000 was the first one I played but it was with 3000 I really enjoyed the game and the music is great. I have a lot more nostalgia for 3000. 1999 was all about Sim City 3000 and C&C Tiberian Sun for me. Peak 2D games. No 3D card needed to play.

@parrot998

3 ай бұрын

The music is great but the game overall feels like an awkward stepping stone between 2000 and 4. It doesn't add enough to justify itself over 2000 the way 4 does, and actively takes away many of the more fun features like the arcologies, and hydroelectric.

@binaryghosts5131

3 ай бұрын

​@@wertywerrtyson5529 we are the same person lol

@DeadHandtheSurvivor

3 ай бұрын

​​@@parrot998But at the same time, having simcity 3000 just be a more refined simcity 2000 was a pretty good choice when you considered the development history. And honestly I perfer simcity 3000 over simcity 2000 when it comes to it's gameplay refinement, and just having it look way better than 2000. It may have removed arcologies but they only existed to get around sim city 2000s extremely limited population numbers, but now you can get over a million people living in a single city without the need of a special building to artificially increase the population. Also removing hydrodams while forcing you to build the expensive power plants early game, weren't that necessary in my opinion (although I wish they could keep flooding from past games) Basically, if you want a more user friendly while also a more complex version of sim city 2000, SC3000 is your friend.

your research and inclusion of archival photos, newpapers etc. is what makes your retrospective videos a cut above the rest. much love!

i LOVE the advisors in SC3K, in terms of the charm they provide and personality they embody when comparing other instances of Sim City, they are unmatched.

I always appreciate how these retrospectives are both a really nice overview of the game with it's history and Clint's specific experience with the game.

@LGR

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad to hear!

Can't help but wonder if in year 3000, someone will make "SimCity 3000, 1000 years later".

@S3SSioN_Solaris

3 ай бұрын

I will let you know brb.

@Bertee255

3 ай бұрын

maybe if we make it to Mars...

@aexetan2769

3 ай бұрын

Ah, the year 3000! Where holographic historians narrate tales of pixelated pasts and AI archaeologists dig up ancient floppy disks labeled "SimCity 3000." Imagine the excitement as they uncover relics of our primitive simulations, marveling at our attempts to play god with virtual cities. But who will create the video "SimCity 3000, 1000 years later"? Will it be human historians, cyborg cinephiles, or perhaps a sentient AI with a quirky sense of humor? Picture this: a holographic AI host, decked out in a top hat and monocle, narrating the rise and fall of our simulated civilizations with a blend of scholarly insight and sarcastic wit.

@JoelRiter

3 ай бұрын

If we democratized the tech industry we can insure this by voting to allocate resources to preserving all media.

@MurderMostFowl

3 ай бұрын

The cynical part of me says that a game called SimCity 3000 in the year 3000 will be a simulation of what “cities” used to look like before the great climate disaster/world war/biological destruction, or whatever thing we do to ourselves lol

Hey LGR. Just want to thank you for your contents. We’re of a similar age and we’ve been enjoying the same games. I’ve been moving around a lot of countries when I was young when there was no internet so I lost contact with my old friends which I had very few for not staying in one country for long. So watching your videos make me feel like sharing old memories with an old friend whom I never had and takes me to a journey of inocent and happy times. For that reason you have a special place in my heart. :)

This one hits home the most of any LGR retrospective for me. Like Clint, I was an avid SC 2000 player when 3000 launched. I got it for my birthday in early 1999, but my Pentium 90 MHz PC was too slow to run it. I spent the entire year either not playing it, or struggling to play it. Then Christmas 1999 came and I got a Pentium III PC. I spent my entire Christmas break from school playing Sim City 3000. It was a core experience of my middle school years. This retrospective brought it all back. I still play SC 3000 occasionally, and just like Clint, it brings back all the great memories and hooks me right back in.

I was lucky enough to perform with Marc Russo when I was a kid (I grew up in the East Bay, and he and a couple of other Tower of Power guys played with my middle school jazz bands on a concert). He was an incredibly nice guy, and I won’t pretend his compliments didn’t help with my push towards wanting to become a pro musician myself! It’s fun to see him get a shout-out!

@drgribb

3 ай бұрын

Wait, Portola Middle??

@Swanfeatha

3 ай бұрын

@@drgribbYES!! Almost 20 years ago at this point!

@drgribb

3 ай бұрын

@@Swanfeatha Wait. Liana??? This is Gribble. Graduated EC 08

@Swanfeatha

3 ай бұрын

@@drgribb ALSO YES! I thought it might be you based on the username but didn’t want to assume!! Small world (though not super surprising to find you on an LGR video all things considered)! Hope you’re doing well!

@drgribb

3 ай бұрын

@Swanfeatha Oh man, what a small world haha! Those special gig opportunities with the Tower of Power folks, or playing the Warfield, or Yoshi's, or what-have-you really made a big impression and were important and formative for me too. Apparently they knocked down the old Guitar Center on San Pablo and replaced it with a luxury apartment building called... The Credence -- I hate it lol. I'm convinced there's another universe where I moved to New Orleans and became a full-time musician though. 😅 So cool to see you on an LGR vid (coincidentally, I now live not too far from where Clint's based). Hope you're doing well too.

Congratulations LGR! The KZread community has spontaneously put on a parade in your honour.

Can I just say how much I love your retrospectives they really are so much fun. Thank you for them 😊

@LGR

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate it, thanks for watching!

It’s so impressive the context you have. Like things you physically printed out back in the 90’s and random articles from websites back then.

Simcity 3000 Unlimited had one of my most favourite manuals of all time. I must've read it cover to cover dozens of times.

@chriscole9469

3 ай бұрын

Definitely kept it! Such a bigass book!

@dappertron

3 ай бұрын

Game publishers also kind of doubled as book publishers with how packed those old manuals were.

@willielogan4811

3 ай бұрын

I'm more of console player so that giant brick of a manual got my attention lol

@Splarkszter

3 ай бұрын

I loved game manuals, ah, a beautiful era long gone.

@TheOG-GG

3 ай бұрын

YES! I was waiting for someone to mention this. I absolutely love and guide and have read it cover to cover too so many times! It is so fascinating and informative. Maxis manuals....I wish they kept making them...they were the best!

Hey we only have to wait 4 years for Sim City 4 to be 25, time flies too quickly for sure.

@carltonleboss

3 ай бұрын

SimCity 4 is a great game with a great soundtrack.

@lucasart328

2 ай бұрын

Damn old as me

Thank you for putting the beta footage of the 3D version up, first time I've seen it in motion, so fascinating!

@wadmodderschalton5763

3 ай бұрын

The scrapped 3D version looked like a completely different low-budget game.

Thanks for a great review, you are a really a superb critic and it must’ve been such a thrill to finally revisit one of your all time favorite games after all these years with the channel - great work!

@LGR

3 ай бұрын

Thank you, and yeah this was a thrill to go back to and become immersed in once again :)

sim city 3000 is still my goto, that OST is still a gem

@tonyzed6831

3 ай бұрын

I still play it... and yep the OST is a gem (but the SC4 ost is a very very close second).

If you told me that this soundtrack was why Clint loves and uses jazz for his videos, I would not be the least bit surprised.

@YesterGearPCii

3 ай бұрын

That's exactly what he said in the video!

@KingKool2099

3 ай бұрын

@@YesterGearPCii Yeah, I obviously didn't wait to comment. But unlike other people who don't wait for the end of the video before commenting, I was totally right.

Can't wait to see SC4 review soon enough. This is a serious and challenging one when it's about city-building.

your videos are the best. so chill, informative, and cozy. thank you dude!

I didn't expect to get misty eyed over KZread this morning, but SimCity 3000 does that for me. It's funny, I found out about SC3K's existence the same day I got SC2K after playing the SNES version of SimCity forever. I got the SE edition of SC2K in 1998 and it came with a little print-out flyer for 3K. Those graphics! How could a videogame look so GOOD? It's probably my favorite for being able to just jump in and play. SC4 is a much deeper game, but that also means it's got a much higher time commitment.. that and the hours needed to get mods set up.

1:33 Ad says, "Mindwarp Will Suck" good thing they never released it then!

Yep same here. SC3000 introduced me to jazz. Later games like Fallout 3 and GTA IV would continue the jazz influence, and today it's one of my favorite genres.

Thanks Clint for finally covering SC3K. It's easily in my top 5 growing up, and even with my adolescent mind, I knew it was special. I distinctly remember the P:TB demo and playing the same 3 levels over and over for months. Funny you mention the cheats; covering old cheat sites, printing out countless pages and how they extended the playability of many games would make for a fun retrospective. Keep up the good work!

Far and away the best of the SimCity games. The soundtrack was amazing. The aesthetic was perfect. The fact that your advisors and petitioners were distinct CHARACTERS in a CITY BUILDER made it much more immersive. And it still had that old school Maxis kind of humor. Truly a masterpiece.

@gyppygirl2021

3 ай бұрын

I always go back to 2k and 3k. I have never touched SimCity 4.

@tonyzed6831

3 ай бұрын

@@gyppygirl2021 SC4 is almost perfection, great simulation, but too fiddly in some aspects and the segmented regions that allow you to make HUGE cities are not that friendly. BUT... Custom buildings... Mods... Day/night cycle... SC4 has tons more to offer.

@Strideo1

3 ай бұрын

2K for me. There was something about the simulation in this one that I didn't like as much for some reason. I remember being quite frustrated with this game.

@gyppygirl2021

3 ай бұрын

@@Strideo1 I feel like 3k has more of a learning curve... I only recently figured out how to play it.

@tonyzed6831

3 ай бұрын

@@Strideo1 SC3K (and If I remember correctly SC3KU is worse) can be hard!!! I recall starting using SC3KU coming from SC3 and What... the...?????????

I first played SimCity 3000 on my dad's PC. He had the game burned on a CD among other games like Commandos and SWAT 3. At first, I did not understand a thing about city building but after spending hours and hours playing I realized I still did not understand how to play it LOL. He later helped me to build a city and fell in love with this genre. The graphic style, the cozy feeling of watching your creation slowly grow, everything in this game is perfect to me. I later played SimCity 4 and the experience got even better!

@axa993

3 ай бұрын

SWAT 3 goated Commandos 1&2 goated

@kent_hdd

3 ай бұрын

Same

cheatcc! Instant flashback. I always pick up something new when I rewatch an old LGR.

I was waiting for that retrospective and it did not disappoint ! Such a great overview and research.

I remember sitting in our gray folding chair at the computer desk playing Sim City 3000 on a snow day. Just building my city all day long, listening to that timeless soundtrack. This game got me, and I'm sure for countless others, into city building sims and other management sims out there. An absolute classic game with lots of fond memories

So many memories... I was 10 when it came out (11 when my dad got pirated copy from a friend for me) No idea of english, used just colors, icons and stuff to try to understand the mechanics... and yet my city (Robertopolis) was functional... from then EVERY city in EVERY builder is called Robertopolis. I have like Robertopolis v17.3 in cities skylines now. Looking forward for SC4

Undoubtedly one of the best video games I have ever played. You can spend hours and hours imagining, designing, re-locating, creating your terrain, managing it while you keep expanding your cities… it's kind of a huge challenge to successfully maintain it all and reach a big, self-sufficient city. It was not an easy game indeed. I had a 1.4 million people city and I still have my gameplay saved after over 10 yrs!! Incredible how this game can be infinite. This game has given us so much. Besides, it still has the best soundtrack, simple but very nice graphics, the best landmarks, the best utilities and the best special buildings and power plants. Simply amazing. I need a remaster or something, imagine the possibilities we have now for a game that was already perfect🥰

This game got me into Jazz, and eventually playing the saxophone. Been a musician since then, 20 years of laughs and tears and Simcity 3000 is glued to every PC I buy,

Here’s to 25 years of SimCity 3000… still looks good.

I very specifically remember riding my bicycle on one hot summer day to the nearest CompUSA 10 miles away to pick up this game. And then returning by bicycle to pick up a new memory stick to boost performance.

Sim city is still an all time fave series of mine. I had the sane level of excitement as you when I was young. Great vid

still my favorite city builder. been playing this since i was 6 or 7 years old, dont think I'll be stopping any time soon

8:45 That really gets the warm and fuzzies going. Like the first sip of coffee on a February morning.

Whenever I need to focus at work, I still play the soundtrack to this game on Spotify. The music brings me right back. I spent the entire summer in 2000 in my room playing Unlimited. Life was good.

As you were playing bits of the soundtrack I was thinking to myself "ah, so this is where LGR got it from" as you go on to confirm my suspicions moments later lol. Great video!

Excellent video and I totally agree about everything about the game. I even sometimes load up the complete soundtrack here on KZread to play in the background while I work on a project. Just a perfect late 90s vibe and the best Sim City-game by a mile.

I also have to add, your channel takes me back to earlier points in my life and, for a split second or two, I can feel like I am back in that moment. Thank you for this.

LGR is the reason I got into city building games such as City Skylines as a younger teenager, so it's always a special kind of treat to sit down early in the morning and listen to him gush about something he's so fond of. Thank you for sharing your passion with us, sir! It has a long reach!

I've been listening to this soundtrack actively since your last check in. Thank you for this gift buddy.

I think Sim City 3000 was my first exposure to any kind of jazz. Absolutely love the soundtrack and the straight ahead jazz tunes were always my favorites!

This was my favourite version too. Like you say, hits the sweet spot between the old and the new and is just beautiful to look at.

SC3K still has some of the most appealing graphics in video games. Just so crisp and vibrant and pleasing to look at.

SC3000 (and later SC4) were key to my discovering Jazz as a child and enjoying it ever since!

HELL YEAH, Ive been waiting for an sc3 video from lgr. LGR did a fantastic job with his SC2 video.

Being 45 years old this brings me back to a more …… time 😢

You unlocked some core memories with those printouts I didn't know I had. 😮

Man. That intro. I forgot how amazed I was when I saw it for the first time. Thanks for the vid. Well done

The most I remember from this game is the soundtrack. It introduced me to jazz and to this day I get nostalgic from all these tunes. I should jump back into these games. I didn't even realize there was an unlimited version.

This is definately my favorite SimCity series ever. 'SimCity 3000 Unlimited' was localised as 'SimCity 3000 Korea' at South Korea when I was a teenager and this video reminds me a good old days.

@bad_collector

3 ай бұрын

I found a sealed copy of Sim City 3000 Korea last year (2023). It is a jewel case with a thin sleeve. The text is localized in hangeul - and there is a prominent EA logo and EA hologram on the front.

@cedricmj

3 ай бұрын

@momytik I wish I can get SC3K Korea hard copy disk as well. At least I still have an official Korean copy of SC3K original though.

@voyagerdeepspaceexploratio5023

Ай бұрын

It was called Sim City 3000 Deutschland here. I only know the full version with Europe and Asian building sets but one of my favorites was the building editor. You could build anything yourself and import it into the game. And that while being 2D and running on lowend PCs.

I used to play this as much as I could once I got home from school. I didn't have the best cities but I loved every minute of it.

I just love your comfy videos, Clint! ❤ Those SimCity ones are the overload of comfiness 💟

SC3k was actually the first SC I played. It got me into the Simcity series. Still somewhat regularly play it. It does what every Simcity game does best: turn my laptop into a time machine. I blink my eyes and BOOM turns out it's 4am, not even drinking a single sip of water for sometimes as much as 8 hours. Even the Sims doesn't suck me into it nearly as much as Simcity. Also, you can still buy the Linux version online in Germany, but it's relatively expensive and an utter pain to install, run, and keep running. Apparently it works much better on FreeBSD, but I still gotta try.

I remember getting the unlimited version and loving it so much. 3000 unlimited was my first sim city so it will always hold a place in my heart. I loved the advisor art it was so cartoony

25 years ago, dear god

Wow, thanks for this video. Seeing the intro sequence again and hearing the soundtrack triggered such a nostalgia flashback. I can't tell you how many hours, days, weeks, months I spent playing this game as a teenager.... how proud I was when I got to hold this beautiful box in my hands that I bought with my own hard-earned savings. Wonderful.

What I really appreciate in SC3000 (apart from the great gameplay, amazing timeless music, and unique gorgeous graphics) is the random map generator! I really missed it from SC4 and CitiesSkylines. I would rather edit a randomised map that I like at glance than start from scratch.

This is one my first PC games and it'll forever have a spot in my heart. So munch to remember, the music specially.

My favorite SimCity, and the main reason I was ridiculously excited my family got a new Windows 98 tower in 1999. Another awesome LGR retrospective, so many good memories!

Dude, such nostalgia. I'm 43 now and I was all over this and every other SimCity. Thank God for Cities Skylines lol. The building Exchange and everything. Dang, I nearly forgot.

Nice! I have been waiting for this review from you!

Simcity 3000 has a very special place in my heart. It was my first city building game and one of my first PC games. Thank you Clint.

The one I've been waiting for! I played SC3k pretty much non-stop for 2 years straight. Easily one of my favourite games of all time.

This is my favorite game!! It was shared with me through my parents. So glad you made a vid on it!

The sound, the sound, so amazingly immersive and enjoyable.

These uploads make my Friday work day so much more bearable. Thank you Clint.

This is such perfect timing. I started playing this again about two weeks ago. I was surprised I couldn't find a video on it from you.

The real addiction is to LGR’s content. I already know that I will keep checking from tomorrow for a new video. Simply my favourite.

Unexpectedly, this game is now available for cheap on Steam, alongside Dungeon Keeper, Populis, Alpha Centauri, The Sabotuer and the Command & Conquer collection.

SC3000 has the best soundtrack ever. I listen to it all the time playing other games...

Your description of the first three games and how they shaped your love of city builders is _exactly_ my experience with 2000, 3000, and 4.

Great stuff, as always. Brings back a lot of memories.

The fact that you still have printouts from 1998 is just so cool. Makes me think of small things like that i got rid of when I was young, and would be cool to have today.

I am so glad I wasn't the only one who had printed out the SimCity 3D pictures back in the day and ogled at the incredible detail for days! It's hard to fathom nowadays just how mind blowing that was.

THIS! This was my favorite Sim City game. I just adore everything about it, and the visuals give me nostalgia like no other.

Been waiting for this for a while. Thanks for doing it, Clint!

I remember receiving the game around 7 years old, I had already loved the sims but was unaware of a city building version. this bring back so many good memories, thank you for the retrospective LGR. your videos are always top notch

I so enjoy these relaxing trips through a visit to LGR. Like a soothing balm containing all the nostalgia of the 80's and 90's and imaginings of the heady scent of glorious NIB items from yesteryear.

Can't wait to see your Simcity 4 retrospective! I love your videos, man. I've been following since I was a middle schooler haha.

Soundtracks were always good on the SC 2000, 3000 and 4. Playing Cities Skylines with THOSE soundtracks really improves the game they weren't written for, that's amazing. I used to spend time watching the military guys doing push ups around the military base... Not to mention in my very first city, my nuclear plant overloaded because I didn't check the power consumption in time, resulting in a Tchernobyl like disaster that rendered an entire corner of the map unusable with radiation for at least 200 years... And back in the day, I used to play 3k Unlimited on New Years eves for years.

My introduction to SimCity was with SimCity 2000 at my school on a old DOS Box in 1999. I did not get a home PC until 2002 or 2003 (Dell Dimension 3000) and the first game I rushed out to buy was SimCity 2000 Special Edition. I did not even know that Sim City 3000 came out until 2003 and I got the massive big box Sam's Club version of SC3K Unlimited. After that in 2005 or 2006 I got Sim City 4 DE on DVD Rom. I still was a console kid back then but SimCity was the only game I played on PC until very recently when I built my own PC in 2018. Just a humble midwestern console kid turned PC nerd.

You know this retrospective is so well done, that I'm going next to GOG for SC3000.

SimCity 3000 Unlimited was THE game of my high school years. I do think SC4D was the best of the series, but SC3K was a full-on obsession. I would play all throughout the night until my family PC's virtual memory was all used up and the game automatically shut down. It was such a formative time in my gaming history that I couldn't completely give it up--to this day, I still have the original game on CD, along with all the cities I made back then. I see you as a kindred spirit. What an incredible retrospective you've made! Thank you for all the work you put in, the love you have for the game shines through in every shot.

There’s a magic to SimCity even in SimCity 2013 that other city building games like city skylines just don’t have.

The music is so good. I was also introduced to jazz through this ost and still listen to it today!

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I don't like jazz at all, but it does work for me for The Sims and SimCity.