| SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $7.90
You Save: $12.09 (60%)
New (22) Used (30) from $6.85
Avg. Customer Rating:  190 reviews
Sales Rank: 565
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Deluxe
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.1
MPN: 14740
UPC: 014633147407
EAN: 0014633147407
ASIN: B0000C0YW2
Release Date: September 22, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW, FACTORY SEALED JEWEL CASE, FREE UPGRADE TO 1ST CLASS SHIPPING.
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| Customer Reviews:
 4 Years Later and Still Going Strong March 4, 2008
I was a big fan of SimCity 2000, a huge player of SimCity 3000, and waited anxiously for months for SimCity 4 to come out in 2004. With the release of the Rush Hour expansion pack, the game was made that much better.
I've played this game for four years, and it's still as entertaining as it was when I first got it. Yes, it's a little complex. Yes, it's "hard" at times. But who hasn't played a first-person shooter where you can't get past the 4th level and it frustrates you? Balancing a budget and growth while still maintaining the crucial aspects such as transportation and public safety and education are at times addictive.
What really makes this game amazing is that it allows you, the user, to add what you want into the game through downloads. There are numerous websites that let you download buildings, car skins, new roads, more buildings, etc, and put them in your cities. It's for this that I say among SimCity fans, there are no two copies of SimCity 4 that are exactly alike and can always keep the game somewhat fresh.
There are some problems, of course. The more you add to the game, the more likely it is to crash. To fix this: save early, save often. Sometimes it doesn't make sense why the game won't let you do something like place a road here or a railroad there. I don't get it, but it takes some work to fix that.
The good news is that because it's a four year-old game, it runs fantastically on newer computers.
EA took a risk with SimCity Societies, and hopefully one day SimCity 5 will rectify this for us SC4 fans. (I haven't played SimCity Societies, so I can't Until then, SimCity 4 remains a fantastic game that proves a challenge and is still fun.
 Yep, its SimCity February 28, 2008
Okay so I hadn't play SimCity in a while before buying this game, and surprisingly it is exactly the same game I played when I was ten (that was eleven years ago). Besides bringing up memories which were pleasurable, this game was not that entertaining but mildly addictive until I built everything I could possibly build in two days. While it was difficult to maintain a city when I was ten, this time around I was given buildings from the happy citizens, and had completely run out of space to build and my city budget was still in the black. I tried to play rush hour but found that to be very irritating and stupid. The missions and controls were horrible. So if you enjoy a challenge and have never played any version of SimCity, this game is for you. But for me, until they make a new ground-breaking city simulator, I'll hold on to my money.
Cities are fun (sort of) February 24, 2008
This game is great but some previous experience with the other sim city games is recomended although, you don't have to. There is a training program in it but if you wanna jump right in then you might want to be familiar with the buttons. Also it is very easy to go into bankruptcy.
Mildly buggy but still fun February 18, 2008
This is about a week long into ownership of this game. I have frequent crashes to desktop so I have learned to save progress often. The game is immersive and I really enjoy it. It's not so hard to learn and it is very rewarding to play. Therapeutic in some ways. I am happy I bought it.
Awesome game for the price February 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great game from Maxis for the price it is selling at now. What makes it so great is not the product itself, but the amount of support that is available in the form of mods and new buildings, etc. made by designers from all around the world.
This one is a definite 5. Looking for a good fun game to spend your time? Then pick this one.
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