You also act as Mayor, raising and lowering taxes, as well as providing adequate funding.

However, there is much, much more to worry about. Eventually, as your city grows larger, you will need police and fire protection and more of everything: more power plants, more zones, more transit continually building outward from where you began. However, zones won't develop unless they have adequate transit available, such as roads and railways and of course, they need connection to your power source. The first step is usually to create a power plant: nothing runs without power. You need to maintain equilibrium to keep your city flowing smoothly each type of zone relies on the other, and you must create the perfect balance. As City Planner, you choose what goes where: residential, industrial, and commercial zoning as well as transit and power. You start out with nothing but a bit of money, and a piece of land, and it's your job to create and maintain a city. This is very unfortunate, as it was the best version of one of the most original and imaginative series of all time. The 1994 Windows port went largely unappreciated, and after failing to sell well in stores, SimCity Classic was pulled from the shelves shortly after the release of the sequel SimCity 2000 in 1995. It was one of the most innovative titles of its time, allowing the gamer to plan, build, and maintain a city from scratch. The original SimCity was released in 1989.

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