Editing SimCity 2000 (section)

===Critical reception===
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Comparing its improvement over the first ''SimCity'' to "watching the part in ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' where [[Technicolor|the color]] kicks in", ''[[InfoWorld]]'' in 1993 praised ''SimCity 2000'' for Macintosh as "basically the same game, but now it's the way you always wish it was when you played the first version".<ref name="corcoran19931220">{{Cite magazine |last=Corcoran |first=Cate |date=1993-12-20 |title=SimCity 2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IDsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA85 |access-date=2024-09-21 |magazine=InfoWorld |publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. |page=85 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Computer Gaming World]]''{{'}}s reviewer, an author of a book on its predecessor, wrote in 1994 that ''SimCity 2000'' for Macintosh offered "plenty of new challenges", fixed "virtually every criticism I leveled at the game" in the book, and "is without question a superior program". He concluded that it was "more fun than the original ''SimCity'' ... It's Sim-ply irresistible".<ref name="wilson199402">{{Cite magazine |last=Wilson |first=Johnny L. |date=February 1994 |title=Sim-ply Irresistible: SimCity 2000 |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=115 |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=28–29}}</ref> The magazine said that the CD version's "multimedia enhancements make for a more accessible and enjoyable product".<ref name="cgw199407">{{Cite magazine |date=July 1994 |title=These Just In |department=Now Playing |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=120 |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=154–160}}</ref>

''SimCity 2000'' was named Best Simulation at the 1994 [[Software and Information Industry Association#CODiE Awards|Codie award]]s, the fifth win in a row for Maxis.<ref name="cgw199405">{{Cite magazine |date=May 1994 |title=Software Publishing Association Picks Codie Winners |department=Read.Me |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=118 |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=12}}</ref> It was a runner-up for ''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s Strategy Game of the Year award in June 1994, losing to ''[[Master of Orion]]''. The editors wrote, "This advanced city simulator adds many of the features and considerations that were previously lacking in the original ''SimCity''."<ref name="cgw199406">{{cite magazine |title=Announcing the New Premier Awards |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=119 | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=119 |date=June 1994 |pages=51–54, 56–58 }}</ref> It was also a finalist for ''[[GamePro#PC Games|Electronic Entertainment]]''{{'}}s 1993 "Best Game" award, which ultimately went to ''[[X-Wing (video game)|X-Wing]]''.<ref name="e21993">{{cite journal | title=The First ''Electronic Entertainment'' Editors' Choice Awards | author=Staff | journal=[[GamePro#PC Games|Electronic Entertainment]] | date=March 1994 | volume=1 | number=3 | pages=61–65 }}</ref>

In 1994 ''[[PC Gamer US]]'' named ''SimCity 2000'' the 7th best computer game ever,<ref name="pcgamerustop40">{{cite journal | author=Staff | journal=[[PC Gamer US]] | title=''PC Gamer'' Top 40: The Best Games of All Time |date=August 1994 | issue=3 | pages=32–42 }}</ref> and ''[[PC Gamer UK]]'' named it the best computer game of all time, writing, "Near perfect in conception and execution, ''SimCity 2000'' does what most games never even dream of."<ref name="pcgameruktop50">{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=[[PC Gamer UK]] | title=The ''PC Gamer'' Top 50 PC Games of All Time |date=April 1994 | issue=5 | pages=43–56 }}</ref> In 1996, ''Next Generation'' listed the personal computer versions as number 33 on their "Top 100 Games of All Time", calling it "easily one of the most enthralling games playable."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Games of All Time |magazine=Next Generation|issue=21  |date=September 1996|pages=59}}</ref> In August 2016, ''SimCity 2000'' placed 13th on [[Time (magazine)|Time]]'s The 50 Best Video Games of All Time list.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The 50 Best Video Games of All Time|url=https://time.com/4458554/best-video-games-all-time/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=September 19, 2016|date=August 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826010703/http://time.com/4458554/best-video-games-all-time/|archive-date=August 26, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1996, [[GamesMaster (magazine)|GamesMaster]] ranked Sim City 2000 70th on their "Top 100 Games of All Time".<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 1996 |title=Top 100 Games of All Time |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cf/GamesMaster_UK_044.pdf |journal=GamesMaster |issue=44 |pages=76}}</ref> In the same issue, GamesMaster rated the Sega Saturn version 10th in its "The GamesMaster Saturn Top 10".<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 1996 |title=The GamesMaster Saturn Top 10 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cf/GamesMaster_UK_044.pdf |journal=GamesMaster |issue=44 |pages=76}}</ref>

In 1995, ''SimCity 2000'' won "Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1994" [[Origins Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.originsgames.com/awards/1994 |title=Origins Award Winners (1994) |access-date=2007-09-18 |publisher=Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830114223/http://www.originsgames.com/awards/1994 |archive-date=2007-08-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1998, ''[[PC Gamer]]'' declared it the 35th-best computer game ever released, and the editors called it "''lots'' of fun".<ref name="pcgtop50">{{cite journal | author=The ''PC Gamer'' Editors | title=The 50 Best Games Ever | date=October 1998 | volume=5 | number=10 | journal=[[PC Gamer US]] | pages=86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 98, 101, 102, 109, 110, 113, 114, 117, 118, 125, 126, 129, 130 }}</ref>