Editing SimCity 2000 (section)

===Console ports===
{{Video game reviews
| IGN = 7/10 (PS1)<ref name="IGN">{{cite web|title=Sim City 2000 review |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/1996/11/26/simcity-2000-3 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=28 October 2016 |date=November 25, 1996 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008114601/http://www.ign.com/articles/1996/11/26/simcity-2000-3 |archive-date=8 October 2016 }}</ref>
| EGM = 6.125/10 (PS1)<ref name="EGM85">{{cite magazine|title=Review Crew: SimCity 2000 |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=85|publisher=Ziff Davis |date=August 1996 |page=24}}</ref>
| Fam = 6/10 (SNES)<ref name="Fam358"/>
| rev1 = ''Maximum''
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}} (SAT)<ref name="Max2"/>
| NGen = {{rating|3|5}} (SAT, PS1)<ref name=NGen12>{{cite magazine|title=SimCity 2000 |magazine=Next Generation|issue=12|date=December 1995|pages=178, 181}}</ref><ref name="NGen23">{{cite magazine|title=SimCity 2000 |magazine=Next Generation|issue=23|date=November 1996|page=271}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Sega Saturn Magazine]]''
| rev3Score = 86% (SAT)<ref name="SatMag1"/>
| Allgame = {{rating|3.5|5}} (SAT)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sutyak |first=Jonathan |title=SimCity 2000 (Sega Saturn) Review |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1948&tab=review |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115005415/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1948&tab=review |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=Allgame}}</ref>
}}

''[[Famitsu]]'' magazine's Reader Cross Review gave the Super Famicom version of the game a 6 out of 10.<ref name="Fam358">読者 クロスレビュー: シムシティ2000. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin. No.358. Pg.32. 27 October 1995.</ref> Andromeda of ''[[GamePro]]'' commented that it suffers from an awkward control interface and repetitive music, but offers more than the Super NES version of the original and is an overall worthwhile purchase for simulation fans.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Super NES ProReview: Sim City 2000|magazine=[[GamePro]] |issue=100|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=January 1997 |page=122}}</ref>

Ed Lomas of ''[[Sega Saturn Magazine]]'' criticized the slow scrolling in the Saturn port but applauded the game itself for its depth, realism, and addictiveness, calling it "one of the few games that appeals to just about everyone. It ... has the strange ability to convert full-time [[arcade shooter]] fans into around the clock [[urban planner]]s with a sense of [[Civic engagement|civic duty]]."<ref name="SatMag1">{{cite magazine|last=Lomas|first=Ed|title=Review: Sim City 2000 |magazine=Sega Saturn Magazine|issue=1|publisher=[[Emap International Limited]] |date=November 1995|pages=62–63}}</ref> A reviewer for ''Maximum'' commented that the Saturn port contains all the considerable content of the PC version and is good fun to play, but has worse graphics and more slowdown than the PC version does, even when running on computers which are much less powerful than the Saturn.<ref name="Max2">{{cite magazine|title=Maximum Reviews: Sim City 2000|magazine=Maximum: The Video Game Magazine|issue=2 |publisher=[[Emap International Limited]]|date=November 1995|page=145}}</ref>

A reviewer for ''Next Generation'' said that the Saturn version "is a carbon copy of the latest installment of this city-planning simulation game, and, as such, it carries with it the monstrously addictive quality and absorbing challenge of all ''SimCity'' games." He said that the one major problem is the Saturn version's lack of mouse support.<ref name=NGen12/> ''GamePro''{{'}}s brief review said that the expanded menu "bogs {{sic|Sim City}} 2000 down a little" but that the game would still be enjoyable for fans of the series.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Quick Hits: Sim City 2000|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=91 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=April 1996|page=89}}</ref>

The four reviewers of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' applauded the PlayStation version for including mouse support, declaring the game the [[killer app]] for the [[PlayStation Mouse]]. They criticized the port's interface and low resolution graphics, which Dan Hsu felt were enough to ruin the game, but were unanimously pleased with the addictive simulation gameplay.<ref name="EGM85"/> A reviewer for ''Next Generation'' said the game is "a true, if uninspired, descendant" of the original ''SimCity''. He praised the addition of the 3D "ride-through" feature in the PlayStation version, but complained of the clunky interface when using the PlayStation joypad.<ref name="NGen23"/> Scary Larry of ''GamePro'' contended that the slow and confusing interface of the PlayStation conversion ruin any enjoyment that might be found in the game.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=ProReview PlayStation: Sim City 2000 |magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=97 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=October 1996 |page=84}}</ref> [[IGN]] staff erroneously criticized the PlayStation version for lacking mouse support, and said the game doesn't compare well to other simulation titles, but nonetheless assessed it as "worth it" for fans of the genre.<ref name="IGN"/>