Editing SimCity 2000 (section)

==Expansion==
[[File:SC2k SCURK.png|thumb|300px|Editing a building in the ''SimCity Urban Renewal Kit'']]

In 1994, Maxis released an [[expansion pack]] to ''SimCity 2000'' called ''Scenarios Vol. I: Great Disasters'', which included new scenarios based on a number of possible disasters. These disasters generally destroy the city and require the player to rebuild the city. They include: A [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]] attack, two [[nuclear meltdown]] scenarios, two major chemical spill scenarios, a large flood, a major hurricane, two firestorm scenarios, a volcano, an earthquake, a high power microwave beam misfire, riots, and a typhoon.

Alongside the ''Great Disasters Scenarios'' package came the introduction of a separate toolset called the ''SimCity Urban Renewal Kit'' (''SCURK'' for short). It enabled players to modify the images used in-game to represent various buildings in much the same manner as general image manipulation software. The player was able to create basic bitmap files of a standard size with a standard 256 color palette. The use of limited [[color cycling|palette cycling]], which permitted animation, was also possible.

A number of pre-altered graphics packages were distributed, including some which replaced the reward buildings with images of various well known international buildings, such as the [[Eiffel Tower]], but most buildings were made by fan-artists and shared on the Internet. Several ''SCURK'' designs influenced the designs of ''[[SimCity 3000]]''{{'}}s original buildings. The cities made in SCURK can be saved and played in ''SimCity 2000.'' SCURK can also be used to create custom cities for ''[[SimCopter]]'' and ''[[Streets of SimCity]]''.