Recreate your version of the world's greatest cities using landscapes such as San Francisco or Berlin and landmark buildings like the Empire State Building or Big Ben. Then zoom in close to your metropolis as it comes to life with people and traffic in living color and full 3D sound. All new missions and cool disasters test your abilities to run your city or even destroy it. For more challenge, negotiate and barter with neighboring cities to strengthen your metropolis. SimCity 3000, the city is yours.

The Power to Create

• Select terrain based on real world cities such as New York and San Francisco
• Choose from improved zoning options, including Historic Districts
• Place world-renowned landmarks in your city, like the Empire State Building, Big Ben, and the Statue of Liberty
• Build your city on a map four times larger than SimCity 2000
• Bring your city to life with bustling traffic, SimCitizens, and 3D surround sound
• Customize your landscape with mountains, forests, and waterways

The Power to Control

• Make mayoral decisions based on information coming from expert advisors and the SimCity news ticker
• Listen to citizen petitioners as they tempt you with intriguing choices that can shape the long term growth of your city
• Negotiate with neighboring cities for water, power and even garbage rights
• Take a break from mayoring and try your hand at running city fire and police services
• Import your favorite SimCity 2000 cities and see them from a new perspective

The Power to Connect

• Enter simcity.com, an Internet community where you can publish your cities, see what other players are building, share your creations and talk about your city planning visions.