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SimCity 3000: New York City Landmarks

Sim City 3000 continues to hold the number one position on the computer game charts and Maxis is feeding the need for more Sim City stuff by releasing landmark building packs and terrain sets from the web site.

SimCity 3000: New York City Landmarks hits the March 1999 news desk on March 2, 1999. Sim City 3000 continues to hold the number one position on the computer game charts and Maxis is feeding the need for more Sim City stuff by releasing landmark building packs and terrain sets from the web site.

One of the great new packs in of Sim City 3000 is the ability to build on real-world terrains and the option to bring real-world landmark buildings in cities. Sim City 3000 ships with over 100 landmark buildings from around the world and a dozen real-world terrains. Not every story comes with screenshots, but this is the sort of move that changes what players actually see later.