SimCity 3000

SimCity 3000
North American cover art
Developer(s)Maxis
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Director(s)Christine McGavran
Designer(s)Jim Gasperini
Programmer(s)Greg Kearney
Artist(s)Ocean Quigley
Christian Stratton
Composer(s)Kirk Casey
Kent Jolly
Anna Karney
Robi Kauker
Jerry Martin
Marc Russo
SeriesSimCity
Platform(s)Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS
ReleaseWindows
Mac OS
July 30, 1999[4]
Linux
July 19, 2000[5]
iOS
December 18, 2008[6]
Genre(s)City-building
Mode(s)Single-player

SimCity 3000 is a city building simulation video game released in 1999, and the third major installment in the SimCity series. It was published by Electronic Arts (EA) and developed by series creator Maxis. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and, through an arrangement with Loki Games, Linux.[7][8]

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