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SimCity 2000

Maxis / Will Wright · 1993

SimCity 2000 replaces top-down abstraction with isometric spatial logic, adds elevation and underground layers, and expands infrastructure choice—but offers no deeper explanation of how its systems connect. It rewards experimentation, not mastery.