SimCity 3000
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SimCity 3000
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This game has hidden development-related text.
This game has unused graphics.
This game has unused music.
This game has unused sounds.SimCity 3000, the third edition of the popular city-building series, was overlooked by most fans. It was probably one of the most out-of-place SimCity entries, with its jazzy soundtrack, goofy caricatures, bothersome petitioners, and memorable news ticker that gave useless information 95% of the time.
 | This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes. |
 | To do: -Mention which of the cursors have a 3D version. [Link] -There are some more cursors which I'm not sure if they are used.. (Specifically: diagonal 1, diagonal 2, four way 1, four way 2, help arrow, left right, reg pointer, up down) -Unused music, including the SimCity 2000 title theme, and unused air port tiles/formations. Info -There are some more audio files which might be unused. Needs looking into (specifically: gunshot sounds, different "abandoned building" sounds,etc.) |
Contents
1 Unused Mouse Cursors
2 Unused Text
2.1 Debug Menu Text
2.2 Unused Ticker Messages
Unused Mouse Cursors
There are some mouse cursor graphics that are never used. Some of them hint towards certain functionalities that had been planned but then scrapped during development.
| Cursor | Notes |
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 | Looks similar to the used dispatch police and dispatch firefighters cursors. |
 | Fountains use the small park cursor. It is unknown why this fountain cursor isn't used instead. |
 | Instead of placing tunnels, the game automatically creates tunnels depending on how you place roads across mountains. |
 | A cursor for creating signs like in SimCity 2000. |
 | When placing the stadium, the rewards cursor is used instead. |
 | The final game uses a plant tree cursor which lets you plant one tree at a time. |
 | The final game uses separate lower terrain and raise terrain cursors. |
 | A cursor for creating rivers. |
 | This cursor is titled wand of destruction, which might have been an early cursor for demolishing things. The final game uses a bulldozer cursor. |
Unused Text
Debug Menu Text
| To do: Find out if this debug menu is still in the game's code |
At 0xFCDF0 in SC3.exe, there is some text which was likely used for a debug menu during development, nicknamed "Gonzo" for some reason.
Gonzo Debug Window
Debug Window Shown.
Debug Window Hidden.
Unused Ticker Messages
Some very generic placeholder messages for the tickers.
End Generic Newsticker Messages here
Test UI Msg 1I Msg 1Just Tastes Better
TEXT TO REPLACEed Backwards Is SIX AM?
TEXT TO REPLACErolling Entertainment
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| The Sim series | |
|---|---|
| SimCity | |
| Mac OS Classic | SimCity • SimCity 2000 • SimCity 3000 |
| SNES | SimCity |
| DOS | SimCity 2000 |
| Windows | SimCity 2000 • SimCity 3000 (Unlimited) • SimCity 4 |
| Nintendo 64 | SimCity 2000 |
| PlayStation | SimCity 2000 |
| Nintendo DS | SimCity DS |
| Linux | SimCity 3000 Unlimited |
| The Sims | |
| Windows | The Sims • The Sims 2 • The Sims 3 • The Sims 4 The Sims: Life Stories |
| GameCube | The Sims • The Sims: Bustin' Out • The Sims 2 |
| Game Boy Advance | The Sims 2 |
| PlayStation 2 | The Sims 2 • The Sims 2: Pets • The Sims 2: Castaway |
| Xbox | The Sims 2 |
| PlayStation Portable | The Sims 2 |
| Wii | The Sims 2: Castaway • The Sims 3 |
| Nintendo DS | The Sims 2 • The Sims 3 |
| iOS | The Sims FreePlay |
| Android | The Sims FreePlay |
| MySims | |
| Nintendo DS | MySims • MySims Kingdom • MySims Agents |
| Windows | MySims |
| Wii | MySims Kingdom • MySims Racing • MySims Agents • MySims SkyHeroes |
| DSiWare | MySims Camera |
| PlayStation 3 | MySims SkyHeroes |
| Xbox 360 | MySims SkyHeroes |
| Other | |
| Mac OS Classic | SimAnt |
| SNES | SimEarth: The Living Planet • SimAnt |
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- Games with unused music
- Games with unused sounds
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