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SimCity 2000: Special Edition is free on Origin

In the year 2000... in the year 2000...

SimCity 2000: Special Edition is currently free on Origin as per EA's latest limited time On the House promotion.

Get it now and you can download the typically £4.99 / $5.99 game for free and keep it indefinitely on EA's PC game portal.

SimCity 2000 first launched in 1995, when years that began with two seemed distant and full of possibilities. This Special Edition features the SimCity Urban Renewal Kit, the Vol. 1 scenario pack, remade music, new cities, bonus scenarios and more.