Apart from just free building, you can also play through challenges dealing with different scenarios. The list of new features is too long to go into fully, you will just have to see for yourself. One of the most helpful additions is the query tool, which allows you to see information about anything in your city. You can now set individual taxes for the different city zones (residential, industrial, commercial) and enact ordinances. You also have your choice of ways to produce power for your city, but they have a finite existence and must be rebuilt periodically. You also have access to building underground pipes and subways as well as building roads that lead to other cities with which you can trade.
Available structures include the old tried and true from the original, but add many additional options like prisons, museums, hospitals, seaports, and much more. Once you have your terrain to your liking, you can start with your city. In this new version you now have the ability to build land with different elevations before you even start with structures. It expanded upon many of the concepts that were present in the original and features new gameplay elements.
It made its way onto many platforms following its initial release. SimCity 2000 is the city building game subsequent to SimCity, developed and published by Maxis Software and released in 1993.
