# SIM City 2000 - Free at Origin **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 11, 2014, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-2000-free-at-origin/706925 "2014-12-11T06:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-2000-free-at-origin/706925/1 "2014-12-11T06:28:58Z")
FYI - SIM City 2000 is the On The House game on Origin ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-2000-free-at-origin/706925/2 "2014-12-11T06:49:19Z")
Been playing it the last couple of days. Brings back lots of memories. It takes a little getting used to, but runs surprisingly well on my Windows 7 machine. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-2000-free-at-origin/706925/3 "2014-12-11T12:52:33Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-2000-free-at-origin/706925/4 "2014-12-11T13:02:59Z")
PROTIP: Click and hold the various buttons for additional options. For example, just clicking on the Residential zone button gets you dense residential by default. But if you hold the R-zone button, you’ll get the option to choose between light and dense zoning. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-2000-free-at-origin/706925/5 "2014-12-11T18:17:54Z")
Does it include the Urban Renewal Kit? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-2000-free-at-origin/706925/6 "2014-12-11T19:59:49Z")
Does the FUNDS cheat code work in this version? ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-2000-free-at-origin/706925/7 "2014-12-11T20:25:36Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Does the FUNDS cheat code work in this version? Go ahead and try it! In the original Sim City the shift+FUNDS code gave you $10,000, but in Sim City 2000 it takes out a $10,000 loan with a usurious interest rate. The finances of poor Jackopolis never recovered! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-2000-free-at-origin/706925/8 "2014-12-11T20:27:49Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > Go ahead and try it! > > In the original Sim City the shift+FUNDS code gave you $10,000, but in Sim City 2000 it takes out a $10,000 loan with a usurious interest rate. The finances of poor Jackopolis never recovered! I’m not playin’ any Simcity that does not have a working FUNDS cheat! ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-2000-free-at-origin/706925/9 "2014-12-12T00:29:06Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > Go ahead and try it! > > In the original Sim City the shift+FUNDS code gave you $10,000, but in Sim City 2000 it takes out a $10,000 loan with a usurious interest rate. The finances of poor Jackopolis never recovered! Did no one ever tell you about the porntipsguzzardo code? Your city could have been glorious. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-2000-free-at-origin/706925/10 "2014-12-12T00:33:13Z")
I remember if you typed curse words, the game would say “Watch your language!” and then spam churches everywhere.