alt Hacker NewsBack when SimCity 2000 was released, younger me somehow found a phone number for Maxis and actually called them to rave about it. At some point in the message, I very confidently told them to make “SimCity 3000.”
When SimCity 3000 came out, I couldn't help but wonder if I inspired them. "Remember that kid was really stoked about 3000."
I'm pretty sure the phone number was just printed on the manual back then... Many games back then had a phone number printed in the manual.