SimCity 2000 on the GBA is one of those games that makes you lose track of time—just one more zone, one more power plant, and suddenly it's 2 AM. The pixel art holds up surprisingly well, and there's something weirdly satisfying about watching your little city grow from a few shacks into a skyline.

At first, you'll probably mess up—I definitely zoned way too much residential early on and ended up with a traffic nightmare. But figuring out the balance between taxes, services, and angry citizens is half the fun. And when disasters hit? Nothing like watching your carefully planned grid get wrecked by a tornado while you scramble to rebuild.

It's not as deep as the PC version, but for a portable city sim, it nails the addictive "just one more turn" feeling. You'll catch yourself obsessing over subway placement or whether that nuclear plant is too close to downtown. Classic SimCity chaos in your pocket.