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Maxis $69.95 SimCity 2000 is a realistic and unique simulation game that requires the player to design, build and manage a city. It combines elements of role-playing and strategy games and is much more detailed and advanced than the original game.

Spectrum HoloByte's $79.95 Tornado combat flight simulation is appropriate for all pilot levels. The simulated aircraft is the Panavia Tornado, a plane flown during Operation Desert Storm. The in-flight keyboard controls are more complex than they have to be, but the graphics are superb.

Maxis' SimCity 2000 makes better use of the capabilities of today's faster, more powerful computers than earlier versions of the city-building simulation. New aspects of the game include a terrain editor and control of the city's plumbing and sewage systems.

VistaPro is three-dimensional software that allows the user to visit the topographies of many places. Users can wander the earth and other planets. It is offered by Virtual Reality Laboratories and costs $129.95.