From LQWiki

Simcity 3000 (SC3K) is a real-time strategy/simulation city building computer game and the third installment in the SimCity series of games. Released to Linux through an arrangement with Loki Games. This paragraph is an extract from the SimCity 3000 wikipedia article.

How to play it in linux

Patch

On recent linux distros, after installing Simcity 3000 you will need to update it. Patch could be found at:

• ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/lokigames/updates/sc3u/

Kernel 2.6

Kernel 2.6 users will also need to "tell" SC3K that they are using a previous version. Use this as an example:

#/bin/sh
export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1
/usr/local/games/SC3U/sc3u