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I mentioned it to SpaceBooger, but I figure I oughta post it here in case anyone else is interested in a good solution I found since my copy doesn't have the new higher color graphics:
You can get an ISO of a 1996 release of SimCity Classic 2.0 here which includes a 32 bit compatible version which can still run on Windows 10 natively without any compatibility fixes.

https://archive.org/details/scclassic

Installation is not necessary; You can just open the ISO file in Winrar or mount it and then extract the folder sc_classic.iso\WIN32\CLASSIC\ to wherever you keep your games.
When loading or saving a game or using the terrain editor ,the game will crash due to a call to comdlg32.dll. Someone has made a fix for this problem:

https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/wiki/SimCity-Classic

Scroll to the bottom, download the .zip file and extract the contents to your \CLASSIC\ folder

How well does it run with a lack of 256 color mode? I know you can get the Windows version of SC2K running on modern OSes, but the animations are broken.

It doesn't seem to use palette rotation for the animations as much of SC2K did. The only thing I noticed was a black square under the monster disaster which should be transparent.