SimCity

Also known as Sim City

1989 video game

Game data

Metacritic 64

Released: 1989-01-01
User rating: 3.62 / 5
Genres: Simulation
Platforms: PC, Wii, SNES, NES, Classic Macintosh, Commodore / Amiga, Atari ST
ESRB: Everyone 10+

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SimCity, later renamed SimCity Classic, is a city-building simulation video game, first released on February 2, 1989, and designed by Will Wright for the Macintosh computer. SimCity was Maxis's second product, which has since been ported into various personal computers and game consoles, and spawned several sequels including SimCity 2000 in 1993, SimCity 3000 in 1999, SimCity 4 in 2003, SimCity DS, SimCity Societies in 2007, and SimCity in 2013. Until the release of The Sims in 2000, the SimCity series was the best-selling line of computer games made by Maxis.

Released: 1989
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, BBC Microcomputer System, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Acorn Electron, Mac, DOS, FM Towns
Game modes: Single player
Franchise: Sim, SimCity
Developer: Maxis
Publisher: Fujitsu Interactive, Superior Interactive, Infogrames, Krisalis Software, Imagineer

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Key facts

Developer: Maxis
Publisher: Maxis , Infogrames (Europe), Acornsoft (Archimedes), Fujitsu (FM Towns), Nintendo (Super NES version), Interplay Productions (Enhanced CD Multimedia edition)
Designer: Will Wright
Series: SimCity
Platform: List Acorn Archimedes , Acorn Electron , Amiga , Amiga CDTV , Amstrad CPC , Atari ST , BBC Micro , Commodore 64 , DESQview , EPOC32 , FM Towns , IBM PC , iOS , J2ME , Linux , Mac OS , MS-DOS , MSX , OLPC XO-1 , OS/2 , PC-88 , PC-98 , Super NES , Unix , Windows , X68000 , ZX Spectrum , Palm OS
Genre: City-building
Modes: Single-player , multiplayer

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Rev3Games Originals 347: New SimCity Gameplay! DRM, Multiplayer, Modding, and Systems with Lead Designer Stone Librande

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.simcity.com/product/simcity-classic
Image: SimCity-Indigo.gif

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Commons category: SimCity Classic
publication date: 1989-10-03
superfamicom.org URL: superfamicom.org/info/sim-city
title: Simcity

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SimCity (also known as the retronyms Micropolis or SimCity Classic) is a city-building simulation video game developed by Will Wright, and released for several platforms from 1989 to 1991. SimCity features two-dimensional graphics and an overhead perspective. The game's objective is to create a city, develop residential and industrial areas, build infrastructure, and collect taxes for further city development. Importance is placed on increasing the population's standard of living, maintaining a balance between the different sectors, and monitoring the region's environmental situations to prevent the settlement from declining and going bankrupt.

SimCity was independently developed by Will Wright, beginning in 1985; the game was not released until 1989. Because the game lacked any arcade or action elements that dominated the video game market in the 1980s, video game publishers declined to release the title for fear of its commercial failure until Broderbund eventually agreed to distribute it. Although the game initially sold poorly, positive feedback from the gaming press boosted its sales. After becoming a best-seller, SimCity was released on several other platforms, most notably on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1991. Its gameplay was significantly revised with Nintendo's involvement.