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SimCity is an open-ended city-building video game franchise originally designed by Will Wright.[1]

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  1. 144 relations: Acorn Archimedes, Acorn Electron, Acornsoft, Amazon (company), Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Android (operating system), Aspyr, Atari SA, Atari ST, Atlanta, Axonometric projection, Babaroga (company), BBC Micro, Bowser, Broderbund, Browser game, CDTV, Chicago, Cities: Skylines, City Life (video game), City-building game, CNET, Collectible card game, Commodore 64, Construction and management simulation, Courthouse, DESQview, Don Daglow, DOS, Easter egg (media), Electronic Arts, EPOC (operating system), Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, Eurogamer, FM Towns, Free software, Full Fat, Future plc, Game Boy Advance, Game design, GameRankings, GameSpot, Geoff Keighley, GNU General Public License, Green Man Gaming, HAL Laboratory, Himbo, IBM Personal Computer, IGN, ... Expand index (94 more) »

  2. Sandbox games
  3. Video game franchises introduced in 1989

Acorn Archimedes

Acorn Archimedes is a family of personal computers designed by Acorn Computers of Cambridge, England.

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Acorn Electron

The Acorn Electron (nicknamed the Elk inside Acorn and beyond) was a lower-cost alternative to the BBC Micro educational/home computer, also developed by Acorn Computers Ltd, to provide many of the features of that more expensive machine at a price more competitive with that of the ZX Spectrum.

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Acornsoft

Acornsoft was the software arm of Acorn Computers, and a major publisher of software for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron.

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Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

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Amiga

Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985.

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Amstrad CPC

The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990.

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Android (operating system)

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

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Aspyr

Aspyr Media, Inc. (pronounced "aspire") is an American video game developer and publisher founded by Michael Rogers and Ted Staloch in Austin, Texas.

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Atari SA

Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA) is a French video game holding company headquartered in Paris.

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Atari ST

Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's 8-bit home computers.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Axonometric projection

Axonometric projection is a type of orthographic projection used for creating a pictorial drawing of an object, where the object is rotated around one or more of its axes to reveal multiple sides.

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Babaroga (company)

Babaroga, LLC. (usually styled babaroga) is a Chicago, Illinois-based video game developer specializing in iOS, Windows, Android, and Feature Phone games.

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BBC Micro

The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a series of microcomputers designed and built by Acorn Computers Limited in the 1980s for the Computer Literacy Project of the BBC.

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Bowser

, also known as King Bowser or King Koopa, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Nintendo's ''Mario'' franchise.

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Broderbund

Broderbund Software, Inc. (stylized as Brøderbund) was an American maker of video games, educational software, and productivity tools.

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Browser game

A browser game is a video game that is played via the internet using a web browser.

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CDTV

The CDTV (from Commodore Dynamic Total Vision, later treated as a backronym for Compact Disc Television) is a home multimedia entertainment and video game console – convertible into a full-fledged personal computer by the addition of optional peripherals – developed by Commodore International and launched in April 1991.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines is a 2015 city-building game developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive. SimCity and Cities: Skylines are Sandbox games.

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City Life (video game)

City Life is a city-building video game developed by Monte Cristo.

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City-building game

A city-building game, or town-building game, is a genre of simulation video game where players act as the overall planner and leader of a city or town, looking down on it from above, and being responsible for its growth and management strategy.

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CNET

CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.

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Collectible card game

A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards.

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Commodore 64

The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas).

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Construction and management simulation

Construction and management simulation (CMS), sometimes also called management sim or building sim, is a subgenre of simulation game in which players build, expand or manage fictional communities or projects with limited resources.

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Courthouse

A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit.

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DESQview

DESQview (DV) is a text mode multitasking operating environment developed by Quarterdeck Office Systems which enjoyed modest popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Don Daglow

Don Daglow (born circa 1953) is an American video game designer, programmer, and producer.

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DOS

DOS is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers.

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An Easter egg is a message, image, or feature hidden in software, a video game, a film, or another — usually electronic — medium.

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Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California.

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EPOC (operating system)

EPOC is a mobile operating system developed by Psion, a British company founded in 1980.

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Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

Of the many eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, a major stratovolcano in Southern Italy, the best-known is its eruption in 79 AD, which was one of the deadliest in history.

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Eurogamer

Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.

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FM Towns

The is a Japanese personal computer built by Fujitsu from February 1989 to the summer of 1997.

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Free software

Free software, libre software, libreware or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.

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Full Fat

Full Fat is an independent British video game developer.

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Future plc

Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Among its many titles are Country Life, Homes and Gardens, Decanter, Marie Claire, and The Week. Zillah Byng-Thorne was chief executive officer from 2014 to 2023, when she was replaced by Jon Steinberg.

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Game Boy Advance

The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color.

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Game design

Game design is the process of creating and shaping the mechanics, systems and rules of a game.

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GameRankings

GameRankings was a video gaming review aggregator that was founded in 1999 and owned by CBS Interactive.

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GameSpot

GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.

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Geoff Keighley

Geoff Keighley (born) is a Canadian video game journalist and television presenter, best known for his role as the host of several video game industry conferences & presentations.

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GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft, that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software.

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Green Man Gaming

Green Man Gaming is an e-commerce portal from the British-based online video game retailer, distributor and publisher Green Man.

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HAL Laboratory

formerly shortened as HALKEN (derived from its native name), is a Japanese video game developer founded on 21 February 1980.

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Himbo

Himbo, a portmanteau of the English masculine pronoun him and bimbo, is a slang term for a sexually attractive, sexualized, naïve and unintelligent man.

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IBM Personal Computer

The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible ''de facto'' standard.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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IOS

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed by Apple exclusively for its smartphones.

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Isometric projection

Isometric projection is a method for visually representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions in technical and engineering drawings.

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Isometric video game graphics

Isometric video game graphics are graphics employed in video games and pixel art that use a parallel projection, but which angle the viewpoint to reveal facets of the environment that would otherwise not be visible from a top-down perspective or side view, thereby producing a three-dimensional (3D) effect.

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IUniverse

iUniverse, founded in October 1999, is an American self-publishing company based in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Jacques Servin

Jacques Servin (also known by the pseudonym Andy Bichlbaum; born 1963) is an American media artist and activist.

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Jay Wright Forrester

Jay Wright Forrester (July 14, 1918 – November 16, 2016) was an American computer engineer, management theorist and systems scientist.

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Linux

Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

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List of best-selling PC games

This is a list of personal computer games (video games for personal computers, including those running Windows, macOS, and Linux) that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

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List of city-building video games

This is a comprehensive index of city-building games, sorted chronologically.

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List of Sim video games

This is a list of Sim games, their expansion packs, and compilations. SimCity and list of Sim video games are electronic Arts franchises.

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Mac (computer)

Mac, short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple.

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Mac operating systems

Mac operating systems were developed by Apple Inc. in a succession of two major series.

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MacOS

macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.

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Maxis

Maxis is an American video game developer and a division of Electronic Arts (EA).

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Mayfair Games

Mayfair Games was an American publisher of board, card, and roleplaying games that also licensed Euro-style board games to publish them in English.

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Medium (website)

Medium is an American online publishing platform developed by Evan Williams and launched in August 2012.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.

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Monte Cristo (company)

Monte Cristo was a French computer game developer and publisher, based in Paris.

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MS-DOS

MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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NeWS

NeWS (Network extensible Window System) is a discontinued windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid-1980s.

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Nintendo

is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto.

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Nintendo 64

The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.

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Nintendo DS

The (retroactively referred to as NDS or DS) is a 32-bit foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005.

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Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development

commonly abbreviated as Nintendo EAD and formerly known as Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department (abbreviated as Nintendo R&D4), was the largest software development division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo.

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Non-game

Non-games are a class of software on the border between video games and toys.

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Nonlinear gameplay

A video game with nonlinear gameplay presents players with challenges that can be completed in a number of different sequences.

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OLPC XO

The OLPC XO (formerly known as $100 Laptop, Children's Machine, 2B1) is a low cost laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing countries around the world, to provide them with access to knowledge, and opportunities to "explore, experiment and express themselves" (constructionist learning).

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One Laptop per Child

One Laptop per Child (OLPC) was a non-profit initiative that operated from 2005 to 2014 with the goal of transforming education for children around the world by creating and distributing educational devices for the developing world, and by creating software and content for those devices.

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OS/2

OS/2 (Operating System/2) is a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci.

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Palm OS

Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) was a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants (PDAs) in 1996.

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PC Gamer

PC Gamer is a magazine and website founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc.

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PC-98

The, commonly shortened to PC-98 or, is a lineup of Japanese 16-bit and 32-bit personal computers manufactured by NEC from 1982 to 2000.

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PlayStation (console)

The (abbreviated as PS, commonly known as the PS1/PS one or its codename PSX) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australasia.

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Polygon (website)

Polygon is an American entertainment website by Vox Media covering video games, movies, television, and other popular culture.

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Problem-oriented policing

Problem-oriented policing (POP), coined by University of Wisconsin–Madison professor Herman Goldstein, is a policing strategy that involves the identification and analysis of specific crime and disorder problems, in order to develop effective response strategies.

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Racing game

Racing games are a video game genre in which the player participates in a racing competition.

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Raid on Bungeling Bay

Raid on Bungeling Bay (バンゲリングベイ lit.: Bungeling Bay) is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Will Wright and published by Broderbund for the Commodore 64 in 1984.

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Robert Trent Jones Jr.

Robert Trent "Bobby" Jones Jr. (born July 24, 1939) is an American golf course architect.

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Rock Paper Shotgun

Rock Paper Shotgun is a British video game journalism website.

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Sega Saturn

The is a home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America, and July 8, 1995, in Europe.

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Shacknews

Shacknews is a website that hosts news, features, editorial content and forums relating to video games.

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Sim City: The Card Game

Sim City: The Card Game is an out-of-print collectible card game based on the video game SimCity by Maxis.

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SimCity

SimCity is an open-ended city-building video game franchise originally designed by Will Wright. SimCity and SimCity are electronic Arts franchises, Sandbox games and video game franchises introduced in 1989.

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SimCity (1989 video game)

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.

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SimCity (2013 video game)

SimCity is a city-building and urban planning simulation massively multiplayer online game developed by Maxis Emeryville and published by Electronic Arts.

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SimCity 2000

SimCity 2000 is a city-building simulation video game jointly developed by Will Wright and Fred Haslam of Maxis.

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SimCity 3000

SimCity 3000 is a city building simulation video game released in 1999, and the third major installment in the ''SimCity'' series.

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SimCity 4

SimCity 4 is a city-building simulation computer game developed by Maxis, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts.

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SimCity 4: Rush Hour

SimCity 4: Rush Hour is the expansion pack for SimCity 4 created by EA Games and Maxis, where the player builds a city from scratch.

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SimCity 64

is a city-building video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64DD.

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SimCity Creator

is a video game in the ''Sim'' game series by Electronic Arts.

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SimCity Creator (Nintendo DS)

SimCity Creator is a city-building game for the Nintendo DS video game console.

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SimCity DS

is a city building and management video game and the first Nintendo DS installment in the ''SimCity'' series.

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SimCity Social is a defunct online social game for the Facebook social network where users create their own city and interact with cities of their Facebook friends.

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SimCity Societies

SimCity Societies is a city-building simulation video game developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, and is part of the ''SimCity'' series.

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SimCity: BuildIt

SimCity: BuildIt is a city-building mobile game.

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SimCopter

SimCopter is a 1996 flight simulator video game developed by Maxis.

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SimFarm

SimFarm: SimCity's Country Cousin is a video game in which players build and manage a virtual farm.

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Simlish

Simlish is a constructed language devised by game designer Will Wright for the Sims game series developed by Electronic Arts.

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SimsVille

SimsVille is a cancelled simulation video game game developed by Maxis.

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Source code

In computing, source code, or simply code or source, is a plain text computer program written in a programming language.

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Speedo

Speedo International Limited is an Australian-British distributor of swimwear and swim-related accessories based in Nottingham, England.

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Spore (2008 video game)

Spore is a 2008 life simulation real-time strategy god game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Designed by Will Wright, it covers many genres including action, real-time strategy, and role-playing games. SimCity and Spore (2008 video game) are electronic Arts franchises.

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Stanisław Lem

Stanisław Herman Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of novels, short stories and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism.

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Streets of SimCity

Streets of SimCity is a racing and vehicular combat 3D computer game published by Maxis and Electronic Arts in November 1997.

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America.

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Superior Software

Superior Software Ltd (now known as Superior Interactive) is a video game publisher.

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Tcl

Tcl (pronounced "tickle" or as an initialism) is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language.

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The Cyberiad

The Cyberiad (Cyberiada), sometimes subtitled Fables for the Cybernetic Age, is a series of satirical science fiction short stories by Polish writer Stanisław Lem published during 1964–1979.

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The Duelist (magazine)

The Duelist (or simply Duelist as it was renamed) was a trading card game magazine published by Wizards of the Coast.

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The Mind's I

The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul is a 1981 collection of essays and other texts about the nature of the mind and the self, edited with commentary by philosophers Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Sims

The Sims is a series of life simulation video games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. SimCity and The Sims are electronic Arts franchises and Sandbox games.

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The Sims (video game)

The Sims is a social simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts in 2000.

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The Sims 2

The Sims 2 is a 2004 social simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. SimCity and The Sims 2 are Sandbox games.

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Tilted Mill Entertainment

Tilted Mill Entertainment is a video game developer located in Winchester, Massachusetts.

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Tk (software)

Tk is a cross-platform widget toolkit that provides a library of basic elements of GUI widgets for building a graphical user interface (GUI) in many programming languages.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Unix

Unix (trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.

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Vehicular combat game

A vehicular combat game (or car combat game) is a vehicle simulation video game where the primary gameplay objectives include vehicles armed with weapons attempting to destroy vehicles controlled by the CPU or by opposing players.

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Video game development

Video game development (sometimes shortened to gamedev) is the process of creating a video game.

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Video game publisher

A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Wii

The Wii is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.

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Wii Remote

The Wii Remote, informally referred to with the portmanteau Wiimote, is the primary game controller for Nintendo's Wii home video game console.

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Will Wright (game designer)

William Ralph Wright (born January 20, 1960) is an American video game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis, which later became part of Electronic Arts.

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X Window System

The X Window System (X11, or simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems.

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Zushi Games

Zushi Games was a British video game publisher.

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ZX Spectrum

The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research.

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1Up Network

1Up.com was an American entertainment website that focused on video games.

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3D computer graphics

3D computer graphics, sometimes called CGI, 3-D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics, are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering digital images, usually 2D images but sometimes 3D images.

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64DD

The is a magnetic floppy disk drive peripheral for the Nintendo 64 game console developed by Nintendo.

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See also

Sandbox games

Video game franchises introduced in 1989

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity

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