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SimCity (a.k.a. SimCity Classic)



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Broderbund published SimCity (a.k.a. SimCity Classic) in the year 1989. It's a very good simulation game, part of the SimCity series. SimCity (a.k.a. SimCity Classic) runs on DOS and can be played by 1 player.

In this popular simulation you play the mayor of a city. You can build police and fire departments, assign industrial, residential or commercial areas, manage power distribution, build ports and airports. Grow your city from village to metropolis and try to keep your citizens happy.
Awards and accolades:
status: abandonware game abandonware
system: DOS
released: 1989
publisher: Broderbund
developer: Maxis
designers: Will Wright
genre: simulation : city building
view: 3rd person, top down
keywords: urban setting
series: SimCity
multiplayer: single player only
input: key keyboard, mouse mouse, joy joystick
graphics: CGA, EGA, Hercules, Tandy, MCGA
sound: Covox, PC speaker, Tandy

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FACTS AND TRIVIA

Facts and trivia and collector's notes texts are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. These texts use material from this Wikipedia article.

SimCity was Maxis' first product, which has since been ported into various personal computers and game consoles.

The inspiration for SimCity came from a feature of the game Raid on Bungeling Bay that allowed Wright to create his own maps during development. Wright soon found he enjoyed creating maps more than playing the actual game, and SimCity was born. In addition, Wright also was inspired by reading "The Seventh Sally", a short story by Stanislaw Lem, in which an engineer encounters a deposed tyrant, and creates a miniature city with artificial citizens for the tyrant to oppress.

The original working title of SimCity was Micropolis.

SimCity inspired a new genre of video games. "Software toys" that were open-ended with no set objective were developed trying to duplicate SimCity's success.

The series also spawned a Sim City collectible card game, produced by Mayfair Games.