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Sim City

Sim City

1989

city-building game, construction and management simulation

Developer
Maxis
Publisher
Broderbund
Platforms
Various
Game modes
multiplayer video game, single-player video game
Released
1989-10-03

SimCity 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.

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  • Won Origins Award for Best Military or Strategy Computer Game
  • Part of the SimCity series
  • First released 1989-10-03

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