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SimCity

SimCity is an open-ended city-building video game franchise originally designed by Will Wright. The first game in the series, SimCity, was published by Maxis in 1989 and was followed by several sequels and many other spin-off Sim titles, including 2000's The Sims, which itself became a best-selling computer game and franchise. Maxis developed the series…

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Creator
Will Wright
Developers
Maxis, Tilted Mill, Aspyr Media, Full Fat, Infogrames, Nintendo EAD, Babaroga, HAL Laboratory, Track Twenty
First release
SimCity February 2, 1989
Genres
Construction and management simulation, city-building
Latest release
SimCity: BuildIt December 16, 2014
Platforms
Windows, Linux, Mac, Wii, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Nintendo 64DD, Nintendo DS, Saturn, PlayStation 3, Palm OS, Archimedes, Acorn Electron, Amiga, CDTV, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, B…

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SimCity

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SimCity

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related to Under independent development (1985–1997) · 26
SimCity → Amiga, Braun, Broderbund, Bungeling Bay, Commodore, Development, Don Daglow, Founder Jeff Braun, Gary Carlston, IBM PC, In, Jay Wright Forrester's, Macintosh, Maxis, Micropolis, Raid, Stanisław Lem, The, The Cyberiad, The Mind's
related to Criticism · 19
SimCity → Certain, Despite, Dorothee Bär, German Bundestag, If, Jay Forrester's Urban Dynamics, Jimmy Schulz, Lars Klingbeil, Poland Lech Kaczyński, Prominent, Providence, Rhode Island Buddy Cianci, Sociologist Paul Starr, The, The SimCity, There, Tristan Donovan, Warsaw, Will Wright
related to Reboot (2013) · 18
SimCity → Age, August, Awareness, Director Ocean Quigley, EA, Glassbox, In, Mac, Mac OS, March, Maxis, Multiplayer, Quigley, SimCity's, The, Titled SimCity, Users, Windows
related to Societies and portable spinoffs (2007–2011) · 18
SimCity → After, Cities, City Life, EA, For, Honestly, Maxis, Monte Cristo's, Rather, SimCity DS, SimCity Societies, Six, Societies, Spore, System, The, Tilted Mill Entertainment, Wright
related to Sim City: The Card Game (1995) · 12
SimCity → Allen Varney, Atlanta, Chicago, It, Mayfair Games, New York City, Several, Sim City, The Card Game, The Duelist, Toronto, Washington
related to Continued releases under Electronic Arts (1997–2003) · 9
SimCity → Christine McGavran, Cities, Electronic Arts, It, Maxis, The, The Japanese, The Sims, Will Wright
related to Streets of SimCity (1997) · 9
SimCity → Another, Electronic Arts, It, Maxis, One, SimCopter, Streets, The, Will Wright
related to Gameplay · 8
SimCity → Across, As, Inadequate, Network Edition, Proper, The, These, Unix
related to SimCopter (1996) · 8
SimCity → However, Jacques Servin, SimCopter, Simlish, Speedo, The, There, This
related to The Sims franchise (2000–present) · 8
SimCity → Early, Maxis, Originating, Sims, SimsVille, The, The Sims, The Sims Online

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SimCityCreatorWill Wright1.00infobox
SimCityDevelopersMaxis, Tilted Mill, Aspyr Media, Full Fat, Infogrames, Nintendo EAD, Babaroga, HAL Laboratory, Track Twenty1.00infobox
SimCityFirst releaseSimCity February 2, 19891.00infobox
SimCityGenresConstruction and management simulation, city-building1.00infobox
SimCityLatest releaseSimCity: BuildIt December 16, 20141.00infobox
SimCityPlatformsWindows, Linux, Mac, Wii, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Nintendo 64DD, Nintendo DS, Saturn, PlayStation 3, Palm OS, Archimedes, Acorn Electron, Amiga, CDTV, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, B…1.00infobox
SimCityPublishersElectronic Arts, Broderbund, Maxis, Nintendo, Superior Software, Acornsoft, Infogrames, Zoo Digital Publishing1.00infobox
SimCitySpin-offsSimFarm, SimTown, Sim City: The Card Game, SimCopter, Streets of SimCity, SimsVille, The Sims1.00infobox
SimCityis aopen-ended city-building video game franchise originally designed by Will Wright0.90text
SimCityis a1997 racing and vehicular combat computer game published by Maxis0.90text
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