SimCity (series)

SimCity is a Série of video game begin with Will Wright in 1989 on behalf of the company Maxis. They put in scene plays of management making it possible to create and modify Ville S.

Whereas Will Wright develops a play of helicopter, it takes so much pleasure to imagine the cities behind bottom, that it with the idea to develop SimCity , this revolutionary play at the time. Indeed, it is about the first video game without end , which posed problems with the originator to produce it.

These plays of management are developed on Ordinateur then for many game consoles.

The goal of these plays of management is to create its city. You are a Maire with the head of a Budget which must enable you to arrange an empty ground in Agglomération S of any size.

It is necessary to deal with the creation of the various zones (residential, commercial and industrial), of the distribution of electricity, the construction of the Route S or of the management of the municipal budget. With the last versions, one can also undertake the distribution of Eau, processing the waste, construction of the school S, hospital, networks of public transport and all that makes the richness of the urban life.

As in the real life, the mayor cannot act with his own way. Managed can rebel, of the natural disasters to arrive or the case to empty itself. That allows one almost unlimited lifespan since no city can be similar, and the player can feel a different experiment with each new part.

Successive versions

  • 1989, SimCity : play with the basic functions (2D and 16 colors)
  • 1993, SimCity 2000 : bring a isometric 3D and Graphisme S definitely improved with the appearance of the Relief. Some plays, whose SimCopter and Streets off SimCity uses the cities generated by this version.
  • 1999, SimCity 3000 : development of new functions to manage
  • 2000, SimCity 3000 (world edition) : decorated version of architectural styles of the whole world
  • January 15th 2003, SimCity 4 : simulation more pushed with a management of a whole area and the interaction of several cities
  • September 26th 2003, SimCity 4 (Hour Rush) : additional disc directed towards the Transport S, with more means of transport as well as a Management of the traffic and of its rush hours.
  • February 5th 2004, SimCity 4 Deluxe : new version integrating Sim City 4 and its update Rush Hour .
  • June 6th 2007, officialization of development of Sim City Societies, which will not be one following Sim City 4, taking into account the major simplification of the gameplay, but without any coming out date for the moment.
  • June 21st 2007: exit (France) of Sim City DS on the portable of Nintendo.

Similar plays

The play inspired by the developers which programmed their clean Free software, in particular Lincity and OpenCity . City Life is as for him owner.

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