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SimCity was developed by game designer Will Wright. While most scenarios either take place in a fictional timeline or have a city under siege by a fictional disaster, a handful of available scenarios are based on actual historical events.Ī large developed city in Micropolis version (2007) The original cities were based on real-world cities and attempted to re-create their general layout. The scenarios were an addition suggested by Brøderbund to make SimCity more like a game. SimCity includes goal-centered, timed scenarios that could be won or lost depending on the performance of the player. In addition, monsters and tornadoes can trigger train crashes by running into passing trains. The player may face disasters including flooding, tornadoes, fires (often from air disasters or shipwrecks), earthquakes and attacks by monsters. In the Super NES version and later, the player can also build rewards when they are given, such as a mayor's mansion or a casino. The Sims make these choices based on such factors as traffic levels, availability of electrical power, crime levels, and proximity to other types of buildings-for example, residential areas next to a power plant will seldom appreciate the highest grade of housing. Once able to construct buildings in a particular area, the too-small-to-see residents, known as "Sims," may choose to construct and upgrade houses, apartment blocks, light or heavy industrial buildings, commercial buildings, hospitals, churches, and other structures. The player can mark land as being zoned as commercial, industrial, or residential, add buildings, change the tax rate, build a power grid, build transportation systems and take any other actions to enhance the city.

The objective of SimCity is to build and design a city, without specific goals to achieve.

It is considered one of the greatest video games ever made. The success of SimCity marked the beginning of the urban simulation genre of video games, as well as publisher Maxis's tradition of producing non-linear simulation games, one of which – The Sims – would surpass all its predecessors in popularity and become one of the best-selling franchises in the video game industry. SimCity received numerous awards from news publishers and associations. Reviewers considered the game to be instructive and helpful toward the player's understanding of the basics of urban planning, politics, and economics. SimCity was met with critical acclaim for its innovative and addictive gameplay despite the absence of action elements. SimCity was commercially successful, selling 300,000 units for personal computers and nearly 2 million units for the SNES. After becoming a best-seller, SimCity was released on several other platforms, most notably on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1991, in which its gameplay was significantly revised with Nintendo's involvement. Although the game initially sold poorly, positive feedback from the gaming press boosted its sales. Because the game lacked any of the arcade or action elements that dominated the video game market in the 1980s, video game publishers declined to release the title in fear of its commercial failure, until Broderbund eventually agreed to distribute it.

SimCity was independently developed by Will Wright, beginning in 1985 the game would not see its first release until 1989. Importance is placed on increasing the standard of living of the population, maintaining a balance between the different sectors, and monitoring the region's environmental situation to prevent the settlement from declining and going bankrupt. The objective of the game is to create a city, develop residential and industrial areas, build infrastructure, and collect taxes for further development of the city. SimCity features two-dimensional graphics and an overhead perspective. SimCity, also known as Micropolis or SimCity Classic, is a city-building simulation video game developed by Will Wright and released for a number of platforms from 1989 to 1991.