| Have you ever been interested in running your | | | | including Game of the Year by the magazine |
| own city, managing your own amusement park, | | | | Computer Gaming World. |
| or building your own utopia? The Sims, published | | | | Since the original SimCity was released, many |
| by EA Games, makes all of this possible through | | | | reiterations have found their way to market. |
| their life-simulation engine that drives their games. | | | | Among these, SimCity 2000 introduced an entirely |
| One of the best-selling video game series in | | | | new generation of gamers to the fun and |
| history, the Sims was originally created by Will | | | | excitement that the game provided. There has |
| Wright with the original title being SimCity. | | | | also been a revitalization of the series in recent |
| Whereas The Sims focuses on individual people | | | | years, as Electronic Arts have released "The |
| simulation, SimCity deals with the simulation of an | | | | Sims" as well as "The Sims 2" and a prequel to |
| entire city, including businesses, highways, and | | | | the series "The Sims 3." To this day, The Sims |
| electrical wiring. SimCity was first released in 1989 | | | | remains the number one selling PC game of |
| by the company Maxis. The original working title | | | | all-time, shipping over 19 million copies worldwide. |
| of SimCity was "Metropolis." Maxis founder Jeff | | | | Other companies have tried to capitalize on the |
| Braun, after conferring with the game's creator | | | | success that simulation software like SimCity |
| Will Wright, decided that SimCity would be Maxis' | | | | enjoyed. Such examples would be "Capitalism," |
| first release. | | | | "Entrepreneur," "Industry Giant," and numerous |
| The original premise behind SimCity was to take a | | | | text-based simulation sports games that mimic |
| city's depressed situation and make it a profitable | | | | the constant progression of a fictional universe. |
| entity where the characters living in the city | | | | As some of these games have found immense |
| enjoyed their way of life. When the game was | | | | success in today's video gaming world, they owe |
| first released in 1989, it won dozens of awards | | | | much of their achievements to the founders and |
| for accomplishments in the video game genre, | | | | original producers of the SimCity series. |