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Sim City (Series) Review
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Posted: 18 months ago, last updated 9 weeks ago.
Author: @GeekDadGamer and Jo Robertson.
Overview
SimCity is a series of city-building games, created by Will Wright. Since their inception as educational experiences in 1989, the games have enabled players to design ambitious cities. The attraction is the open-ness of play, where you can let your imagination and ideas play out on a grand scale to see the implications.
You start with a small budget and patch of undeveloped land. By establishing residential, commercial and industrial zones, providing electricity and water you soon have people moving in a building their homes. Then, by means of taxes, you can make money to develop your city further.
You start with a small budget and patch of undeveloped land. By establishing residential, commercial and industrial zones, providing electricity and water you soon have people moving in a building their homes. Then, by means of taxes, you can make money to develop your city further.
- SimCity (1989) on PC, Mac, Amiga, Atari ST
- SimCity 2000 (1993) on Mac, PC, SNES, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance
- SimCity 3000 (1999) on Windows, Mac, iOS
- SimCity 64 (2000) on Nintendo 64
- SimCity 4 (2002) on PC and Mac
- SimCity DS (2007) on DS
- SimCity (2013) relaunched on Mac and PC
- SimCity: BuildIt (2014) on iOS and Android
Game Details
Content Rating: PEGI 3
Release Date: 02/02/1989, updated in 2014
Platforms: Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC and iOS
Genres: Creative, Simulation and Strategy
Accessibility: 14 features
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Sim City usually costs £6.49.
Does not offer in-game purchases, 'loot boxes' or 'battle/season passes'.
Simcity 2000
Sim City
 | PC | – | – | Free EA Play |
Does not offer in-game purchases, 'loot boxes' or 'battle/season passes'.
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