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SimLife
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Developer(s) Maxis Software
Publisher(s) Maxis Software
Designer(s) Ken Karakotsios, Will Wright, Justin McCormick
Release date(s) 1992 (DOS, Windows 3.x)

1993 (Amiga) Image File history File linksMetadata Simlife1. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Maxis was founded as a video game developer in 1987. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... Publicity photo of Will Wright and a character from The Sims William R. Wright (born January 20, 1960) is an American computer game designer and co-founder of the game development company, Maxis. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Genre(s) Life simulation
Mode(s) Single player
Rating(s) ELSPA: 3+
ESRB: Kids to Adults (K-A)
Platform(s) Amiga, DOS, Windows 3.x, Macintosh

SimLife is a computer game produced by Maxis in 1992. The concept of the game is to simulate an ecosystem; players may modify the genetics of the plants and animals that inhabit the virtual world. The point of this game is to experiment and create a self sustaining ecosystem. Computer and video games are generally and popularly categorised into genres. ... Life simulator games, or life simulators, are simulation games in which the player lives or controls an (or several) artificial lives. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (or ELSPA) is an organisation set up in 1989 by British software publishers. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games in the United States. ... The original Amiga 1000 (1985) with Commodore 1080 monitor The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced home entertainment and productivity machine. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... The Windows 3. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... A color version of the Maxis logo, used since 1992 Maxis Software was founded as a video game developer and is now a brand name of Electronic Arts (EA). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... An ecosystem, a contraction of ecological and system, refers to the collection of components and processes that comprise, and govern the behavior of, some defined subset of the biosphere. ... Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ... A virtual world is a computer-simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit and interact via avatars. ...

Simlife screenshot from the Apple Macintosh Version.
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Simlife screenshot from the Apple Macintosh Version.

The producers of SimLife refer to it as "The Genetic Playground." The game allows users to explore the interaction of life-forms and environments. Users can manipulate the genetics of both plants and animals to determine whether these new species could survive in the Earth's various environments. Players can also create new worlds with distinctive environments to see how certain species (earth's species or their own) fare within them. Image File history File links Simlife-screenshot. ... Image File history File links Simlife-screenshot. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ...


SimLife gives players the power to:

  • Create and modify worlds
  • Create and modify plants and animals at the genetic level
  • Design environments and ecosystems;
  • Study genetics in action
  • Simulate and control evolution
  • Change the physics of the universe in your computer

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