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The first installment to the highly acclaimed SimCity franchise by Maxis' Will Wright. The game involves developing a large open space with a combination of different zones and buildings to create a full functioning and profitable city.

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Welcome to the city!
Welcome to the city!
SimCity is a city-building simulation game released in 1989 and designed by eventual Sims creator Will Wright. SimCity, being Maxis' first game and originally based on the Commodore 64, has been adpted to several different personal computers and game consoles and has gone on to become one of the most successful and popular games' of all time. Until the release of The Sims in 2000, the entire SimCity franchise was the most successful gaming franchise Maxis had created. Due to the immense popularity of SimCity, Maxis went on to create a multitude of other, similar simulation games, including SimTown and SimAnt., though none of these franchises has ever met the success of SimCity.

An iPhone version of SimCity is available now.

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