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SimEarth: The Living Planet

SimEarth is a planet simulator - a model of a planet. It is a game, an educational toy, and an enjoyable tool. With SimEarth you can take over many included planets, or design and create your own. SimEarth…

31 December 1990

SimEarth: The Living Planet is a simulator developed by Maxis, released 31 December 1990 on Sega CD, Amiga, Commodore C64/128/MAX and FM Towns.

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What SimEarth: The Living Planet is

SimEarth: The Living Planet is a simulator game developed by Maxis and released in 1990. It is available on Sega CD, Amiga, Commodore C64/128/MAX, FM Towns, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PC-9800 Series and Sharp X1.

The premise, in the publisher's words

SimEarth is a planet simulator - a model of a planet. It is a game, an educational toy, and an enjoyable tool. With SimEarth you can take over many included planets, or design and create your own. SimEarth treats the planet as a whole: life climate the atmosphere, and the planet itself - from dirt and rock to the molton core - all affect on each other. You will see your planet as a whole - from a satellite's point of view, at two levels of magnification. SimEarth can be played in two modes: game and experimental. In game mode, you will try to develop, manage, and preserve your planet within allotted energy budgets. In experimental mode, you are given enlimited energy to mold your planet…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Sim series

SimEarth: The Living Planet is the third of 64 entries we hold in the Sim series. It arrived a year after SimCity: Terrain Editor. The next entry was SimCity in 1991.

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What it launched against

SimEarth: The Living Planet launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku and A-Train.

Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train.

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When did SimEarth: The Living Planet come out?
SimEarth: The Living Planet was released on 31 December 1990 for Sega CD, Amiga, Commodore C64/128/MAX, FM Towns, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PC-9800 Series and Sharp X1.

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