Tag: Sim City

SimCity 2000

Maxis/Mindscape, PC, 1994

あああ – Japan’s #1 games of 1991

[A recurring feature each time I complete a year in the UK, in which I catch up with the games to have been #1 in the archived Japanese…

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#24: SimCity (Maxis, Amiga, 1989)

#24: SimCity (Maxis, Amiga, 1989) Or the joy is just in watching that model play out and seeing the swell of the city in front of you, cars…

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#24: SimCity (Maxis, Amiga, 1989)

#24: SimCity (Maxis, Amiga, 1989)

#24: SimCity (Maxis, Amiga, 1989)