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This is a list of games created by Maxis. Maxis is an American video game developer that was founded in 1987 and became a division of Electronic Arts (EA) in 1997. Maxis' second software title was the seminal SimCity, a city simulation and planning game. Maxis is the creator of the best-selling PC game of all time, The Sims, and its sequel, The ...
SimSafari is a construction and management simulation game released by Maxis on March 19, 1998. It is similar to SimPark , except that the park is set in Africa rather than in North America, and therefore has African animals and plants.
The former logo of Maxis, used until 2012 Will Wright, Maxis co-founder. Maxis was founded in 1987 by Will Wright and Jeff Braun to help publish SimCity on home computers. . Before then, the game was only available on a limited basis on the Commodore 64 due to few publishers showing any interest in porting a non-traditional game without definite "win" and "lose" condi
SimPark is a 1996 video game by Maxis. The object of the game is to cultivate and manage a successful park. Similar to SimTown, it is targeted more towards children than the average player. SimPark attempts to show the importance of ecological balance. It could well be considered a 'lite' version of SimIsle.
The Sims is a social simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts in 2000. The game allows players to create and control virtual people, called "Sims", and manage their daily lives in a suburban setting.
The board at Maxis was not interested in the idea, but Wright found an unlikely publisher in Electronic Arts, who was impressed by Wright's work on SimCity and saw potential for the Sim franchise. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] EA published The Sims in February 2000 and it became Wright's biggest success at the time.
Maxis Sim games are real-time strategy/simulation computer games created by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts, usually distinguished by the use of Sim in the title as a prefix (example: SimCity). However, neither of the two companies actually own the rights to the use of the word Sim.
SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony is a 1991 life simulation video game by Maxis and the company's third product, focusing on the lifecycle of ants.It was designed by Will Wright.