SimEarth: The Living Planet

created and published by Maxis in 1990, running on MS-DOS

type: simulation
genre: Biological simulation, Life simulation
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

languages: eng ger

4.4/5

Description

Take charge of an entire planet from its birth until its death--10 billion years later. Guide life from its inception as single-celled microbes to a civilization that can reach for the stars. Inspired by James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis, SimEarth simulates the Earth as a single living organism.

# 2001-06-09 21:22:54

Technical specs

hardware: Enhanced Graphics Adapter, Hercules Graphics Card, Multicolor Graphics Adapter, Tandy Graphics Adapter, Video Graphics Array, AdLib SPU, Adlib Gold SPU, MSound SPU, PC speaker SPU, Sound Blaster SPU,

display: raster

Authors / Staff

Will Wright

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External reviews (10) - average: 91.2% - median: 93%

review source		issue	date	score
Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) (9+)	de	47	1990-12	11/12	91%	view
Amstrad PC (Amstrad PC Mag)	fr	37	1991-01	19/20	95%	view
Génération 4 (001-082)	fr	32	1991-04	95/100	95%	view
Génération 4 (001-082)	fr	66	1994-05	85/100	85%
Joystick	fr	14	1991-03	97/100	97%	view
PC Leisure	uk	4	1990-12	5/5	100%	view
Raze	uk	8	1991-06	91/100	91%
The One for 16-Bit Games	uk	27	1990-12	95/100	95%	view
Tilt 39-113	fr	90	1991-05	16/20	80%
Zero	uk	14	1990-12	83/100	83%	view