LGR - Maxis Collection and History (Part 1 of 3) 1984-1993
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Date: 2022-04-14
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tonytechvt
I was a huge Maxis fan. I have the original Simcity (With Godzilla) and the very first version. The copy protection would come up everytime you started a new city. Later revisions only had it come up when you first loaded the game. I also have the original Terrain Editor the one you had to order from Maxis. There is no retail packaging it was just a couple of 5. 25 disks. Which did come before the cities add on packs. I can also tell you SimFarm came out before SimCity classic. I worked for Electronics Boutique (Now GameStop) at the time and I remember when it came in. I realize this video is as of this post 11 years old so you may have already known this but incase you didn't: -)
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I was a huge Maxis fan. I have the original Simcity (With Godzilla) and the very first version. The copy protection would come up everytime you started a new city. Later revisions only had it come up when you first loaded the game. I also have the original Terrain Editor the one you had to order from Maxis. There is no retail packaging it was just a couple of 5. 25 disks. Which did come before the cities add on packs. I can also tell you SimFarm came out before SimCity classic. I worked for Electronics Boutique (Now GameStop) at the time and I remember when it came in. I realize this video is as of this post 11 years old so you may have already known this but incase you didn't: -)
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Alan
Robo Sport was a turn-based game played over a modem or on a shared PC (-leave the room while I do my turns-.
The play field was a small obstacle course, with your 4 robots on one side and opponents 4 on the other side.
It worked kinda like Battleship: Four phases per turn. You would program your robot to move, look, duck or shoot at each phase. Your opponent would do the same. Then the PC would parse the 4 phases and produce the results. Each would view results and strategize their next moves.
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Robo Sport was a turn-based game played over a modem or on a shared PC (-leave the room while I do my turns-.
The play field was a small obstacle course, with your 4 robots on one side and opponents 4 on the other side.
It worked kinda like Battleship: Four phases per turn. You would program your robot to move, look, duck or shoot at each phase. Your opponent would do the same. Then the PC would parse the 4 phases and produce the results. Each would view results and strategize their next moves.
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LGR
-G9King Thank you!
However, the -Six AM- story is a myth. It started around 1999 with SimCity 3000, where if you typed 'Maxis' the news ticker at the bottom of the screen stated -Did you know Maxis spelled backwards is Six AM? - It then got attributed to Wright, Jeff Braun, and others, but it was simply one of many fake news items in SC3k.
Maxis was the result of brain-storming with family of Jeff Braun. The idea was -computer game companies should have two-syllable names & should include an X-
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-G9King Thank you!
However, the -Six AM- story is a myth. It started around 1999 with SimCity 3000, where if you typed 'Maxis' the news ticker at the bottom of the screen stated -Did you know Maxis spelled backwards is Six AM? - It then got attributed to Wright, Jeff Braun, and others, but it was simply one of many fake news items in SC3k.
Maxis was the result of brain-storming with family of Jeff Braun. The idea was -computer game companies should have two-syllable names & should include an X-
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Christopher
I loved the advertisements and product catalogs too! It's a shame that now you really only get a slip of paper in the box, if you even get a box at all anymore. I understand that most games now have in game manuals and tutorials but there's something about all that rap you used to get that pulls my heart strings. That's how I knew about upcoming titles from my favorite companies. Now I have no idea what's in the pipeline. that's GamePro for going online only!
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I loved the advertisements and product catalogs too! It's a shame that now you really only get a slip of paper in the box, if you even get a box at all anymore. I understand that most games now have in game manuals and tutorials but there's something about all that rap you used to get that pulls my heart strings. That's how I knew about upcoming titles from my favorite companies. Now I have no idea what's in the pipeline. that's GamePro for going online only!
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LGR
I never said they don't exist anymore, I said they're dead as far as I'm concerned. I went on to explain that since they're headed by an entirely different team and Will Wright is no longer with them, they're essentially not the same company at all anymore to me. Yes, they're still around and yes there is a new SimCity coming out, but with very, very little reminiscent of the Maxis I grew up with.
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I never said they don't exist anymore, I said they're dead as far as I'm concerned. I went on to explain that since they're headed by an entirely different team and Will Wright is no longer with them, they're essentially not the same company at all anymore to me. Yes, they're still around and yes there is a new SimCity coming out, but with very, very little reminiscent of the Maxis I grew up with.
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Do
You touched upon RoboSport about halfway through this video. You said that you'd end up reviewing it one day, and I thought maybe you had forgotten about it since the video was made over seven years ago. So I am reminding you! Since you didn't know much about the game at the time (maybe you do by now, I don't know, it'd be cool to see you play the game and do a review. :)
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You touched upon RoboSport about halfway through this video. You said that you'd end up reviewing it one day, and I thought maybe you had forgotten about it since the video was made over seven years ago. So I am reminding you! Since you didn't know much about the game at the time (maybe you do by now, I don't know, it'd be cool to see you play the game and do a review. :)
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ibain81
RoboSport was a phenomenal game when it came out, especially for two players. One player set up his robots while the other left the room, then the other would set up his robots and start the round. It is one of the few nostalgia games that I think about replaying again, even after all these years.
It was on Macintosh at one point, as that's how I played it.
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RoboSport was a phenomenal game when it came out, especially for two players. One player set up his robots while the other left the room, then the other would set up his robots and start the round. It is one of the few nostalgia games that I think about replaying again, even after all these years.
It was on Macintosh at one point, as that's how I played it.
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RyanFaeScotland
Holy crap. I just discovered your videos yesterday and am watching them at work which mean I have to pause every now and then to go take care of something. I got to 0: 18 of this one then had to pause but I gotta say, that is a beautiful shot and I can't wait to get on and listen to the rest! Damn job getting in the way of my internettingz.
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Holy crap. I just discovered your videos yesterday and am watching them at work which mean I have to pause every now and then to go take care of something. I got to 0: 18 of this one then had to pause but I gotta say, that is a beautiful shot and I can't wait to get on and listen to the rest! Damn job getting in the way of my internettingz.
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lurkerrekrul
I had a copy of Robosport on the Amiga, although I never knew how to play it. I understood that you were supposed to program your robots and then send them out to battle the enemy robots, I just didn't know exactly how to do that.
I was always intrigued by the idea, while every other Amiga owner I know thought that it was crap.
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I had a copy of Robosport on the Amiga, although I never knew how to play it. I understood that you were supposed to program your robots and then send them out to battle the enemy robots, I just didn't know exactly how to do that.
I was always intrigued by the idea, while every other Amiga owner I know thought that it was crap.
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janmansde3dede
Can someone please tell me how to tell the difference on the box which Amiga version of SimCity it is?
(a 512 KB RAM version= 16 colors and a 1MB RAM version= EHB 64 colors)
there are actually three versions if you count the completely CDTV version,
Yes Clint made me want to buy all the citys of the 4 Sims.
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Can someone please tell me how to tell the difference on the box which Amiga version of SimCity it is?
(a 512 KB RAM version= 16 colors and a 1MB RAM version= EHB 64 colors)
there are actually three versions if you count the completely CDTV version,
Yes Clint made me want to buy all the citys of the 4 Sims.
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