LGR - Maxis Collection and History (Part 2 of 3) 1993-1996
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Date: 2022-04-14
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Quimbyrbg
I loved the heck out of Klik&Play; It was a brilliant way to quickly proto-type a game idea before jumping into building it in a real language.
I was brilliant with K&P back in the day and made a kick arse Robocop game where the bodies would literally pile up in the streets as you carved your way through the bad guys with some awesome upgradable weapons (took me about 3 days to throw together the one and only level: D)
I was also a massive fan of the Incredible machine, which needs a remake
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I loved the heck out of Klik&Play; It was a brilliant way to quickly proto-type a game idea before jumping into building it in a real language.
I was brilliant with K&P back in the day and made a kick arse Robocop game where the bodies would literally pile up in the streets as you carved your way through the bad guys with some awesome upgradable weapons (took me about 3 days to throw together the one and only level: D)
I was also a massive fan of the Incredible machine, which needs a remake
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Ramune
I have the -SimCity 2000: Strategies and Secrets- by Sybex. Interestingly enough, there are 2 forewords, one by Fred Haslam and the other by Will Wright. In Haslam's foreword, he mentions that, at first, Will Wright wasn't involved in SC2000. He was. He also talked about how the original game was like the first SimCity. He said that when A-Train came out, Maxis had him change the entire graphics engine to match it. It didn't work until Wright imported the graphics engine from project -Dollhouse-
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I have the -SimCity 2000: Strategies and Secrets- by Sybex. Interestingly enough, there are 2 forewords, one by Fred Haslam and the other by Will Wright. In Haslam's foreword, he mentions that, at first, Will Wright wasn't involved in SC2000. He was. He also talked about how the original game was like the first SimCity. He said that when A-Train came out, Maxis had him change the entire graphics engine to match it. It didn't work until Wright imported the graphics engine from project -Dollhouse-
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Disthron
-phreakindee That was a pretty interesting video, did it come with Click & Play? Anyway, I started out with the Games Factory, witch I recently found again in an old box. It was quite a bit more advanced than C&P in that you could have scrolling games and there were all kinds of extensions that 3rd party developers had made. I re-installed it and was pretty impressed that the 32bit version actually worked on Vista, the disc even comes with a 16bit version for Win3. xx. That's pretty awsome.
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-phreakindee That was a pretty interesting video, did it come with Click & Play? Anyway, I started out with the Games Factory, witch I recently found again in an old box. It was quite a bit more advanced than C&P in that you could have scrolling games and there were all kinds of extensions that 3rd party developers had made. I re-installed it and was pretty impressed that the 32bit version actually worked on Vista, the disc even comes with a 16bit version for Win3. xx. That's pretty awsome.
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LGR
-thatguyontheright1 That's the -Ultimate Sim- pack, and no I do not own that one yet. Most of those shovelware compilations I've ignored, as my focus is the original releases. I'll branch out to those someday.
I also have many of the home console ports. PS1, Saturn, NES, SNES, etc. They're kind of a completely different beast to me, so I don't have anywhere near a complete set of console games. Those are the next ones I'll be after once I finish off my computer originals!
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-thatguyontheright1 That's the -Ultimate Sim- pack, and no I do not own that one yet. Most of those shovelware compilations I've ignored, as my focus is the original releases. I'll branch out to those someday.
I also have many of the home console ports. PS1, Saturn, NES, SNES, etc. They're kind of a completely different beast to me, so I don't have anywhere near a complete set of console games. Those are the next ones I'll be after once I finish off my computer originals!
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Singular8ty
I just got my old SC2000 Collection disk (at least I think its the collection, it has Win3. 1 and Win95 versions and some demos, I couldn't find any interviews on it and I don't have the original box or manual) working on my modern machine running Win8. I had to rig up a VM running WinXP (the only older version of Windows other than 7 I had on hand) and it's working perfectly. I grew up with SC2000 and SCURK, it is definitely one of my favorite games of all time.
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I just got my old SC2000 Collection disk (at least I think its the collection, it has Win3. 1 and Win95 versions and some demos, I couldn't find any interviews on it and I don't have the original box or manual) working on my modern machine running Win8. I had to rig up a VM running WinXP (the only older version of Windows other than 7 I had on hand) and it's working perfectly. I grew up with SC2000 and SCURK, it is definitely one of my favorite games of all time.
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LGR
-Gmanster64 I just re-read that forward again (I have the book on my desk, ha. It says that Will wanted nothing to do with SC2K, until he got involved with it due to the graphical redesign inspired by A-Train, taking the engine from Dollhouse. So, I don't know what you mean by -at first, Will Wright wasn't involved in SC2000. He was. - Because right there, it says Will didn't get involved until a bit later into the development process.
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-Gmanster64 I just re-read that forward again (I have the book on my desk, ha. It says that Will wanted nothing to do with SC2K, until he got involved with it due to the graphical redesign inspired by A-Train, taking the engine from Dollhouse. So, I don't know what you mean by -at first, Will Wright wasn't involved in SC2000. He was. - Because right there, it says Will didn't get involved until a bit later into the development process.
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GGBeyond
I remember buying a copy of Simcity 2000 with my Christmas money for $60 at Costco, and I was really excited about it. Kept imagining playing it on the ride home, couldn't wait to play it. OH HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED. Now I can spend $20 on Steam and play a really good game within a few minutes, watching videos while I wait for the download to finish.
Looking forward to part 3!
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I remember buying a copy of Simcity 2000 with my Christmas money for $60 at Costco, and I was really excited about it. Kept imagining playing it on the ride home, couldn't wait to play it. OH HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED. Now I can spend $20 on Steam and play a really good game within a few minutes, watching videos while I wait for the download to finish.
Looking forward to part 3!
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LGR
-Shiqna1 See, -this- is why I didn't want to make these videos at all. People complain when I make them, people complain when I don't make them. This is a collection video, and it's not everyone's cup of tea. It's for hardcore collectors and those who enjoy packaging. If you want to see gameplay, you'll have to wait until the actual reviews of these games, if I ever make them: D
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-Shiqna1 See, -this- is why I didn't want to make these videos at all. People complain when I make them, people complain when I don't make them. This is a collection video, and it's not everyone's cup of tea. It's for hardcore collectors and those who enjoy packaging. If you want to see gameplay, you'll have to wait until the actual reviews of these games, if I ever make them: D
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Ramune
Furthermore, The Will Wright foreword keeps on mentioning something called -SimWorld-. He, explicitly, stated that SimWorld was NOT SimEarth. I've been wondering what SimWorld is because there seems to be no data of it on the internet ANYWHERE! I also like the quote in the foreword -I need to get something off my chest. I'm SICK of Simcity! I really, really, really am. -
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Furthermore, The Will Wright foreword keeps on mentioning something called -SimWorld-. He, explicitly, stated that SimWorld was NOT SimEarth. I've been wondering what SimWorld is because there seems to be no data of it on the internet ANYWHERE! I also like the quote in the foreword -I need to get something off my chest. I'm SICK of Simcity! I really, really, really am. -
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LGR
-13GTC I hope to give the original Sims game(s) some attention, yes! The Sims 2 maybe not for a while, since they're kind of in that odd -dead zone- of gaming where they're not retro but they're not new either. What I would really like to do is a video or set of videos on The Sims Online, but since it can't be played anymore to my knowledge I can't really do that.
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-13GTC I hope to give the original Sims game(s) some attention, yes! The Sims 2 maybe not for a while, since they're kind of in that odd -dead zone- of gaming where they're not retro but they're not new either. What I would really like to do is a video or set of videos on The Sims Online, but since it can't be played anymore to my knowledge I can't really do that.
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