Simulation

David Braben and Ian Bell · 1984 · BBC Micro

Two programmers fit eight galaxies of procedural stars into a BBC Micro with wireframe ships and open trading. It proved...

Maxis · 1989 · PC

Will Wright found more fun in the level editor than the game and built a city simulator with no win state at all. Disast...

Maxis · 2000 · PC

The dollhouse Wright pitched for years became the best selling PC game ever, over 16 million for the base game. Expansio...

ConcernedApe · 2016 · PC

Eric Barone alone coded, drew, wrote and composed a farm life answer to Harvest Moon over four years. One developer, mor...