SimCity (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "SimCity" in English language version.

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1up.com

"SimCity Societies PC Preview". 1Up.com. June 7, 2007. Retrieved June 8, 2007.
"DPreviews: SimCity Societies". June 7, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2007.

answers.com

"SimCity 4". Answers.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2008.

asp.net

weblogs.asp.net

"Fear and Loathing - SimCity Source Code Released to the Wild! Let the ports begin..." January 10, 2008. Archived from the original on May 10, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

bbc.co.uk

"EA apologises over 'dumb' SimCity launch". BBC News. March 11, 2013. Archived from the original on March 11, 2013.

blade.sk

gr.blade.sk

"Gamerankings Archived Scores Browser". gr.blade.sk.

books.google.com

Wolf, Mark J. P. (May 24, 2021). Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming [3 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 813. ISBN 979-8-216-16182-0.

chello.at

members.chello.at

"SimCity (1989)". Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2008.

coinpixels.com

"SimCity Offline Mode". CoinPixels. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2014.

digitaltrends.com

"SimCity for Mac planned for spring, features co-op play with Windows". Digital Trends. January 29, 2013. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.

doi.org

Lobo, Daniel G. (2007). "Playing with Urban Life". In Borries, Friedrich; Walz, Steffen P.; Böttger, Matthias (eds.). Space time play computer games, architecture and urbanism : the next level. Basel: Birkhauser. doi:10.1007/978-3-7643-8415-9_74. ISBN 978-3-7643-8415-9.
Bereitschaft, Bradley (March 3, 2016). "Gods of the City? Reflecting on City Building Games as an Early Introduction to Urban Systems". Journal of Geography. 115 (2): 51–60. doi:10.1080/00221341.2015.1070366. ISSN 0022-1341. S2CID 53361885.

ds-x2.com

"SimCity DS 2". DS-x2.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2008.

ea.com

simcity.ea.com

"History of Simcity (page 1)". SimCity.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"History of Simcity (page 2)". SimCity.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"History of Simcity (page 3)". SimCity.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"Inside Scoop – The History of SimCity". Electronic Arts Inc. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
"Inside scoop: The History of SimCity (page two)". SimCity.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2006.
"Will Wright Chat Transcript". simcity.ea.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
"SimCity Societies Official Site". Archived from the original on April 6, 2008. Retrieved September 19, 2007.

eurogamer.net

Yin-Poole, Wesley (April 25, 2013). "The funny bugs of SimCity - post update 2.0". Eurogamer.

forbes.com

"Sim-plify Matters: Amazon Suspends Digital Sales of SimCity As Australia Joins The Queue". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.

gameinformer.com

Juba, Joe. "25 Years of Maxis – Living the Simulated Dream". Game Informer. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015.

gamerankings.com

"SimCity Societies". GameRankings. Retrieved August 4, 2010.

gamerevolution.com

"SimCity (2013) Review". GameRevolution. March 6, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2021.

gamespot.com

Walker, Trey (March 22, 2002). "The Sims overtakes Myst". GameSpot. CNET Networks. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
Geoff Keighley. "SIMply Divine". Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
"SimCity returns in 2013". GameSpot. March 6, 2012. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
"SIMply Divine: The story of Maxis Software; page 9: A New Focus, a New Mission". Geoff Keighley and GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 4, 2005. Retrieved February 5, 2007.
Gaston, Martin. "SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge! released for schools". GameSpot. Retrieved September 19, 2023.

greenmangaming.com

"SimCity Retrospective". Green Man Gaming. March 9, 2020.

ign.com

pc.ign.com

"SimCity 2000". IGN.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"pc.ign.com: News Briefs". August 31, 2000. Archived from the original on August 31, 2000. Retrieved November 22, 2021.

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"SimCity Creator Details". IGN. May 29, 2008. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
"Sim City Wii Revealed". IGN. May 28, 2008. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2008.

ds.ign.com

"SimCity DS". IGN.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2008.

ign.com

"Top 100 Video Games of All Time - IGN.com" – via www.ign.com.

latimes.com

"Must Reads: From video game to day job: How 'SimCity' inspired a generation of city planners". Los Angeles Times. March 5, 2019.

mayfairgames.com

"SimCity". Mayfiar Games. Archived from the original on December 29, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2008.

medium.com

Kuosmanen, Ville (February 13, 2020). "Why SimCity died — and how an indie developer saved the city-building genre". Medium. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
Kuosmanen, Ville (February 13, 2020). "Why SimCity died — and how an indie developer saved the city-building genre". Medium.

metacritic.com

"SimCity 3000 Unlimited". Metacritic.
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"SimCity Societies". Metacritic.
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nytimes.com

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Lew, Julie (June 15, 1989). "Making City Planning a Game". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2007.

pcgamer.com

"Cities: Skylines greenlit 'after what happened to SimCity' | PC Gamer". PC Gamer. March 31, 2017. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017.

planetizen.com

"SimCity's Impact and Evolution". www.planetizen.com.

polygon.com

Sarkar, Samit (March 4, 2015). "EA shuts down Maxis Emeryville, studio behind SimCity (update)". Polygon.
"SimCity's offline mode now available (update)". Polygon. March 18, 2014. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

psu.edu

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Lauwaert, Maaike (July 2007). "Challenge Everything? Construction Play in Will Wright's SIMCITY". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.87.1243. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

rockpapershotgun.com

Walker, John (March 12, 2013). "SimCity Servers Not Necessary". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

sc4ever.com

Quigley, Ocean; D.B. Robinson (June 17, 2003). "Creating regions in SimCity 4". SimCity 4 Resource Center. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2006. A small city is a kilometer on a side

semanticscholar.org

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Bereitschaft, Bradley (March 3, 2016). "Gods of the City? Reflecting on City Building Games as an Early Introduction to Urban Systems". Journal of Geography. 115 (2): 51–60. doi:10.1080/00221341.2015.1070366. ISSN 0022-1341. S2CID 53361885.

shacknews.com

Faylor, Chris (February 12, 2008). "New Sim Titles Unveiled: SimCity Creator, MySims Kingdom, MySims Party, SimAnimals, Sims Next-Gen". Shacknews. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2008.

simcity.com

"SimCity History". simcity.com. Electronic Arts. October 19, 2016. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"SimCity - EA". October 19, 2016. Archived from the original on June 3, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
"SimCity pre-order page". Electronic Arts / Maxis. Archived from the original on October 31, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
"SimCity Mac Update and Beyond". Maxis. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
"SimCity Blog". Electronic Arts. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2014.

thegazette.com

"From video game to day job: How SimCity inspired a generation of city planners". www.thegazette.com.

theverge.com

Welch, Chris (March 4, 2015). "EA is shutting down the studio that created The Sims". The Verge. Retrieved September 9, 2021.

web.archive.org

Walker, Trey (March 22, 2002). "The Sims overtakes Myst". GameSpot. CNET Networks. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
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"History of Simcity (page 1)". SimCity.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"History of Simcity (page 2)". SimCity.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"History of Simcity (page 3)". SimCity.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"SimCity (1989)". Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
Geoff Keighley. "SIMply Divine". Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
"Inside Scoop – The History of SimCity". Electronic Arts Inc. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
Lew, Julie (June 15, 1989). "Making City Planning a Game". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2007.
"Inside scoop: The History of SimCity (page two)". SimCity.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2006.
"Will Wright Chat Transcript". simcity.ea.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
"SimCity History". simcity.com. Electronic Arts. October 19, 2016. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"SimCity 2000". IGN.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
Quigley, Ocean; D.B. Robinson (June 17, 2003). "Creating regions in SimCity 4". SimCity 4 Resource Center. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2006. A small city is a kilometer on a side
"SimCity 4". Answers.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"SimCity Societies Official Site". Archived from the original on April 6, 2008. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
Juba, Joe. "25 Years of Maxis – Living the Simulated Dream". Game Informer. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015.
"SimCity DS". IGN.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"SimCity Creator Details". IGN. May 29, 2008. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
"SimCity DS 2". DS-x2.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"Fear and Loathing - SimCity Source Code Released to the Wild! Let the ports begin..." January 10, 2008. Archived from the original on May 10, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
Faylor, Chris (February 12, 2008). "New Sim Titles Unveiled: SimCity Creator, MySims Kingdom, MySims Party, SimAnimals, Sims Next-Gen". Shacknews. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2008.
"Sim City Wii Revealed". IGN. May 28, 2008. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2008.
"SimCity returns in 2013". GameSpot. March 6, 2012. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
"SimCity - EA". October 19, 2016. Archived from the original on June 3, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
"SimCity pre-order page". Electronic Arts / Maxis. Archived from the original on October 31, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
"SimCity for Mac planned for spring, features co-op play with Windows". Digital Trends. January 29, 2013. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
"SimCity Mac Update and Beyond". Maxis. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
"EA apologises over 'dumb' SimCity launch". BBC News. March 11, 2013. Archived from the original on March 11, 2013.
"Sim-plify Matters: Amazon Suspends Digital Sales of SimCity As Australia Joins The Queue". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
Walker, John (March 12, 2013). "SimCity Servers Not Necessary". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
"SimCity Offline Mode". CoinPixels. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
"SimCity Blog". Electronic Arts. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
"SimCity's offline mode now available (update)". Polygon. March 18, 2014. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
"SimCity". Mayfiar Games. Archived from the original on December 29, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"SIMply Divine: The story of Maxis Software; page 9: A New Focus, a New Mission". Geoff Keighley and GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 4, 2005. Retrieved February 5, 2007.
"pc.ign.com: News Briefs". August 31, 2000. Archived from the original on August 31, 2000. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
"Cities: Skylines greenlit 'after what happened to SimCity' | PC Gamer". PC Gamer. March 31, 2017. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017.

worldcat.org

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Bereitschaft, Bradley (March 3, 2016). "Gods of the City? Reflecting on City Building Games as an Early Introduction to Urban Systems". Journal of Geography. 115 (2): 51–60. doi:10.1080/00221341.2015.1070366. ISSN 0022-1341. S2CID 53361885.