Posts Tagged ‘management simulation’

#567 SimCity 4

Posted: 26th October 2021 by Jeroen in Games
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1012th played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Maxis Publisher: EA Games I have held off on playing SimCity 4 for this moment. As discussed in SimCity and SimCity 2000, I enjoy the genre even if the series has been overtaken by Cities Skylines in the genre of making […]

905th played so far Genre: Music/Management Simulation Platform: Playstation Portable Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Pyramid/Japan Studio Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Pon-Pon-Pata-Pon, Pata-Pata-Pata-Pon. The two main phrases (attack and move,ย  in that order) of this game have been stuck in my head for years, ever since I started this game while on holiday in Naples […]

#243 SimCity 2000

Posted: 9th October 2018 by Jeroen in Games
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730th played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Maxis Publisher: Maxis I’ve been playing a fair amount of Cities: Skylines recently, the spiritual successor to the, by now semi-defunct, SimCity series. It’s one of those series I love playing and I’ve been holding off on playing them so I […]

502nd played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Frontier Developments Publisher: Atari We love our management simulations. There’s something simply enjoyable about games without violence or rapid action, just trying to keep things running, improving and expanding where you can. We also still enjoy our theme parks (when we […]

467th played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: PopTop Software Publisher: Gathering of Developers An early extra management sim, after Dwarf Fortress – we felt like playing another. I’m somewhat fascinated by the railways – there is something interesting about the regulated lines and systems. Railroad Tycoon 3, then, […]

464th played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Tam Adams Publisher: Bay 12 Games Dwarf Fortress! Here’s a game that’s started lingering in my conciousness for about a year now and it’s been intriguing. Sort of a Minecraft predecessor, it seems like a game that allows you to do… […]

400th played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: Various Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Bullfrog Productions Publisher: Electronic Arts Oh Theme Park, how we’ve been looking forward to playing this. I remember playing this at a cousin’s place and being so impressed with it I wanted to see more. Because I had no other real […]

#194 Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon

Posted: 26th January 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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212th played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 1990 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: MicroProse A disadvantage of looking at statistics when determining games to play is that there are genres where we have to wait a long time before we feel (statistically) able to play them. Due to a missed connection over […]

#917 Flight Control

Posted: 12th September 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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178th played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: iPhone, Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Firemint Publisher: Namco Of the larger consoles on this list the one we are most likely to finish first will be the iOS games. Like the majority of people in the world I commute and as such like to […]

#673 The Movies

Posted: 14th April 2011 by Mulholland in Games
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46th game played so far Genre: Management Simulation Platform: PC Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Lionhead Studios Publisher: Activision Despite being quite a profitable genre of gaming it is surprising to note that that in the course of this blog we will only be covering ten titles. Very few games have allowed the player to […]