SimEarth

SimEarth: The Living Planet
Original cover art
Developer(s)	Maxis[a]
Publisher(s)	Maxis FCI (SNES) Sega (Mega CD)
Designer(s)	Will Wright Fred Haslam
Series	Sim
Platform(s)	Macintosh, MS-DOS, Windows, FM Towns,[1] NEC PC-9801, Super NES, Amiga, Atari ST, X68000, TurboGrafx CD, Sega CD, Virtual Console
Release	Mac, DOS, Windows 1990 FM Towns, PC-98, SNES 1991 Amiga, X68000 1992 TurboGrafx CD, Mega-CD 1993 Virtual Console JP: May 12, 2009 NA: June 22, 2009 PAL: June 26, 2009
Genre(s)	Life simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player

SimEarth: The Living Planet is a life simulation game, the second designed by Will Wright. and published in 1990 by Maxis. In SimEarth, the player controls the development of a planet. English scientist James Lovelock served as an advisor and his Gaia hypothesis of planet evolution was incorporated into the game. Versions were made for the Macintosh, Atari ST, Amiga, IBM PC, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega CD, and TurboGrafx-16. It was re-released for the Wii Virtual Console.^[2] In 1996, several of Maxis' simulation games were re-released under the Maxis Collector Series with greater compatibility with Windows 95 and differing box art, including the addition of Classics beneath the title. SimEarth was re-released in 1997 under the Classics label.^[3]

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