LGR - Maxis Collection and History (Part 3 of 3) 1996-2000
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- A collection video. Showing every Maxis game released in America! From Raid on Bungeling Bay to The Sims, this covers it all and it's all from my personal collection. Boxes, overviews, history, trivia, random Maxis love. Part three of three.
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I like how simcopter came with pilot shades
(Heres what I think of the modern gaming companys)
EA: He was usually a nice guy, and had lots of close friends. But at some point, he went power crazy and greedy and began killing off his close friends, so he could get more money.
Nintendo: The cheery, older, and more up-going brother of SEGA. He knows that the old ways are the best ways, but just likes making old look new. Every now and then he tries something new, but usually just makes the same things. He loves platformers, and doesn't mind what people think of his consoles.
SEGA: The younger, and more desperate, but tries to hide it, of the brothers. He started out small, but quickly went head to head with his older brother. But somewhere along the way, he got too cocky and made some terrible mistakes in the 3D times. Now he tries to compete by working off his older brothers consoles.
Sony: Sony actually used to really like movies photography before video games. Sony did try and work with Nintendo on making games, but Nintendo quickly shut it down. Luckily, after fixing up on it, Sony started making games and consoles of his own. Eventually he got into a rivilary with his frenemy, Microsoft.
Microsoft: Microsoft is probally the richest of all them, and sometimes pulls an EA. (Shutting down a company for profit) Microsoft is an all around guy, and likes technology in general. His frenemy, Sony, always tries competeing with him, in one way or another.
Maxis: Maxis was fun and interesting guy, he really liked simluating things. Every now and then he wanted to make something new, but usually made really good simulations. He eventually got very run down, and EA got a hold of him. After a good 10-15 years of good then EA forced DRM, DLC flooded games, EA poisoned him, and Maxis slowly died.
Rareware: Just like Maxis he wasn't a big competeter, and usually just made games for the big guys. Rareware, or as his friends call him "RW", made alot of nice and freindly games. He also got a little silly and made some AO Rated games. But alot of people remember him for his great selection. Just like Maxis EA posioned Rareware, killing off more fond memories.
Valve: Everyone loves him, he has what everyone has, but also massive sales. Valve towers over everyone else, but everyone denys him of being the best. Valves freinds and fans called him, "The Master Race" again the other companies deny that.
ScottGames: ScottGames is the littlest of them all, but has alot of hate and love towards him. ScottGames used to be very relgious, but then begain a series that soon will come to a close.
Three Rings: You've probally never heard of him, neither have the other companies. Three Rings is very poor, and desperatlly needs money. Three Rings used to flourish with online games such as, "Whirled", "Doctor who : Universes in time." and a few others. They still stick around, but unless they get the proper funding, could die.
2k Games: 2k likes sports, alot, but also has an adimariation for simulation like Maxis. But instead of LikeSims 2k likes whole Civilization Sims, 2k still is around and is a huge fan favorite of sports and history lovers!
(I might add more if I feel like it, but what do you think of it?)
+MegaTNT32 nice copy paste....
I wish you included some gameplay of "Raid on Bungeling Bay" sadly, it was the only game in this video series that I was familiar with. I spent hundreds of hours slump over my C 64 playing it. One of my favorite games of that time. Thanks for posting this very informative set of videos.
Love how he actually does videos on his bed in his pyjamas.
@cjcapta SimRefinery was never sold or released. It was only given to select Chevron employees (in prototype form, from what I gather) and so far I've never seen a copy of the game surface. I have only ever seen a grainy picture of the title screen, which sports a logo that looks *very* similar to the one used in the SNES version of SimCity. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it were a mod of the SNES game.
Still one of my favourite video series of yours. Find myself going back to it at least once a year.
As I mentioned at the start, this is a PC and computer game collection - since all Maxis games were developed for them originally. I have all the console games too, but I didn't show them here as that isn't the focus of my collection.
It's a company called Maxis, but it's not "Maxis" as was talked about here. Maxis died when Will Wright left if you ask me.
Good job on these three videos.A very interesting look at the Maxis games and company. I really didn't know much about them even though i played The Sims shortly after they were released. God that seems like so long ago now to me. The Sims and older Sim City are true gems of game series. They are games every gamer should at least try once. Could you do a video like this on ID Software? I would like to know more about this game company. Keep up the good work!
@inkyatari Indeed. I'm now on the lookout for that one, a friend of mine made me aware of it shortly after I posted this video. The collection is never complete, haha.
@WalrusRockGod Check out the video title. This is only meant to cover the Maxis games until 2000, or right around when EA took over the "Sim" games and started doing crazy things with the name (they completely took over the company in 1997-98). There are games after that by "Maxis" but that's pretty much just EA doing its thing. I own those as well, but don't consider them part of my "Maxis collection".
@G9King I can assure you they are not getting smashed or tossed around more than they can handle with ease. They're darned sturdy things, those old game boxes.
Yup, outside the US/Oceania the Unlimited Edition was known by other names, sometimes the country it was sold in: UK Edition, Deutschland Edition, World Edition, etc.
There was a little easter egg in the SimCity 3000 Unlimited CD Autorun menu where if you click the Maxis logo it shows a picture of Will Wright as a sim and he is holding SimCity skyscrapers.
As far as I know, yes, that is correct. Was quite the little controversy back then!
don't stop making reviews, they are awesome and make me happy.
@13GTC You know that out of those you listed, only SimCity 2000 was before EA bought them outright... EA arguably actually saved the company.
Kinda meant, without patching it and doing some major tweaks. At least, I've never been able to get it working just out of the box, I always have to struggle with all sorts of compatibility issues before getting it to work. It will work, but it's never been perfect.
@NIMHFS No worries about that happening! I just like to mix things up every so often, just doing reviews can get bland. Think of it as a palate cleanser.
What about SimSafari? I played that game so much when I was a kid!
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I loved marble drop when I was a kid. I used to play it all the time after school.
LGR, I decree you to review (or just riff on) "Zaark" and "The Crystal Skull" - they look absolutely insane! :P
great video. I really enjoyed watching the 3 parts. Thanks a lot
Wow, The Sims Online. That's something I had completely forgotten about, with good reason!
It would be a dream come true to see someone like Mr. Saito do something with the GlassBox engine. As far as I know he's currently doing a new Seaman game for the 3DS, but I still hope to see more original things from him. Spore 2 could also be fantastic with GlassBox... so many possible things to simulate with its agents system.
I still have my SimCopter... only in disc though. I must've not gotten the 1st edition either, as I never got aviators.
@XxSamuraixX89 Yeah, it's not a universal problem or anything. It's just that it had a significant amount more problems than the original for many Windows XP configurations.
I played Marble Drop as a kid! We got it through a computer game catalog the school sent home. It didn't come in a box though, just in a jewel case. My family actually still has it!
Really cool tour!
Check out my SimCity Retrospective video for more Bungeling Bay stuff, including footage :)
And thanks, glad you enjoyed!
Wright only ever designed the first SimCity. He co-designed SC2k with Fred Haslam, but SC3k and SC4 were by other people with little (if any) input from Wright. He was working on The Sims during SC3k's development, and Spore during SC4's.
This has to be the most complete overview of Maxis stuff.
My only complaint is that it hurts seeing those boxes, CD cases and documentation tossed and smashed around sometimes!
Thank you for this amazing overview of the history of Maxis! My first computer game was Sim Tower when I was very young. Have played Sim games ever since. Sim City 3000 unlimited is practically my childhood and favorite sim city game. As for your installation problems regarding Unlimited it works fine on all my computers, even windows 7 :\ unfortunately I can't get SC 2000 working on my computer now, but I have an XP laptop for that. :) Thanks again!
wow, I never would have guessed, btw, I am so envious of that collection, my hat goes off to you sir.
Marble drop was so freaking good! Played it for years after school...
@frymahhide1982 I certainly remember! I also remember SimMars which was teased around the same time. Shame it never happened either, but at least some of its features ended up in Spore.
I got for 99 cents at the thrift store "Sim Mania", which is a 2001 compilation of Sim City Classic, Sim Tower, Sim Isle, Sim Safari, Streets of Sim City, and Sim Copter. The box says "Windows 95 & 98", but it also includes DOS, Windows 3.1, and Mac versions of some of the games. I guess this was EA's attempt to squeeze some more money out of these legacy Maxis games one more time.
Holy crap, the possibilities of GlassBox with a new SimAnt or SimTower... wow.
@30LayersOfKevlar Yeah, that sounds like Slam Tilt! An excellent pinball game for sure, but not the same as Space Cadet from Full Tilt.
Indeed I have! Just need a system to play it now.
@30LayersOfKevlar You mean "Ace of Space", which was on the 1996 game by Liquid Dezign? That was an entirely different table... unless you're thinking of another Slam Tilt?
I love the casual enthusiasim in this video.
I played the crap out of Sim Copter back in the day. Being able to fly through you cities from sim city 2000 was amazing.
Wow 1 hour of game history, Well done!
You have a amazing maxis collection I gotta say, my first maxis game was the original sims, did not know what i was getting into when my mother let me borrow it, but I got addicted to it! and then i started getting the expansion packs back when they started popping out, then got sims 2 and played it on my pc that could barely handle it, and then sim city 4, then i started looking at past games, and yeah. lol
Great review, each part was great. Oh and Sim Park was awesome when i was a kid, you should totally try it again haha
I played SimTown and Widget Workshop all the time as a child. Oh the nostalgia!
Really interesting trip down memory lane. Thank you for putting these kinds of videos together LGR. Also, what do you know about/what is your opinion of Maxis' re-launch as a dev studio with The Sims 4?
Fun TILT Pinball is the same as Windows XP 3D Pinball? No wonder 3D Pinball said MAXIS Cinematronics.
I have a "full sized" box version of Sim City 3000 Unlimited that worked perfectly fine on my Windows 7 laptop. It had the same box art as the one you showed, just with the old style massive box and no "EA" bar along the bottom. Wonder if it's any different?
Holy shit! Marble drop! I absolutely loved that game! I just wish I still had the disk for it... I never knew it was a Maxis title. That's pretty shibby! Thanks Phreakindee for another great video!
And marble drop! I bought that game and loved it. Probably never beat it though.
yay thanks for doing this
@SumDuDe34 I haven't decided or planned on anything yet, but I might! It was pretty fun to do.
Not rare at all, it's one of the most-common Sim games I see out in the wild. Now the original big box for it, that's rare.
I really loved sim copter!!!
I have every one of them. But this is showing only up to the year 2000 or so.
The last SimCity Will Wright worked on to any real extent was SimCity 2000. SC3k and 4 were both done by different teams at Maxis/EA, and of course Societies was another company altogether. Wright was heading up and working on Spore when SC4 was being developed.
Hehe, true that. Freaking 98.
The game just plain won't start, it gives several errors relating to a missing library and some kind of memory thing. Need to apply fixes for the resolution, color depth, and the executable itself to get past the startup errors. It eventually works, but still has some speed and consistency issues. This is with my last three machines (XP, Vista, 7).
I think I remember seeing the cover for quest for colors when I was 3 and it scared the crap out of me!
Little did Maxis fans expect that dudes making out would become one of the cornerstones of The Sims franchise.
Thanks a lot!!! Sim City 3000 was just wonderful! Like 2000 but better. Superb channel you got
i had to time travel into the past to see how you started to bad it is so hard to do on you tube or my computer doesn't have enough memory im not sure when i scroll back that far youtube page always crashes at about ten years but i love your work and plan on watching all your vids in a year or two i might die trieing but at least ill die happy oh i found your other two channels you dont self promote enough so ya im going to be busy ive been following for ayear or maybe more i had the same hobby once never forget your pashen were ever it leads you good luck and good fun
@Expack3 I still have some of those ads! At least, in digital form. I actually printed several of the screenshots and hung them on my wall, I was so psyched for the 3D SimCity 3000. It looked a lot like the engine used with SimCopter and Streets. Then they completely changed it when EA got there and it was only for the better. I imagine the 3D SimCity would have been a disaster, and not the fun kind like you get in the game!
good videos and excellent collection! Greetings from Argentina :)
@R33Racer I'm actually missing both the UK Edition and World Edition of SimCity 3000! Ha, thanks for reminding me, off to eBay UK I go...
Awesome video's
Could very well be, yeah. Something like 3 or 4 revisions released that I know of, and in different parts of the world. The one I have is the first one, bought within a month of its release. Haven't tried any other discs, will have to keep an eye out for a later one!
@frymahhide1982 They did release more information before it was cancelled, yeah. Check the Wikipedia page on it, it has pretty much everything.
You have one hell of a collection btw.
Yup, it was in part 2.
I loved SimTunes! You didn't mention about Toshio Iwai!!
My jaw dropped when I heard that Marble Drop was rare. I owned that game as a kid and I think I have the original box somewhere, I know I still have the disk. I loved that game as a kid, it was an interesting puzzle game.
I have Simcopter, Streets of simcity, Sim coaster, Simcity 3000, Sim safari just from these years
Wow, that is a huge Maxis collection :D I only got few titles, like sim city 2000, 3000, Sim tower and sim copter... might some other aswell but somewhere in my apartment.
I doubt it, but it's not terribly common. Most of these have little to no value.
Oh yeah, I love it when they're all self-referential when putting things in their games. You still see them in the most recent games in "The Sims" series!
@Expack3 I've talked to people that played it, both beta-testing and some who saw it in the gaming industry. All I've heard is a unanimous "holy crap, it was horrible, what were they thinking?" from all of them. Considering they said this was far worse than Crystal Skull and even Streets in comparison, I'm inclined to think it would have been terrible and it had nothing to do with the 3D engine! Mainly due to the complicated UI & convoluted design it sounds like. Just too much clutter to be fun.
WOOW part 3 :)
I'm probably one of the very few that liked Sim Copter. All the scenarios were so much fun and as a 12 year old kid, flying through cities I created was a pretty big deal.
Remember that SimsVille game that was never released? I remember being excited about that game back in the day and I am still kinda pissed that it never got to see the light of day. If I ever hear about another game company taking on the challenge of making a The Sims and SimCity hybrid, I would be first in line to buy it for sure!
underdogs ... having in on my drive for years :)
I still listen to the SimCity 3000 Soundtrack one of the best game compilations ever if you are into the genre. I noticed no SimCity 4 talk IMO that was the best of all the SimCity games.
@jm764 Good for you. Didn't for me, years ago. Seems to work fine on Windows 7 for me now though.
I never played SC3KU, but I did play "SimCity 3000: Deutschland" which is the German translation of SC3KU. It works a treat on WXP, and later versions of Windows.
But it's in German.
Just one small problem xD
This is super random but I would love to see some gameplay footage of Maxis SimGolf.
Spent a ton of hours playing that game when I was really little and was just thinking of it, and I can’t find any footage anywhere online.
Brings back memories
Oh and LGR these videos inspired me to try and get every maxis big box and put my windows cd rereleases in them. because why the hell not (though I won't get the Sim kids games as those are WAAAY too hard to find, Simhealth because it's too rare, Sims online because it's basically a paperweight now)
Seems like I had a lot of the obscure ones as a kid. Besides obviously the Sim City series, I remember having Sim Park,Sim Safari, Sim Theme Park, Marble Drop, Sim Town Sim Life, and Sim Ant., I mostly played them after Maxis' hey day circa 1999-2002.
@pwayer88 What about it? Microsoft published that one, not Maxis.
Good way to end the video set! This was very interesting and I definetly did learn something. Too bad Maxis is not just a company on its own, with Will Wright running it. Those were good times. Thanks for bringing back memories! Did you play the Sims Online? I paid that 10 dollar subscription for all of those years! I always thought it was an amazing idea though.
LGR, Could you do a review or Let's Play of the original Sim Golf? When I try to search it online, all I can find is Sis Meier's Sim Golf. Also, does the game any music that can be uploaded? I love old Sim Game music.
SimCity 2000. This is possibly my favorite game EVER. It really is perfection: not too difficult, but not so easy that you can breeze through it. And the game throws twists at you, such as disasters and rewards, to keep you on your feet.
By the way, I've never had any trouble with SimCity 3000 Unlimited on XP. I've never actually tried to play it on any other OS.
@deathwhale1 I do not at this point in time.
@phreakindee Great collection and great video! The regular version from 1999 and the Unlimited version from 2001 of SimCity 3000 run perfectly fine on my Windows XP machine (SP3 and all subsequent updates installed). Same goes for SimCity 2000 Special Edition from 1998.
SimPark was my favourite as a kid. I must've accomplished everything the game had to offer and then some.
@senorverde09 I know, right? It really is painful to watch him in the game...
@Sloppyjoemess SimCity 3000 works fine with XP. SimCity 3000 Unlimited will not run without some serious patching.
Fingers crossed that the Glass Box games pan out and you can eventually make a part four
i kinda remember when those Maxis SIM kids games where up on shelves in stores.
i know ive seen SIM Tunes (or something like it, the box kinda flicks on an old memory.) and some of the others before.