SimFarm, SimTown, Streets of SimCity, SimCopter, SimAnt, SimLife, SimIsle, SimTower, SimPark, SimSafari, and The Sims, which spawned its own series, as well as the unreleased SimsVille and SimMars. They also obtained licenses for some titles developed in Japan, such as SimTower and Let's Take The A-Train (released as A-Train outside Japan). Spore, released in 2008, was originally going to be titled "SimEverything"a name that Will Wright thought might accurately describe what he was trying to achieve. SimCity inspired a new genre of video games. "Software toys" that were open-ended with no set objective were developed trying to duplicate SimCity's success. The most successful was Wright's own The Sims, which went on to be the best selling computer game of all time. The ideas pioneered in SimCity have been incorporated into real-world applications as well, as urban developers have recognized that the game's design was "gamification" of city planning by integrating numerous real-world systems for a city or region interacted to project growth or change. For example, VisitorVille simulates a city based on website statistics. Several real-world city improvement projects started with models inspired by SimCity prior to implementation, particularly with the onset of more connected smart cities. The series also spawned a SimCity collectible card game, produced by Mayfair Games. Rick Swan reviewed SimCity: The Card Game for Dragon magazine No. 221 (September 1995). Swan says that "While the card game doesn't scale the heights of the computer game, it comes close." Dr. Wright from the SNES version has made appearances in several video games. He is a non-player character in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, and an assist trophy in the Super Smash Bros. series. See also Government simulation Municipal government, the basis for SimCity Urban planning Regional planning List of open source games References External links Official website for the Super Famicom version 1989 video games Acorn Archimedes games Amiga games Amstrad CPC games Android (operating system) games Atari ST games BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games Browser games Business simulation games Cancelled Nintendo Entertainment System games City-building games Commercial video games with freely available source code Commodore 64 games Commodore CDTV games DOS games DOS games ported to Windows FM Towns games Freeware games God games IOS games IRIX games Linux games Classic Mac OS games Palm OS games Mobile games NEC PC-9801 games Nintendo games Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development games Origins Award winners X68000