Reticulating Splines.
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Timestamps:
Intro: 00:00:00
Raid On Bungeling Bay: 00:02:51
SimCity: 00:05:59
SimCity 2000: 00:17:36
Digital Rights Management: 00:21:09
SimCity 3000: 00:23:10
SimCity 4: 00:29:08
SimCity Societies: 00:41:28
SimCity 2013: 00:43:47
Cities: Skylines: 00:52:45
The Ending And Credits: 01:00:39

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Game Links:
SimCity Series:
SimCity (1989) - Maxis
SimCity (1991) – Maxis / Nintendo
SimCity 2000 (1995) - Maxis: https://www.gog.com/game/simcity_2000...
SimCity 3000 (1989) - Maxis: https://www.gog.com/en/game/simcity_3000
SimCity 4 (2003) - Maxis: https://www.gog.com/en/game/simcity_4...
SimCity Societies (2007) - Tilted Mill Entertainment: https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/stor...
SimCity 2013 (2013) - Maxis: https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/stor...

Cities: Skylines (2015) - Colossal Order Ltd.: https://store.steampowered.com/app/25...

Other Games By Maxis/EA:
The Sims (2000) - Maxis
The Sims 2 (2004) - Maxis
The Sims 3 (2009) - Electronic Arts: https://store.steampowered.com/app/47...
The Sims 4 (2014) - Electronic Arts: https://store.steampowered.com/app/12...
Raid On Bungeling Bay (1989) - Maxis
SimEarth (1990) - Maxis
SimAnt (1991) - Maxis
SimTower (1994) - OpenBook Co., Ltd.
Spore (2008) - Maxis: https://www.gog.com/game/spore_collec...
Populous (1989) - Bullfrog Productions: https://www.gog.com/game/populous

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Other Games Featured: (in order of appearance)
Minecraft (2011) - Mojang Studios: https://www.minecraft.net/
Final Fantasy VI (1994) - Square
Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio (1988 MS-DOS) - Keypunch Software
Yellow River Kingdom (1981) - British Broadcasting Corporation
Utopia (1989) - Mattel Electronics
Cities XL Platinum (2013) - Focus Entertainment: https://store.steampowered.com/app/23...
Europa Universalis IV (2013) - Paradox Interactive: https://store.steampowered.com/app/23...
Tropico (2001) - PopTop Software: https://www.gog.com/game/tropico_relo...
Celeste (2018) - Extremely OK Games, Ltd.: https://store.steampowered.com/app/50...
RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999) - MicroProse: https://www.gog.com/en/game/rollercoa...

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Videos Used: (in order of appearance)
Classic Game Postmortem - Raid On Bungeling Bay - GDC (Oct 10 2018):    • Classic Game Postmortem - Raid On Bun...  

Let’s Play SimCity w/Infinite Money #1 - The Founding of a Great City - ShadowMarioXLI (Dec 14 2009):    • Let's Play SimCity w/ Infinite Money ...  
SIMCITY 3000 - MAGNASANTI - 6 MILLION - ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM.flv - tasrhgs02 (Jul 25 2010)

SimCity 4 UDI - haljackey (May 16 2008):    • SimCity 4 UDI  
SimCity 4 Tutorial: How to use the Rural Highway Mod (RHW) - asteconn (Sept 12 2009):    • SimCity 4 Tutorial: How to use the Ru...  

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Additional Reading:
Raid On Bungeling Bay:
NEXT Generation Issue #11 (Nov 1995; Pg 54): https://archive.org/details/nextgen-i...

Magnasanti:
Vice Interview: https://www.vice.com/en/article/4w4kg...

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“Simulations (Part 1): SimCity” is produced by absoluteproblem as part of the "absoluteproblem Long Form Essays" series.