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SimCity Jr.

SimTown is a 1995 video game published by Maxis, much like the best selling SimCity but on a smaller scale. SimTown allows the player to construct a town consisting of streets, houses, businesses and parks and…

26 July 1996

SimCity Jr. is a simulator developed by Maxis, released 26 July 1996 on Super Famicom.

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What SimCity Jr. is

SimCity Jr. is a simulator game developed by Maxis and released in 1996. It was published by Imagineer. It is available on Super Famicom only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

SimTown is a 1995 video game published by Maxis, much like the best selling SimCity but on a smaller scale. SimTown allows the player to construct a town consisting of streets, houses, businesses and parks and then control the people in it. SimTown was one of the many 'Sim' spin-offs at the time, and was targeted more towards children. The Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System version of SimTown is called SimCity Jr. (シムシティJr.). It was published by Imagineer.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Sim series

SimCity Jr. is the 21st of 64 entries we hold in the Sim series. The next entry was BS SimCity: Machi Tsukuri Taikai in 1996.

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What it launched against

SimCity Jr. launched on 26 July 1996, within three weeks of Tobal No. 1, Nights Into Dreams..., Triple Play 97 and Actua Golf.

Released around the same time: Tobal No. 1, Nights Into Dreams..., Triple Play 97, Actua Golf.

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When did SimCity Jr. come out?
SimCity Jr. was released on 26 July 1996 for Super Famicom.

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