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SimGolf
''SimGolf'' is a video game created by Maxis in 1996. The game allows players to design their own golf courses and play them. Gameplay The player can design their own golf course, being able to lower and raising the terrain, and can add trees, traps, lakes and other natural hazards. Players can play on the golf course they have designed or play the two existing courses designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. The mouseswing interface lets the player use their mouse to hit the ball, and leaves the driving, chipping and putting to the player. (The traditional "power bar" option is also available.) Critical reception The game received a score of 2 out of 5 stars from ''Computer Games Strategy Plus''. See also *List of golf video games *List of Maxis games References External links *Demo versionat Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sim Video Games
This is a list of ''Sim'' games, their expansion packs, and compilations. Most games were game development, developed by Maxis and video game publisher, published either by Maxis (pre-1997 in video gaming, 1997 Mergers and acquisitions, acquisition by Electronic Arts) or by Electronic Arts (post-1997). EA has marketed and recruited companies such as Bullfrog Productions, Firaxis Games, and Tilted Mill Entertainment to develop several games under the ''Sim'' brand. ''SimCity'' series * ''SimCity (1989 video game), SimCity'' (1989) * ''SimCity 2000'' * ''SimCity 64'' * ''SimCity 3000'' * ''SimCity 4'' ** ''SimCity 4: Rush Hour'' * ''SimCity DS'' * ''SimCity Societies'' ** ''SimCity Societies: Destinations'' * ''SimCity DS 2 (SimCity Creator)'' * ''SimCity Creator'' * ''SimCity Social'' * ''SimCity (2013 video game), SimCity'' (2013) ** ''SimCity (2013 video game)#Cities of Tomorrow, SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow'' * ''SimCity: BuildIt, SimCity: Buildit'' Compilation packs * ''SimCi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Golf Video Games ...
, This is a list of golf-simulation video games ordered by release year. Franchises * '' Actua Golf'' * ''Everybody's Golf'' (''Hot Shots Golf'') * '' Famicom Golf'' (''Golf'') * '' Jack Nicklaus'' * '' Links'' * ''Mario Golf'' * ''PGA Tour'' (''Tiger Woods PGA Tour'') * '' Wii'' (golf minigames) Games See also *Sports game References External linksList of Golf video gamesauvlist.net {{DEFAULTSORT:List of golf video games * Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golf Video Games ...
, This is a list of golf-simulation video games ordered by release year. Franchises * '' Actua Golf'' * ''Everybody's Golf'' (''Hot Shots Golf'') * '' Famicom Golf'' (''Golf'') * ''Jack Nicklaus'' * '' Links'' * ''Mario Golf'' * ''PGA Tour'' (''Tiger Woods PGA Tour'') * ''Wii'' (golf minigames) Games See also *Sports game References External linksList of Golf video gamesauvlist.net {{DEFAULTSORT:List of golf video games * Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Maxis Games
This is a list of games created by Maxis. Maxis is an American video game developer that was founded in 1987 and became a division of Electronic Arts (EA) in 1997. Maxis' second software title was the seminal ''SimCity (1989 video game), SimCity'', a city simulation and planning Video game, game. Maxis is the creator of the best-selling PC game of all time, ''The Sims (video game), The Sims'', and its sequel, ''The Sims 2''. These three titles and their related products are the brand's most popular and successful lines. Most of the Maxis titles are simulation-based, though none are considered traditional simulations. Maxis founder Will Wright likens them as "digital dollhouses". Maxis has also released games developed by other production houses, such as ''A-Train'' and ''SimTower''. Games See also *Electronic Arts *List of Sim video games External linksOfficial Maxis website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Martin (composer)
Jerry Martin is an American composer, best known for his work composing music (particularly jazz) for television commercials, and being the lead composer for several games in ''The Sims'' franchise, including '' SimCity 3000'', ''The Sims'', ''The Sims Bustin' Out'', ''The Sims 2'' and ''SimCity 4''. Early life and education Martin began taking music lessons at the age of 10 and played guitar and keyboards in various ensembles through his high school and college education. Martin received his Bachelor of Arts degree in music composition from California State University, Hayward and a Master of Fine Arts from the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College. Career In 1985, he founded his original music composition and production company called "Musicontrol". From 1985 to 1995, Martin composed and produced music for various projects such as video soundtracks to national TV and radio commercials, working with over 90 individual film, video and ad agency producers on over 200 di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxis
Maxis is an American video game developer and a Division (business), division of Electronic Arts (EA). The studio was founded in 1987 by Will Wright (game designer), Will Wright and Jeff Braun, and acquired by Electronic Arts, EA in 1997. Maxis is best known for its simulation games, including ''The Sims'', ''Spore (2008 video game), Spore'' and ''SimCity''. In the late 2010s, Maxis suffered from a series of studio closures and layoffs. This included the shutdown of Maxis Emeryville in 2015, EA Salt Lake in 2017, and a wave of layoffs at Redwood Shores in 2018. With the remainder of Maxis reorganised under EA Mobile, and EA opening new studios under the label from 2019, some commentators have suggested that only the brand name from the original studio survives. History Independent studio (1987-1997) Maxis was founded in 1987 by Will Wright (game designer), Will Wright and Jeff Braun to help publish ''SimCity (1989 video game), SimCity'' on home computers. Before then, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Games Scored By Jerry Martin
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) systems which, in turn, were replaced by flat panel displays of several types. Video systems vary in display resolution, aspect ratio, refresh rate, color capabilities and other qualities. Analog and digital variants exist and can be carried on a variety of media, including radio broadcast, magnetic tape, optical discs, computer files, and network streaming. History Analog video Video technology was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) television systems, but several new technologies for video display devices have since been invented. Video was originally exclusively a live technology. Charles Ginsburg led an Ampex research team developing one of the first practical video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Games Developed In The United States
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) systems which, in turn, were replaced by flat panel displays of several types. Video systems vary in display resolution, aspect ratio, refresh rate, color capabilities and other qualities. Analog and digital variants exist and can be carried on a variety of media, including radio broadcast, magnetic tape, optical discs, computer files, and network streaming. History Analog video Video technology was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) television systems, but several new technologies for video display devices have since been invented. Video was originally exclusively a live technology. Charles Ginsburg led an Ampex research team developing one of the first pract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxis Sim Games
Maxis is an American video game developer and a division of Electronic Arts (EA). The studio was founded in 1987 by Will Wright and Jeff Braun, and acquired by EA in 1997. Maxis is best known for its simulation games, including ''The Sims'', ''Spore'' and ''SimCity''. In the late 2010s, Maxis suffered from a series of studio closures and layoffs. This included the shutdown of Maxis Emeryville in 2015, EA Salt Lake in 2017, and a wave of layoffs at Redwood Shores in 2018. With the remainder of Maxis reorganised under EA Mobile, and EA opening new studios under the label from 2019, some commentators have suggested that only the brand name from the original studio survives. History Independent studio (1987-1997) Maxis was founded in 1987 by Will Wright and Jeff Braun to help publish ''SimCity'' on home computers. Before then, the game was only available on a limited basis on the Commodore 64 due to few publishers showing any interest in porting a non-traditional game wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Video Games
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people 1996 Mount Everest disaster, die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly (sheep), Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur massacre (Australia), Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Gun laws of Australia, Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was Aircraft hijacking, hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and millions of books. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating a free and open Internet. , the Internet Archive holds over 35 million books and texts, 8.5 million movies, videos and TV shows, 894 thousand software programs, 14 million audio files, 4.4 million images, 2.4 million TV clips, 241 thousand concerts, and over 734 billion web pages in the Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computer Games Strategy Plus
''Computer Games Magazine'' was a monthly computer and console gaming print magazine, founded in October 1988 as the United Kingdom publication ''Games International''. During its history, it was known variously as ''Strategy Plus'' (October 1990, Issue 1) and ''Computer Games Strategy Plus'', but changed its name to ''Computer Games Magazine'' after its purchase by theGlobe.com. By April 2007, it held the record for the second-longest-running print magazine dedicated exclusively to computer games, behind '' Computer Gaming World''. In 1998 and 2000, it was the United States' third-largest magazine in this field. History The magazine's original editor-in-chief, Brian Walker, sold ''Strategy Plus'' to the United States retail chain Chips & Bits in 1991. Based in Vermont and owned by Tina and Yale Brozen, Chips & Bits retitled ''Strategy Plus'' to ''Computer Games Strategy Plus'' after the purchase. Its circulation rose to around 130,000 monthly copies by the mid-1990s. By 1998, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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