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Maxis' SimMars

Started by Prozak Jan 10, 2004 at 9:44 PM 16 replies 1.1k views

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Jan 10, 2004 at 9:44 PM

Here''s a link. I heard it got canceled, is that true? ...bummer...

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mink_trapper

Jan 10, 2004 at 9:49 PM

wow, that does look cool. I hope that it actually isnt canceled. Why is that link to some spanish site?

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Prozak

Jan 10, 2004 at 10:06 PM

Yep, it does look cool...

I heard some rumours that it had been canceled, and that spanish site was the first one i found that talked about it...

It very dificult from a game design perspective to make this sort of game work...

Sim Mars was going to be the first Maxis game with a tech tree... so you can see how far out of their territory they where stretching...

I hope someone picks up the left pieces and conjures up something working...

Zahlman

Jan 10, 2004 at 10:45 PM

::begin conspiracy theorist mode::

They''re cancelling it under pressure from the US Government, of course. Anything that might possibly make Mars colonization look challenging or risky would reflect badly on Bush''s new space initiative...

Andrew Russell

Jan 11, 2004 at 1:41 AM

Didn''t someone only post about doing a space-probe or mars-lander or whatever game, like a few days ago?

Prozak

Jan 11, 2004 at 6:55 AM

That was me... guilty as charged...

I didnt want to post it on the other thread, so i started this new one... :|

Andrew Russell

Jan 11, 2004 at 7:02 AM

Ahh, ok.

So did the Maxis thing give you the idea? or did you discover SimMars later?

Maxis will be really pissed off when your space probe game takes off and makes millions

superpig

Jan 11, 2004 at 8:45 AM

I came across a game called ''Mars Colony'' about two years ago which did this. It was a little shareware app...

vNistelrooy

Jan 11, 2004 at 10:02 AM

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Publisher
Electronic Arts
Developer
Maxis
Genre
Strategy
Origin
U.S.
Accelerated
Yes
Release
Cancelled
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Prozak

Jan 11, 2004 at 12:24 PM

ehhe Andrew...

No, I knew of Maxis'' SimMars a few months ago, but the probe idea was something i already had germinating for a long time now.

My Probe game concept and Maxis'' colonization game are quite dissimilar.

The last game i played that had this "true science" feel was probably Outpost...

Ravuya

Jan 11, 2004 at 12:48 PM

simMars would have been cool.

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UBC_Wiskatos

Jan 11, 2004 at 2:34 PM

Welcome to 4 years ago! That's about how long ago it was cancelled... August 2000, if I remember correctly.

[edited by - UBC_Wiskatos on January 11, 2004 3:39:20 PM]

Prozak

Jan 11, 2004 at 5:32 PM

wow... time does fly i guess...

having a city bulding game, like Pharao, but in the moon/mars, would be awsome, you''d never know what buildings or great projects to expect next....

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Jan 11, 2004 at 6:00 PM

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Original post by superpig
I came across a game called 'Mars Colony' about two years ago which did this. It was a little shareware app...


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