• Third person view
• Similar to the PC game
• Fewer ways for Sims to die
• Unlike the PC version, Sims don't age or have babies
• Available for Mac, PC, Playstation 2, Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube, Nintendo DS, Gameboy Advance, and PSP

• Remake of 1987 version
• Single player with multiple player options
• Take over ships and plunder the Caribbean
• Pit opposing governments against each other
• Different talents available for main character
• Available for PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP, Mac

• Create a character new to town
• Multiplayer options available
• Remake of a Japanese game
• Operates in real-time
• Available for Nintendo 64, Nintendo Gamecube, Nintendo iQue

• Play as a farmer with crops and livestock
• Characters grow old
• Crops are dependent on seasons
• Design Hybrid crops
• Meet and marry bachelorettes
• Available for Playstation 2, Nintendo Gamecube

• Gain access to different districts and build reputation
• Get better apartments
• Music by the Black Eyed Peas 
• Receive tasks
• Available for Nintendo DS, and Gameboy Advance

• Based on the films
• Good Guys VS Bad Guys
• Attack the opposition as a collective force
• War simulation game
• Available for Nintendo DS and PSP

• Pay off housing debt
• Played in real-time
• Observes holidays
• All of the characters live in the same house
• The objective of the game is to collect housing furniture, add on to the house, and pay off loans.
• Available for Nintendo DS

• Be a Tamagotchi and run a business
• Get paid in 'gotchi'
• Work up to twelve stores
• Make shops better and get higher ratings
• The higher the ratings the better
• The goal is to get all shops to the highest rating
• Available for Nintendo DS

• Build empires from small cities
• Be declared world leader
• Expansion packs available
• Starts at year 4000 BC ends at 2050 AD
• Trade with nations and create civilisations
• Available for Mac and PC

• Build cities
• Three views: God mode, Mayor mode, MySim mode
• 3D graphics
• Expansion pack available
• Night and day views
• Available for Mac and PC

• Strategy/planning game
• Political and war strategies employed
• Control the military
• Decide national relations
• Control trade, economics and politics
• Available for PC

• Play as Hugh Hefner and build the magazine
• Interact with other characters
• Start with a small magazine and work your way up
• Shoot covers and print the magazine
• Throw parties at the mansion
• Available for PC, Xbox and PlayStation 2

• Originally released in 1989
• Spawned SimCity 2000 ,SimCity 3000 , and The Sims 
• Design and maintain cities
• Available for most systems

• Originally released in 1991
• Begins in 4000 BC
• Build an empire
• Micromanage your empire
• Available for Mac, PC, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari, Super NES

• Originally released in 1990
• Build a planet
• Micromanage weather and evolution
• Build civilization
• Planet lasts 10 billion game years
• Available for most systems

• Originally released in 1995
• Science kit game
• Solve puzzles
• Tinker with inventions
• Available for Windows 95

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