Hugh I was just summorizing what I had read. Here's the actual clip from the story:
"Not surprisingly, game publishers had a hard time buying into the concept. As Wright remembers, publishers such as Broderbund "just kept asking me how I was going to make it into a game." However Wright resisted the pressure to change his creation and as a result, SimCity didn't have a publisher for the PC or Mac. Wright would go on to release a Commodore version in 1987, but the main gaming platforms were out of his reach, at least until he met self-dubbed "idea guy" Jeff Braun at a pizza party in 1987. Braun was so taken by Wright's innovative SimCity design that the two decided to immediately start their own company to help publish the game on home computers. They'd call it Maxis." http://www.gamespot.com/features/maxis/page2.html There's a good chance that this is just such a rare find that basically nobody has or remembers it. Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 2:29 AM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Maxis Collectors? > Thanks Brad, but I'm pretty sure you're incorrect about Sim City. I have 3 > versions of it including the C-64, and they all say 1989. This also jives > with my memory. I also researched it heavily when it won the GOTCHA award > for 1989. I had heard reports of '87 as well, but could never substantiate > anything other than 1989. Does anybody else have any physical evidence to > the contrary? Unfortunately, all of my Computer Gaming Worlds are in > storage, or I would check that way as another source (but I believe I > already did). > > Otherwise, Skychase was 1988 and therefore before Sim City. > > Hugh > > -----Original Message----- > From: CcomputerGameCollector [mailto:contact@;computergamecollector.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 9:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Maxis Collectors? > > > > It's a split-screen, two player combat flight > > simulator from 1988. Not what you think of when you mention Maxis, but > it's > > a GREAT game. Anybody know an earlier Maxis game? > > I just read up on the history of Maxis, and SimCity was actually released > for the commodore in 1987, and was the first game Will Wright (co-founder of > Maxis) got published. However, that was before Maxis. Jeff Braun & he > formed Maxis shortly after, and co-published with Broderbund for a short > time, which is apparently the timeframe that Skychase was published, though > there is little mention of it around the net. Contradicting release years > (88 and 90) around the internet lead me to believe it was re-released in > some way shape or form as well. > > Brad > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hugh Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 11:40 PM > Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Maxis Collectors? > > > > I don't collect Maxis specifically, but have a lot of there stuff just > > because it's so good. The first Maxis game I have (and the first that I > > know of) is Skychase. It's a split-screen, two player combat flight > > simulator from 1988. Not what you think of when you mention Maxis, but > it's > > a GREAT game. Anybody know an earlier Maxis game? > > > > Hugh > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lee K. Seitz [mailto:lkseitz@;mail.hiwaay.net] > > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 2:53 PM > > To: Software Collecting > > Subject: [SWCollect] Maxis Collectors? > > > > > > I saw a copy of RoboSport in a thrift store today. Got home to see > > how much it goes for on eBay and couldn't find a single copy, either > > active or completed. This leads me to ask, are there people (here or > > elsewhere) that collect Maxis games? I know there are collectors of > > Infocom and other IF companies, EA (primarily flats), Sierra, and > > probably Origin collectors. > > > > Although Maxis is a relative newcomer compared to some of those, I > > figure there must be some Maxis collectors somewhere. I don't recall > > anyone here every mentioning it, though. So, anybody want to fess up? > > 8) > > > > -- > > Lee K. 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