What platforms is SimEarth: The Living Planet on?

SimEarth: The Living Planet was released on PC-9800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Sharp X1, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Sega CD, NEC PC-9801, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari ST/STE, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx CD.

When did SimEarth: The Living Planet release?

SimEarth: The Living Planet was first released on December 31, 1990.

SimEarth: The Living Planet

Dec 31, 1990SimulatorPC-9800 SeriesCommodore C64/128/MAXSharp X1PC (Microsoft Windows)Mac

SimEarth: The Living Planet — frequently asked questions

What platforms is SimEarth: The Living Planet on?: SimEarth: The Living Planet was released on PC-9800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Sharp X1, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Sega CD, NEC PC-9801, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari ST/STE, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx CD.
When did SimEarth: The Living Planet release?: SimEarth: The Living Planet was first released on December 31, 1990.

About SimEarth: The Living Planet

SimEarth is a planet simulator - a model of a planet. It is a game, an educational toy, and an enjoyable tool. With SimEarth you can take over many included planets, or design and create your own. SimEarth treats the planet as a whole: life climate the atmosphere, and the planet itself - from dirt and rock to the molton core - all affect on each other. You will see your planet as a whole - from a satellite's point of view, at two levels of magnification. SimEarth can be played in two modes: game and experimental. In game mode, you will try to develop, manage, and preserve your planet within allotted energy budgets. In experimental mode, you are given enlimited energy to mold your planet. This allows you to set up any stage of development, and then introduce any new factors you want and see what happens. In this mode SimEarth is a "planetary spreadsheet." Your SimEarth planets will be poulates by electronic life-forms called SimEarthlings. Sim Earthlings range from single-celled plants and animals to intellegent species. Intellegent Simearthlings are not limited to Humans - or even Mammals. There can be intellegent Dinosaur SimEarthlings, intellegent Mollusk SimEarthlings, even intellegent Insects SimEarthlings - but only one intellegent life-form at a time. A single planet can be populated by billions of SimEarthling. Their welfare is in your hands.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: PC-9800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Sharp X1, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Sega CD, NEC PC-9801, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari ST/STE, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx CD
Developer: Maxis
Publisher: Maxis
Game modes: Single player
Series: Sim

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

53/100

from 9 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Sega CD	1993	—	—	—	Medium

Also released on: PC-9800 Series · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Sharp X1 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac · DOS · FM Towns · Amiga · NEC PC-9801 · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Atari ST/STE · Sharp X68000 · TurboGrafx CD. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

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Release record

Territory	Date	Product number	MSRP
Japan	12 March 1993	G-6008	¥7,800

Source: Japanese product numbers, dates and prices: Sega Japan's Mega-CD software lists, each number checked against MAME's Mega-CD software list. North American and European numbers: the number printed on the disc as recorded by Redump, shown where MAME's list agrees or has no number

Region: JP
Released: 1993
Authenticity: Med

Modern re-releases of these games are not tracked hereMedium counterfeit risk

Sega CD prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A console edition of the planet-management simulation, released only on a Japanese disc.

SimEarth: The Living Planet is a life simulation in which the player controls the development of a planet. Will Wright designed it, and James Lovelock advised on the science. This Mega-CD version came out only in Japan, on 12 March 1993, developed by Game Arts and published by Sega.

Also on other platforms

Mac · MS-DOS · Windows · FM Towns · NEC PC-9801 · Super NES · Amiga · Atari ST · X68000 · TurboGrafx CD

Before you buy

A Japanese Mega-CD is needed to play it. Ask for photos of the printed side of the disc, the data side and the inner ring, since a burned copy plays on an unmodified console; the label should be printed on the disc itself and the title and catalogue number should match the case.