SIM City 2000 Special Edition
date: label: date made
content: 1996
name: label: maker
content: EA Maxis
notes: label: Description
content: This is a retail copy of the 1996 PC computer video game Sim City 2000 Special Edition by Will Wright and Ed Hein, published by Electronic Arts and developed by Maxis. This game is a city simulation game that allows a user to participate in all elements of planning, constructing, and managing a virtual municipal territory. The object includes a CD-ROM containing the software for the game stored within a CD jewel case. The CD-ROM face has an image of an alien spaceship with mechanical claws and features printed signatures of Will Wright and Ed Hein on the lower half of the disk adjacent to the official Maxis logo. Also included is an 18-page installation guide which gives technical requirements and troubleshooting tips for three different operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 3.x and DOS. The minimum specifications for operating the game on Windows 95 is as follows: IBM or 100% compatible 486 or above; Windows 95; 8 MB RAM; Hard drive 16 MB free required for complete installation; Graphics card and monitor capable of displaying 640x480x256 colors (512 video RAM); Double-speed CD-ROM drive; Windows-compatible sound cards supported, MIDI support required for music; Windows compatible printers supported.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United States
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Judy Gradwohl
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.3016.43
label: catalog number
content: 2016.3016.43
label: nonaccession number
content: 2016.3016
objectType: label: Object Name
content: video game
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal; plastic (cdrom disk material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (jewel case material)
label: Measurements
content: cd-rom disk: 4 3/4 in; 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: jewel case: 5 in x 5 9/16 in x 13/32 in; 12.7 cm x 14.097 cm x 1.016 cm
label: Measurements
content: quick start guide: 8 1/2 in x 7 in; 21.59 cm x 17.78 cm