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From: moyer@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Eric Moyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: SimEarth & the IIsi..
Summary: It works!
Keywords: IIsi, earth, simearth, spam!
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Date: 14 Nov 90 20:04:04 GMT
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Reply-To: moyer@vax1.udel.edu (Eric Moyer)
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  I gots it an it works great on the si. I experienced three crashes that I
could not account for, but the problem seems to have gone away. In general,
it runs quite well and quite fast. B.T.W., are there any other IIsi'ers out
there who waste their computing power on games, like me??

 A word on SimEarth : If you don't own it yet, you're not worth talking to!
           GO GET IT!!!! You'll LOVE it. disclaimer:(probably) 

 Something wierd:
      I had to study for an exam last night so I figured I'd start a world
   from scratch and let it evolve of its own accord. I changed NONE of the
   controls until WELL into the civilization phase, when I boosed medical
   & philosophical interests in the civ. model. What's wierd is that SOMEHERE
   along the line, insects went wild and evolved like crazy. The insects became
   sentient and by the time I first noticed anything (I was studying, remember)
   going on, they had acheived the information age (In something like year
   200 of civilization!) and populated the planet with cities to the tune of
   about 3000 - 4000 MILLION inhabitants. The really wierd thing is, there are
   NO INSECT LIFE FORMS on the planet other than the ones in the cities and
   there are NO CITIES BELOW THE INFORMATION AGE LEVEL. The cities litter the
   landscape covering probably 5-10% of all the ground, yet there is NO
   INSECT LIFE shown on the "life forms" chart. 
      My guess - the game may have flubbed and converted an entire species 
   group into info. age. insect cities.
      I pumped up the science in year 350 and had complete exodus by year 400.
   interesting, eh? If people want to see the world I can post it. Haven't 
   looked at the file size on one of those babies yet, so I've got no
   clue how big they are.



KUDOS TO MAXIS ALL AROUND - One hell of a good, uh, gamish simulation thingy!


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