LGR - Maxis Collection and History (Part 1 of 3) 1984-1993

A collection video. Showing every Maxis game released in America! From Raid on Bungeling Bay to The Sims, this covers it all and it's all from my personal collection. Boxes, overviews, history, trivia, random Maxis love. Part one of three.

Thanks to alanw3000 for the intro!

[LGR]

Thank you, glad you're enjoying. New LGR review videos come every weekend, so stay tuned!

[ibain]

RoboSport was a phenomenal game when it came out, especially for two players. One player set up his robots while the other left the room, then the other would set up his robots and start the round. It is one of the few nostalgia games that I think about replaying again, even after all these years.
It was on Macintosh at one point, as that's how I played it.

[GKing]

This has to be one of the best Sim-related videos in whole YouTube!

Also, if you didn't know, Maxis stands for "Six AM". Will Wright said it in an interview ^^.

[LGR]

This was all from a collection perspective, so I really just wanted to show the boxes and such. I hope to do a more involved video someday showing the actual gameplay.

[LGR]

@miniv7 It came from "The Need For Speed SE" game for MS-DOS/Windows 95. There was a driver named "Phreak". The "-indee" just evolved from that over the years.

[LGR]

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what I said in the video, yeah. Not as easy to find.

[Bannanawaffles]

"It can be a boring game, but at the same time its very cool when you figure it out."
You... Just described the entirety of the "sim" games.

[LGR]

I never said they don't exist anymore, I said they're dead as far as I'm concerned. I went on to explain that since they're headed by an entirely different team and Will Wright is no longer with them, they're essentially not the same company at all anymore to me. Yes, they're still around and yes there is a new SimCity coming out, but with very, very little reminiscent of the Maxis I grew up with.

[LGR]

@TheStylistGuru It's pretty straightforward once you figure out how data is written to magnetic media. A cassette tape is really just a long string of microscopic magnets. Computer data is binary (0's and 1's) so that's a perfect match for magnets (North and South). Orienting those into a pattern will store data, and that data can be read by a computer as files and programs. So long as you don't get another magnet or something to screw with that magnetic orientation, tapes will hold data!

[LGR]

@rockmusicmanic Will do, I'll try and have them up sometime over the weekend!

[hanksgarage_]

I love the Sim Series, they where the first games I really got into, sim city 2000 to be exact started it all with me. I always loved making my own cities and micromanaging everything. Thankyou for posting this Clint!

[CapnKetchup]

Interesting factoid on SimFarm... the graphics data files were readily accessible after installation. Fans would post "other" crops on BBS's, including marijuana crops.

[martyJJ]

this is gonna be 23 minutes of awesome

[LGR]

@joenook I actually did a full review on Streets of SimCity a while back, so you can see that for my thoughts on that one. SimCopter I hope to review in the next month or so! And of course, I'll be going over them in part three...

[TheWonkster]

Help! I've fallen into a wormhole of Clint's old videos! The audio feedback has me trapped!

[SysLocal]

Never in my life have I heard of games being on cassettes. How does that even work? Awesome collection man, gotta love Maxis' stuff.

[ChozoSR]

SimFarm was my first foray into Maxis titles. I love that game.

[LGR]

@RJTamm93 Thank you! It was created for me by alanw3000, I thought it was friggin' awesome and simply had to put it to use.

[RyanFaeScotland]

Holy crap. I just discovered your videos yesterday and am watching them at work which mean I have to pause every now and then to go take care of something. I got to 0:18 of this one then had to pause but I gotta say, that is a beautiful shot and I can't wait to get on and listen to the rest! Damn job getting in the way of my internettingz.

[LGR]

@superthe1st Hehe, thank you kindly. Glad to be found, I was tired of being lost!