SimLife

SimLife: The Genetic Playground
Cover art featuring different hybrid creatures
DeveloperMaxis
PublisherMaxis
ProducerJim Siefert
DesignerKen Karakotsios
ProgrammersDaniel Goldman
Rodney Lai
ArtistsJenny Martin
Bonnie Borucki
ComposerRussell Lieblich
SeriesSim
PlatformsMac OS, MS-DOS, Windows, Amiga
Release1992
1993 (Amiga)
GenreLife simulation
ModeSingle-player

SimLife: The Genetic Playground is a video game produced by Maxis in 1992. The concept of the game is to simulate an ecosystem; players may modify the genetics of the plants and animals that inhabit the virtual world. The point of this game is to experiment and create a self-sustaining ecosystem. SimLife was re-released in 1993 as part of the SimClassics Volume 1 compilation, alongside SimCity Classic and SimAnt for PC, Mac and Amiga.