Line #25 VideoGame/SimTower


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3	''[=SimTower=]: The Vertical Empire'' is Maxis' 1994 {{simulation game}} American adaptation of ''Yoot's Tower'', whose gameplay is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The player is put in the role of an owner and chief executive of a massive urban development project in an unnamed city, going through five stages of gameplay, in order to achieve the coveted title of Tower. These stages are:
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5	* ''One Star'': Allows access only to the basic facilities, namely lobbies, offices, condominiums, fast food joints, standard elevators, blank floors, and stairs.
6	* ''Two Stars'': Achieved with 300 people (be they permanent residents, tenants, hotel customers, or visitors), and grants access to single hotel rooms, housekeeping offices, service elevators and security offices.
7	* ''Three Stars'': Achieved with 1,000 people, and grants access to escalators, express elevators, restaurants, retail shops, movie theatres, party halls, parking ramps, parking spaces, medical centers, recycling centers, double hotel rooms and hotel suites.
8	* ''Four Stars'': Achieved with 5,000 people, a favorable VIP rating, 2 or more hotel suites and the satisfaction of recycling, parking and medical needs. Allows access to the Metro Station.
9	* ''Five Stars'': Achieved with 10,000 people and a Metro Station. Allows access to the Cathedral. In order to achieve ''Tower'' status, the Cathedral must be placed on the 100th Floor (the highest floor available) and a wedding held.
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11	''[=SimTower=]'' was originally developed by Japanese programmer Yoot Saito as simply ''Tower'', independent of Maxis. Saito eventually developed a sequel, ''Yoot Tower'', which was released stateside by Creator/{{Sega}}.
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13	Confusingly, ''Tower'' was re-released for [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] devices, but since Creator/ElectronicArts owns the "Sim" name, it was named ''Yoot Tower'', which was the name of ''The Tower II''. It was also ported to {{UsefulNotes/Android\|Games}} with the name ''Droid Towers''. [=SimTower=] was not released for DOS and is only playable on Windows 3.1.
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16	!!This video game provides examples of:
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18	* ActuallyFourMooks: Inverted; some people sprites display a mother and child, but they're still counted the same as other tenants in population and satisfaction calculations.
19	* AfricanTerrorists: The terrorist in the image for the terrorist bomb threat event is a CoolShades-wearing black trenchcoated fellow who looks like he could've wandered in from Nigeria.
20	%% * AnEntrepreneurIsYou
21	* AlternativeCalendar: A week is three days, two weekdays and one weekend. A week is also what the game defines as a quarter, and there are four of them in a year, making for a 12-day year.
22	* {{Arcology}}: The end goal of the game is to turn your tower into a completely self-sustaining vertical city containing living areas, business offices, shopping malls, food production, hospitals, a chapel and everything else needed for its inhabitants to be able to lead their lives entirely within it without ever needing to leave.
23	* BMovie: The two types of film available for screening at the theatre seem to fit either in EpicMovie or BMovie categories, judging by their parodic titles.
24	* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: A rare non-RPG example. The highest ranking requires a tower to reach to the maximum amount of stories, though it is fully possible to do so in a thin vertical line.
25	* ShoutOut: One of the films available for screening at the theatre is ''Film/SamuraiCop''.
26	* UniversalChaplain: The game rewards players who earn a 5-star rating with the ability to build a "Nondenominational" cathedral at the very top of your tower.
27	* WorkInfoTitle: The "Sim" in the title lets you know it's a SimulationGame.

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