<s>
Business	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
economic	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
games	I-Application
or	O
tycoon	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
are	O
games	O
that	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
economic	O
processes	O
,	O
usually	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pure	O
business	O
simulations	O
have	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
construction	B-Application
and	I-Application
management	I-Application
simulations	I-Application
without	O
a	O
construction	O
element	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
thus	O
be	O
called	O
management	B-Application
simulations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
important	O
facet	O
of	O
economic	B-Application
simulations	I-Application
is	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
artificial	O
systems	O
,	O
gameplay	O
and	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Theme	B-Application
Park	I-Application
can	O
be	O
called	O
a	O
business	O
simulation	O
because	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
attract	O
customers	O
and	O
make	O
profits	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
also	O
involves	O
a	O
building	O
aspect	O
that	O
makes	O
it	O
a	O
construction	B-Application
and	I-Application
management	I-Application
simulation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
genre	O
also	O
includes	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
tycoon	O
"	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Railroad	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
and	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trevor	O
Chan	O
is	O
a	O
notable	O
developer	O
of	O
business	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
having	O
developed	O
the	O
1995	O
game	O
Capitalism	B-Application
which	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
best	O
business	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
game	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
was	O
released	O
entitled	O
Capitalism	B-Application
II	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expanded	O
version	O
of	O
Capitalism	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
called	O
Capitalism	B-Application
Lab	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
updated	O
regularly	O
with	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Economic	B-Application
simulations	I-Application
have	O
even	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
experiments	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
done	O
by	O
Donald	O
Broadbent	O
on	O
learning	O
and	O
cognition	O
that	O
revealed	O
how	O
people	O
often	O
have	O
an	O
aptitude	O
for	O
mastering	O
systems	O
without	O
necessarily	O
comprehending	O
the	O
underlying	O
principles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Sumerian	I-Application
Game	I-Application
(	O
1964	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
text-based	O
early	B-Application
mainframe	I-Application
game	I-Application
designed	O
by	O
Mabel	O
Addis	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
ancient	O
Sumerian	O
city-state	O
of	O
Lagash	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
economic	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
economic	O
sim	O
by	O
Danielle	O
Bunten	O
Berry	O
,	O
M.U.L.E.	B-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
1983	B-Application
,	O
foreshadowed	O
events	O
that	O
would	O
transpire	O
later	O
in	O
video	O
gaming	O
history	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
the	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
game	I-Application
market	O
,	O
with	O
regard	O
to	O
player	O
cooperation	O
and	O
simulated	O
economies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Epyx	O
released	O
the	O
business	O
sim	O
Oil	B-Device
Barons	I-Device
.	O
</s>
