<s>
SimEarth	B-Application
is	O
a	O
life	O
simulation	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
second	O
designed	O
by	O
Will	O
Wright	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
SimEarth	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
made	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
and	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
several	O
of	O
Maxis	O
 '	O
simulation	O
games	O
were	O
re-released	O
under	O
the	O
Maxis	O
Collector	O
Series	O
with	O
greater	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
differing	O
box	O
art	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
Classics	O
beneath	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SimEarth	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
1997	O
under	O
the	O
Classics	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
SimEarth	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
vary	O
a	O
planet	O
's	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
temperature	O
,	O
landmasses	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
then	O
place	O
various	O
forms	O
of	O
life	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
and	O
watch	O
them	O
evolve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
“	O
Random	O
Planet	O
”	O
game	O
setting	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
toy	I-Application
,	O
without	O
any	O
required	O
goals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
list	O
of	O
disasters	O
ranges	O
from	O
natural	O
occurrences	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
hurricanes	B-Application
and	O
wild	O
fires	O
,	O
to	O
population-dependent	O
disasters	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
plagues	O
and	O
pollution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Increased	O
volcanic	O
eruptions	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
increase	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
dust	O
in	O
the	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
lowering	O
global	O
temperature	O
;	O
earthquakes	O
in	O
a	O
body	O
of	O
water	O
may	O
produce	O
tsunamis	B-Application
;	O
and	O
the	O
shortage	O
of	O
nuclear	O
fuel	O
for	O
a	O
nuclear	O
power-dependent	O
civilization	O
may	O
potentially	O
trigger	O
nuclear	O
war	O
and	O
nuclear	O
winter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
comet	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
single-celled	O
lifeform	O
taxa	O
,	O
Prokaryotes	O
and	O
Eukaryotes	O
(	O
or	O
Bacteria	O
and	O
Amoebas	B-Operating_System
,	O
in-game	O
respectively	O
)	O
are	O
treated	O
specially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
examples	O
of	O
animal	O
taxa	O
include	O
Radiates	B-Application
and	O
Cetaceans	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
more	O
well	O
known	O
taxa	O
such	O
as	O
fish	O
and	O
birds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
We	O
[	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
developers ]	O
felt	O
sorry	O
for	O
them	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
giving	O
them	O
a	O
chance	O
for	O
survival	O
in	O
SimEarth.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
an	O
organism	O
on	O
the	O
SimEarth	B-Application
planet	O
becomes	O
sentient	O
and	O
develops	O
civilization	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
gradually	O
go	O
through	O
different	O
stages	O
of	O
development	O
with	O
each	O
successive	O
stage	O
being	O
more	O
technologically	O
advanced	O
than	O
the	O
last	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Will	O
Wright	O
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
James	O
Lovelock	O
by	O
Stewart	O
Brand	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
editor	O
of	O
CoEvolution	O
Quarterly	O
who	O
lived	O
near	O
Wright	O
,	O
upon	O
hearing	O
about	O
SimEarth	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lovelock	O
advised	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
behind	O
SimEarth	B-Application
,	O
and	O
particularly	O
assisted	O
with	O
geophysical	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lovelock	O
stated	O
in	O
regards	O
to	O
the	O
Gaia	O
model	O
that	O
"	O
Attempts	O
to	O
model	O
the	O
Earth	O
through	O
simple	O
sciences	O
such	O
as	O
biology	O
or	O
biochemistry	O
fail	O
because	O
the	O
models	O
are	O
oversensitive	O
to	O
initial	B-Algorithm
conditions	I-Algorithm
and	O
prone	O
to	O
chaotic	O
disturbance.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Lovelock	O
expressed	O
that	O
SimEarth	B-Application
's	O
simulation	O
has	O
'	O
a	O
degree	O
of	O
realism	O
 '	O
despite	O
it	O
being	O
"	O
little	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
expressed	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
n't	O
seen	O
or	O
been	O
involved	O
in	O
any	O
computer	O
simulations	O
of	O
nature	O
on	O
the	O
scale	O
of	O
SimEarth	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
many	O
professional	O
climate	B-Application
models	I-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
did	O
n't	O
take	O
clouds	O
,	O
the	O
ocean	O
,	O
or	O
biology	O
into	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
called	O
SimEarth	B-Application
"	O
absolutely	O
fascinating	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entertainment	O
Weekly	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
A	O
-	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
While	O
it	O
's	O
never	O
too	O
early	O
to	O
teach	O
kids	O
to	O
respect	O
the	O
biosphere	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
true	O
of	O
introducing	O
them	O
to	O
complicated	O
simulations	O
such	O
as	O
Simearth	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Living	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
(	O
FCI	O
,	O
for	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
)	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
more	O
variables	O
(	O
temperature	O
,	O
precipitation	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
gave	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
SimEarth	B-Application
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
95%	O
,	O
and	O
expressed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
fun	O
'	O
regardless	O
of	O
whether	O
you	O
know	O
what	O
you	O
're	O
doing	O
or	O
not	O
 '	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
experimenting	O
with	O
the	O
simulation	O
is	O
"	O
hours	O
of	O
fun	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
praised	O
SimEarth	B-Application
's	O
substantial	O
gameplay	O
,	O
expressing	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
"	O
near-infinite	O
variations	O
with	O
which	O
to	O
experiment.	O
"	O
</s>
