<s>
SimTown	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1995	B-Application
video	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Maxis	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
best-selling	O
SimCity	B-Application
but	O
on	O
a	O
smaller	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SimTown	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
construct	O
a	O
town	O
consisting	O
of	O
streets	O
,	O
houses	O
,	O
businesses	O
and	O
parks	O
and	O
then	O
control	O
the	O
people	O
in	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SimTown	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
many	O
'	O
Sim	O
 '	O
spin-offs	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
targeted	O
more	O
towards	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
1995	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
version	O
of	O
SimTown	B-Application
is	O
titled	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Imagineer	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
structure	O
of	O
SimTown	B-Application
is	O
similar	O
to	O
SimCity	B-Application
,	O
but	O
on	O
a	O
generally	O
smaller	O
and	O
simplified	O
scale	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
are	O
instead	O
tasked	O
with	O
crafting	O
a	O
small	O
town	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
objective	O
of	O
SimTown	B-Application
is	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
town	O
's	O
citizens	O
happy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
may	O
be	O
compared	O
with	O
the	O
annual	O
or	O
monthly	O
budgets	O
seen	O
in	O
SimCity	B-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
signs	O
of	O
actual	O
currency	O
used	O
in	O
SimTown	B-Application
aside	O
from	O
the	O
credits	O
allocated	O
for	O
the	O
external	O
resources	O
;	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
monetary	O
cost	O
associated	O
with	O
landscaping	O
or	O
the	O
construction	O
of	O
buildings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
SimCity	B-Application
,	O
SimTown	B-Application
places	O
an	O
emphasis	O
on	O
ensuring	O
that	O
a	O
balance	O
between	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
residents	O
and	O
jobs	O
is	O
adequately	O
regulated	O
and	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SimTown	B-Application
allows	O
a	O
player	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
town	O
's	O
condition	O
with	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
craft	O
and	O
name	O
a	O
resident	O
,	O
who	O
will	O
provide	O
basic	O
feedback	O
and	O
daily	O
activities	O
through	O
diary	O
entries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SimTown	B-Application
also	O
awards	O
players	O
with	O
trophies	O
and	O
prize	O
ribbons	O
by	O
meeting	O
certain	O
objectives	O
and	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacUser	O
gave	O
Sim	B-Application
Town	I-Application
a	O
score	O
of	O
3.5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
named	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
1995	B-Application
's	O
top	O
50	O
CD-ROMs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
1	O
star	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
A	O
good	O
title	O
for	O
parents	O
whose	O
kids	O
spend	O
too	O
much	O
time	O
on	O
the	O
computer.	O
"	O
</s>
