<s>
Text	B-Application
sims	I-Application
are	O
computer	O
or	O
video	O
games	O
that	O
focus	O
on	O
using	O
a	O
text	O
based	O
element	O
to	O
simulate	O
some	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Text	B-Application
sims	I-Application
typically	O
focus	O
on	O
creating	O
as	O
detailed	O
a	O
simulation	O
of	O
their	O
object	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
,	O
other	O
traditional	O
game	O
elements	O
are	O
often	O
set	O
aside	O
in	O
pursuit	O
of	O
creating	O
an	O
accurate	O
simulation	O
experience	O
for	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Numerous	O
examples	O
of	O
soundless	O
and	O
graphic-light	O
text	B-Application
sims	I-Application
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
best	O
selling	O
text	B-Application
sim	I-Application
of	O
all	O
time	O
is	O
the	O
Championship	O
Manager/Football	O
Manager	O
series	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Sports	O
Interactive	O
games	O
,	O
sold	O
in	O
America	O
as	O
Worldwide	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
soccer	B-Application
text	O
simulation	O
is	O
an	O
advanced	O
version	O
of	O
a	O
text	B-Application
sim	I-Application
with	O
a	O
2D	O
graphical	O
sim	O
engine	O
for	O
soccer	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
genres	O
of	O
text	B-Application
sims	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
popular	O
may	O
be	O
the	O
sports	O
text	B-Application
sim	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
above-mentioned	O
Football	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
,	O
there	O
are	O
several	O
text-based	O
sim	O
games	O
in	O
baseball	B-Application
,	O
football	B-Application
,	O
basketball	B-Application
,	O
hockey	B-Application
,	O
even	O
wrestling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
flagship	O
products	O
of	O
the	O
sports	O
text	B-Application
sim	I-Application
is	O
Front	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Football	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
renowned	O
for	O
creating	O
a	O
very	O
accurate	O
experience	O
as	O
a	O
general	O
manager	O
of	O
a	O
professional	O
football	B-Application
team	O
while	O
also	O
retaining	O
a	O
heavy	O
statistical	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Out	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Park	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
is	O
another	O
example	O
of	O
such	O
a	O
sports	O
sim	O
with	O
a	O
true-to-life	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
genre	O
of	O
text	B-Application
sims	I-Application
is	O
the	O
tycoon	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
early	O
entrants	O
in	O
the	O
tycoon	O
genre	O
were	O
graphically	O
based	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Railroad	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
and	O
later	O
Roller	B-Application
Coaster	I-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
,	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
tycoon	O
clones	O
arose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
recent	O
budget	O
tycoon	O
games	O
have	O
more	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
text	B-Application
sims	I-Application
than	O
the	O
original	O
games	O
,	O
often	O
retaining	O
graphics	O
merely	O
as	O
an	O
interface	O
to	O
appeal	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
these	O
games	O
include	O
Coffee	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
,	O
where	O
a	O
player	O
runs	O
a	O
coffee	O
shop	O
franchise	O
;	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Mogul	I-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
creates	O
and	O
runs	O
a	O
movie	O
studio	O
;	O
and	O
Starship	O
Tycoon	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
manages	O
a	O
merchant	O
spaceship	O
plying	O
the	O
trade	O
routes	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
text	B-Application
sims	I-Application
was	O
a	O
simplistic	O
economics-based	O
game	O
,	O
called	O
Lemonade	B-Application
Stand	I-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
child	O
managing	O
his	O
lemonade	B-Application
stand	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
text	B-Application
sim	I-Application
genre	O
is	O
the	O
political	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Political	O
enterprises	O
such	O
as	O
elections	O
lend	O
themselves	O
well	O
to	O
the	O
statistics-oriented	O
text	B-Application
sim	I-Application
gaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
text	B-Application
sims	I-Application
often	O
focus	O
on	O
elections	O
,	O
although	O
a	O
few	O
chose	O
instead	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yet	O
another	O
text	B-Application
sim	I-Application
genre	O
is	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
text	B-Application
sims	I-Application
try	O
to	O
manage	O
a	O
real	O
world	O
situation	O
of	O
some	O
sort	O
in	O
a	O
text	O
based	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
recent	O
example	O
of	O
this	O
genre	O
is	O
Kudos	B-Application
,	O
where	O
a	O
player	O
simulates	O
the	O
life	O
of	O
a	O
young	O
person	O
in	O
their	O
early	O
twenties	O
trying	O
to	O
decide	O
what	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
