Editing SimEarth (section)

{{Short description|1990 video non-game game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = SimEarth: The Living Planet
| image = Simearth-box.jpg
| caption = Original cover art
| developer = [[Maxis]]{{efn|Ported to FM Towns, PC-98 and X68000 by [[Imagineer (Japanese company)|Imagineer]]. Ported to SNES by Tomcat System. Ported to Mega-CD by [[Game Arts]].}}
| publisher = Maxis <br /> [[Fujisankei Communications International|FCI]] (SNES) <br /> [[Sega]] (Mega CD) <br /> [[Hudson Soft]] (Super CD-ROM²)
| designer = [[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]]<br />[[Fred Haslam (game designer)|Fred Haslam]]
| series = ''[[List of Sim video games|Sim]]''
| released = '''Mac, DOS, Windows'''<br />1990<br />'''FM Towns, PC-98, SNES'''<br />1991<br />'''Amiga, X68000'''<br />1992<br />'''TurboGrafx CD, Mega-CD'''<br />1993<br />'''Virtual Console'''<br />{{vgrelease|JP|May 12, 2009|NA|June 22, 2009|PAL|June 26, 2009}}
| genre = [[Life simulation game|Life simulation]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| platforms = [[Macintosh]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[FM Towns]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Neo_Kobe_Fujitsu_FM_Towns_2016-02-25|title=FM Towns ROM Archive}} SimEarth FM Towns ROM.</ref> [[NEC PC-9801]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[X68000]], [[TurboGrafx CD]], [[Sega CD]], [[Virtual Console]]
}}

'''''SimEarth: The Living Planet''''' is a [[life simulation game]], the second designed by [[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]], published in 1990 by [[Maxis]]. In ''SimEarth'', the player controls the development of a [[planet]]. English scientist [[James Lovelock]] served as an advisor and his [[Gaia hypothesis]] of planet evolution was incorporated into the game. Versions were made for the [[Macintosh]], [[Atari ST]], [[Amiga]], [[IBM PC]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Sega CD]], and [[TurboGrafx-16]]. It was re-released for the [[Virtual Console#Wii|Wii Virtual Console]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Cut Straight to the Fun with Paper, Planets, Puzzles, Mind Games and Mini Golf |url=https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/tonNXIgS2z-13WJa7RyyEp1SIxJecL0m |publisher=Nintendo of America |date=2009-06-22 |access-date=2009-06-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624192721/http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/tonNXIgS2z-13WJa7RyyEp1SIxJecL0m |archive-date=2009-06-24 }}</ref> In 1996, several of Maxis' simulation games were re-released under the ''Maxis Collector Series'' with greater compatibility with [[Windows 95]] and differing box art, including the addition of ''Classics'' beneath the title. SimEarth was re-released in 1997 under the ''Classics'' label.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/simearthusa|title=SimEarth 1997 USA Re-Release ISO Archive|year=1997}}</ref>