Editing SimLife (section)

{{Short description|1992 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = SimLife: The Genetic Playground
|image = SimLifeCover.jpg
|caption = Cover art featuring different hybrid creatures
|developer = [[Maxis]]
|publisher = Maxis
|producer = Jim Siefert
|designer = Ken Karakotsios
|programmer = Daniel Goldman<br>Rodney Lai
|artist = Jenny Martin<br>Bonnie Borucki
|composer = [[Russell Lieblich]]
|engine = 
|series = ''[[List of Sim video games|Sim]]''
|released = 1992<br>1993 (Amiga)
|genre = [[Life simulation game|Life simulation]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Macintosh]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Windows 3.1x|Windows 3.x]], [[Amiga]]
}}
'''''SimLife: The Genetic Playground''''' is a [[video game]] produced by [[Maxis]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/simlife |title=SimLife: The Genetic Playground At MobyGames |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717175416/http://www.mobygames.com/game/simlife |archivedate=2014-07-17 }}</ref> The concept of the game is to simulate an [[ecosystem]]; players may modify the [[genetics]] of the plants and animals that inhabit the [[virtual world]]. The point of this game is to experiment and create a self-sustaining ecosystem. ''SimLife'' was re-released in 1993 as part of the ''SimClassics Volume 1'' compilation, alongside ''[[SimCity (1989 video game)|SimCity Classic]]'' and ''[[SimAnt]]'' for PC, Mac and Amiga.<ref>{{cite magazine|title = SimClassics Volume 1 Compilation Advertisement|date = August 1994|url = https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-70/page/n115|magazine = The One|publisher = emap Images|issue = 70|page = 116}}</ref>