Sim Farm

aka: Sim Farm: Der Geniale SimCity Ableger, Sim Farm: El Pariente Rural de SimCity, Sim Farm: SimCity's Country Cousin

Released

1993 on DOS

Credits

57 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

Developers

Leaping Lizard Software, Inc.

Moby Score

7.0

#12,243 of 163K

Critics

73% (9)

Players

(66)

Ranking

#91 on Windows 3.x
#1,179 on DOS

Collected By

87 players

Genre: Simulation
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Gameplay: Managerial / business simulation

DOS Specs [ all ]

ESRB Rating: Kids to Adults

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: 3.5" Floppy Disk, 5.25" Floppy Disk, CD-ROM
Input Devices Supported: Keyboard, Mouse

Buy on DOS

Amazon
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Buy on Windows

Amazon
$8.20 used at eBay

(prices updated 9/27 5:53 PM )

Description official description

Take control and manage a virtual farm for a local town. Game-play includes planting and maintaining crops, of which there are 24 different varieties to choose from, each with their own requirements. The buying and selling of livestock, and land, whilst competing for space with the town. Additional simulation includes changing weather systems and realistic seasons, each affecting the running of your farm.

Spellings

SimFarm - Alternate spelling
シムファーム - Japanese spelling

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Credits (DOS version)

57 People (36 developers, 21 thanks) · View all

Concept	Eric Albers
Producer	Michael Perry
Design	Eric Albers
Computer Art Director	Jenny Martin
Programming	Eric Albers
Computer Art	Bonnie Borucki Donna Steiner Buttlaire Maureen Gilhooly Susan Greene Sharon Perry Mary Schewe Sharon Stambaugh
Sound	Eric Albers Michael Perry
Additional Design	Michael Perry
Sound Programming	Brian Conrad John Miles
Music	Sue Kasper
Technical Director	Brian Conrad
Installer Programming	Andrei Snegov
Data Research	Kathleen Robinson
Something Somewhere Somewhen	Mitzi S. McGilvray
Manual Written By	Tom Bentley
Real Farms Section by	Steve Perrin
Manual Editing	Michael Bremer
[ full credits ]

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 73% (based on 9 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 66 ratings with 2 reviews)

I love watching paint dry.

The Good
Not a lot to tell the truth. I could probably have more fun with a big gun, 2 pencils and a balloon.

I guess it was original in the setting of a farm, but Maxis have exhausted just about every possibility for a sim game there is.

It was good though to watch out for your horses and then try and catch them as they all run around.

The Bad
Most of it I think. I couldn't for the life of me get anything to grow, and when I did have horses, they always escaped. No, don't take my uselessness as bitterness towards the game, I am indeed a big fan of the Maxis sim games, but this one was just the pits. :(

The Bottom Line
I wouldn't bother describing it to you, I'd instead recommend that you grab a copy of the original Sim City, or Sim City 2000. Sim Earth is even a great improvement on this one.

DOS · by Michelle (176) · 2002

The Original and Best!

The Good
This game has always and will always be the best farming simulation. Granted it's a very slow game, but farming is a slow process. The advanced (for it's time) features of crop cycling and reseeding were flawless, and added a complexity to the game that I really enjoyed. Many say this game is boring, but those are people that are stuck on Halo or the newest add-on to the Sims.

The Bad
Not much I can say that I didn't like. Music was kind of poor even for it's time. Other than that I love it and always will.

The Bottom Line
A time consuming game of farming fun, a blend of rural life with SimCity.

DOS · by Stephen Krueger (1) · 2005