Episode 751: SimCity Spinoffs (Patreon)

After the massive hit known as SimCity was released into the wild, an audience hungry for more demanded to know what Maxis would do next. Creator Will Wright initially backed away from making a sequel to this cash cow, and instead focused his company's efforts on applying the simulation concept to other contexts. And while people didn't find these offshoots quite as immediate or entertaining as the game that made Maxis, this collection of oddball pre-SimCity 2000 experiments remain both fascinating and underdiscussed. On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob Mackey and Chaim Gingold as the two explore the sophomore slump era of a legendary game company trying to figure out its future.