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AuthorTopic: Sim Isle
Joseph Stalin
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 written Monday, July 24 2006 15:37 Profile Homepage #0
Is Sim Isle abandonware or is it still sold by Maxis? The main site doesn't even reveal the game exists and for the first time wikipedia has failed us on this topic.

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demonslay3r
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 written Monday, July 24 2006 16:39 Profile Homepage #1
I'll sell it to you.

For Mac.

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Joseph Stalin
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 written Monday, July 24 2006 17:11 Profile Homepage #2
I don't use mac.I'm stuck with an indestructible five year old hp.

[ Monday, July 24, 2006 17:12: Message edited by: Shuan Wuan ]

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Tyranicus
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 written Monday, July 24 2006 17:57 Profile Homepage #3
quote:
Originally written by d3m0n5L4y3r:

I'll sell it to you.

For Mac.
How much?

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Ash Lael
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 written Monday, July 24 2006 18:45 Profile Homepage #4
Sim Isle?

Is it as fun as Sim City?

(I expect exactly nobody to get this joke)

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demonslay3r
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 written Monday, July 24 2006 19:44 Profile Homepage #5
quote:
Originally written by Tyran:

quote:
Originally written by d3m0n5L4y3r:

I'll sell it to you.

For Mac.
How much?
Lemme find it and I'll get back to you.

It'll be cheap. Dirt cheap.

[ Monday, July 24, 2006 19:45: Message edited by: d3m0n5L4y3r ]

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The Immortal
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 written Monday, July 24 2006 20:18 Profile Homepage #6
Ash, if you're trying to make a "Sim Isle/Smile" pun-joke, it's so hamhanded that nobody's going to both get it AND laugh.

Anyway. If any of you want Sim Isle, just IM me. I think the game is crap, but I have it. (Although first, you might want to check Underdogs.)

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 written Monday, July 24 2006 20:52 Profile Homepage #7
I'm not sure what Wikipedia you used, but I had no problem. I also owned Sim Isle (or SimIsle, apparently) at one point, but it's long lost in the detritus of time.

—Alorael, who definitely does not consider Sim( )Isle as fun as Sim City. It's not even as much fun as really, really bad puns.
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Ash Lael
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 written Monday, July 24 2006 21:34 Profile Homepage #8
quote:
Originally written by --and yet so far.:

It's not even as much fun as really, really bad puns.
To be fair, nothing is as much fun as really, really bad puns.

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Thuryl
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 written Monday, July 24 2006 21:39 Profile Homepage #9
quote:
Originally written by Rufus Rothgard:

Ash, if you're trying to make a "Sim Isle/Smile" pun-joke, it's so hamhanded that nobody's going to both get it AND laugh.
A SimIsle/simile joke, actually. Pity they're not actually pronounced the same. :P

[ Monday, July 24, 2006 21:40: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Tyranicus
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 written Monday, July 24 2006 21:48 Profile Homepage #10
Yep, it's on Underdogs alright. The Windows version can be found here.

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Dikiyoba
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 written Monday, July 24 2006 22:04 Profile Homepage #11
Wow. I understand SimIsle better from its Wikipedia article than from the game manual.

I think I still own it, but the likelyhood of me ever playing it again is slim, since I'd probably find SimAnt or the Streets of SimCity first and play one of those instead.

After all, Dikiyoba finds running for Dikiyoba's little ant life from a huge spider and narrowly avoiding collisons with trains a lot more fun than pushing buttons randomly and hoping that something good comes from it.
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Joseph Stalin
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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 04:34 Profile Homepage #12
Tyran, thats SimEarth.Is SimCity3000 worth getting ,or should I get SimCity4?

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ReMeMbEr
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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 04:54 Profile Homepage #13
quote:
Originally written by Shuan Wuan:

Tyran, thats SimEarth.Is SimCity3000 worth getting ,or should I get SimCity4?
You want SimCity 3000? I can sell you. For free. For Mac.

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Ephesos
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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 06:40 Profile Homepage #14
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

quote:
Originally written by Rufus Rothgard:

Ash, if you're trying to make a "Sim Isle/Smile" pun-joke, it's so hamhanded that nobody's going to both get it AND laugh.
A SimIsle/simile joke, actually. Pity they're not actually pronounced the same. :P
Ouch... Ouch. OUCH!!!

And SimIsle wasn't that bad. Not great, but not bad. SimEarth is still rather entertaining, like any game where sentient trichords are possible.

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Kryten
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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 07:11 Profile Homepage #15
quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

After all, Dikiyoba finds running for Dikiyoba's little ant life from a huge spider and narrowly avoiding collisons with trains a lot more fun than pushing buttons randomly and hoping that something good comes from it.
I don't remember trains in SimAnt…

Ever played as the spider? Or better still, the laser spider.

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Andraste
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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 11:15 Profile Homepage #16
The funny thing is that I was loking up all these games on Gamespot yesterday.
I never really liked SimIsle, but I do like SimEarth, SimAnt, SimCity and SimTower. I'll have to see if SimEarth works on my PC.

:Edit: Diki, I think you are thinking about hte lawnmower in SimAnt.
How many people have run into the electrical outlets? That's my favorite danger in the house.

[ Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:17: Message edited by: Andraste ]

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Tyranicus
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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 11:18 Profile Homepage #17
quote:
Originally written by Shuan Wuan:

Tyran, that's SimEarth.
Oops. Wrong link. That's twice in as many days that I've posted an incorrect link. :rolleyes:

Any, this is the correct link.

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Lt. Sullust
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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 11:25 Profile #18
That site seems to be outdated when it comes to information on Spiderweb...

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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 13:47 Profile Homepage #19
My experience with SimEarth left me with a burning question: what is a trichord? It looked like a three-armed sea star if I remember correctly. That's the tri, and I suppose possibly each one has a (noto)chord, but what are they based on?

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Dikiyoba
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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 17:42 Profile Homepage #20
Originally by Andraste:

quote:
:Edit: Diki, I think you are thinking about hte lawnmower in SimAnt.
How many people have run into the electrical outlets? That's my favorite danger in the house.
Dikiyoba said SimAnt and Streets of SimCity, didn't Dikiyoba? Dikiyoba meant for the spider and the trains to be separate.
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Igor
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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 20:20 Profile Homepage #21
I always liked Tropico better than Sim Isle.

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Ephesos
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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 21:07 Profile Homepage #22
quote:
Originally written by Tricentennial:

My experience with SimEarth left me with a burning question: what is a trichord? It looked like a three-armed sea star if I remember correctly. That's the tri, and I suppose possibly each one has a (noto)chord, but what are they based on?
Trilaterally symmetrical organisms, I believe. Their actual (past) existence is debatable.

What's even more interesting is the robots... they just get boring quickly. And I never could get carniferns to last very long... :(

Hm... I want to play this.

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E=MC Hammered
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 written Tuesday, July 25 2006 23:34 Profile Homepage #23
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

quote:
Originally written by Rufus Rothgard:

Ash, if you're trying to make a "Sim Isle/Smile" pun-joke, it's so hamhanded that nobody's going to both get it AND laugh.
A SimIsle/simile joke, actually. Pity they're not actually pronounced the same. :P
Could there possible be a SimIsle/Senile joke to be made?

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 written Wednesday, July 26 2006 11:58 Profile #24
*Waits for Spore.*

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