Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

SimCity
     
         {Maxis Software}'s simulation game which lets you
        design and build your own city, which must be administered
        well if it is to thrive.  Land must be zoned, transportation
        systems built, and police and fire protection provided.  Once
        you've zoned some land, and provided electrical power, the
        simulation takes over, and simcitizens move in.  If you
        perform your mayoral duties poorly, however, they will move
        out again.  If you don't provide enough police, crime will
        rise and sims will vote with their feet.  Try to save money on
        fire protection, and your city may burn to the ground.  There
        is no predefined way to win the game, building the largest
        city you can is just one possible strategy.
     
        SimCity runs on {Archimedes}, {Amiga}, {Atari ST}, {IBM PC}
        and {Macintosh}.  There was also a {NeWS} version for {Sun}
        {SPARC} {workstations} running {OpenWindows}.
     
        {SimCity 2000} is an upgrade of SimCity.
     
        (1995-06-11)