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SIM Town

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    Object Details

    maker

    Electronic Arts
    EA Maxis

    Description

    This is a retail copy of the PC computer game SIM Town by developer MAXIS, published by Electronic Arts. The object include an opaque green plastic protective sleeve with a "MEMOREX" inscription imprinted on the plastic and a CD-ROM data disk. The face/front of the CD-ROM has the logo of the video game title at the top, the logo for the "Maxis Kids" sub-brand of titles by developer MAXIS is on the lower half, and the very bottom edge containing copyright information. The text/logo overlap a drawn image of a neighborhood with a "nightmarish clown bus" parked on the street.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Judy Gradwohl

    date made

    1999

    ID Number

    2016.3016.36

    nonaccession number

    2016.3016

    catalog number

    2016.3016.36

    Object Name

    video game

    Physical Description

    plastic (plastic sleeve material)
    plastic; metal (cd-rom material)

    Measurements

    cd-rom: 4 3/4 in; 12.065 cm
    plastic sleeve: 5 3/16 in x 4 13/16 in; 13.208 cm x 12.192 cm

    place made

    United States

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    Medicine and Science: Computers

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-5305-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1816600
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