Simulation Games Essay, Research Paper

Simulation games

Simulation Games- To take the appearance or form of; to pretend;

To make a model of different types of games.

Simulation games have come a long way since they first began a long time ago. Graphics and sound have gotten much better, complexity of the game engine and multiplayer capabilities have also made great leaps. People still wonder if it has actually gotten better or had just changed. Now, 3-D cards and huge program files have become the standard to run the simpler Sims. Since simulation games try to accurately represent or mimic real life situations technology will continue to make them better until we no longer separate fiction from reality.

When simulation games first came out they were not that big amongst kids. Though they would try and sneak off into a computer lab and try to play as much as they could. When flight simulation games came out kids were amazed at the fact that they could fly around the sky and have it feel like that they are actually in the plane. The game that really turned games around for the future was Sim City. To build an entire city was a new revolution for what games could be.

Today the market of simulation games continues to spread really rapidly. Developers of games seem to come up with new ideas daily. Sim City has advanced the whole gaming market. There have been more islands, towers, colonies, and life built. There has been Sim City 3000 and now they are working on Sim City 4000, which should be released by the year 2000. Other games such as helicopter games have also come along way and are rising rapidly. Gunship launched a lot of helicopter games including its latest version Apache Havoc. This gives the option to fly either American or Russian Choppers. Soon Gunship 3 will come out and Apache Havoc will be just another old game.

What we see in the future is very amazing, technology is going to continue to grow and everything is going to become much faster. Now we have games on the internet that have thousands of people playing at the same time, and the only thing that is holding these things back is the slow modems. Sim City 5000 is predicted to be a virtual world where individuals set up there own domains and have their cities running 24/71. Citizens of this world will communicate and relocate between those cities. Mayors will actually compete to bring in a higher population.

Gunship 6 will be a part of community games, along with Falcon 7, Fleet Command 4, and MI Abrams 5. Virtual wars will occur between all of these and players will take position on the battlefield in their vehicle of choice.

Simulation Games have came along way but it is still only the beginning. Once a new game comes out it is only for a while that we can really enjoy it before another one comes out that is better and more powerful.

When most people think of “computer games” they think of fantasy stories and kids games. What they don’t really see is that the people that make up these games are really on top of current technology in an effort to make the best simulation game possible. People today are willing to pay anything for computer games, so companies are trying to make the best games possible for sale. Game companies are at the bottom line of the sales industry so in order to make it rise they are trying to make games that mimic real life situation. Industries are just starting to recognize that simulation games are not just for kids anymore.

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