SimCity, later renamed SimCity Classic, is a city-building simulation video game, released on February 2, 1989, and designed by Will Wright for the Macintosh computer. SimCity was Maxis's second product, which has been ported into various personal computers and game consoles, and spawned a series, consisting of several sequels including SimCity 2000 in 1993, SimCity 3000 in 1999, SimCity 4 in 2003, SimCity DS, SimCity Societies in 2007, and SimCity in 2013.
Until the release of The Sims in 2000, the SimCity series was the best-selling line of PC games made by Maxis.