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SIM Tunes

Object Details

Description
This is a retail copy of the 1998 PC computer game SIM Tunes, developed by Toshio Iwai and published by Maxis Inc. A plastic protective sleeve holds the CD-ROM disk with the gamef. The face of the CD-ROM disk has several caricatures printed with purple shading including a piano with eyes, a horn with eyes, a paintbrush and a musical note. The top of the disk displays the official logo of the game while the bottom of the disk reads: "Maxis Kids". Copyright information is printed along the lower edge of the disk.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
maker
EA Maxis
Electronic Arts
date made
1998
Credit Line
Judy Gradwohl
Physical Description
plastic (protective sleeve material)
plastic; metal (cdrom disk material)
Measurements
cd-rom disk: 4 3/4 in; 12.065 cm
protective sleeve: 5 1/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 13.0048 cm x 15.875 cm
Object Name
video game
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