Simulation Games

Simulation games are fun and if the simulation games are well designed, you can learn a lot about a real world situation or business from simulation games. Simulation games have been around for a long time, but simulation games have really come into their own in the age of computers. Back before computers, people could play simulation games, but they were somewhat limited due to the fact that they were board games. The next generation of simulation games was the fantasy cards that simulation games that really caught the imagination of a large section of the youth population. Then when computers and video game terminals became widely available, simulation games really took off.

One of the first simulation games, although at a very basic level was the board game, monopoly. this simulation games allowed you to experience what it was like to be a real estate tycoon, if only for a few hours. This simulation game has been hugely popular since its introduction in the late 1930's and it is still going strong today. This imulation game was followed by others that were based on other businesses and life, in general. These simulation games had their following, but their potential was always limited due to the lack of robust database which was possible only with computers and the lack of real visual stimulation which was also possible only with computer based simulation games.

The fantasy card simulation games where magicians and wizards battled monsters and such were very popular for a while, but really only stayed popular with a hard core group due to the limitation of cards and dice and imagination alone. Simulation games really blossomed with the advent of the personal computer. Now software writers could design simulation games that could closely simulate real world situations and businesses. These simulation games were pretty basic stuff at first, but with exponential growth of computer power, speed and memory capacity, these simulation games have become quite realistic and very fascinating.

You can learn to run a city, a hotel, an amusement park and many other businesses and communities through the use of these very detailed and complex simulation games. You can experience being a pirate, a roman general or an explorer with computer simulation games. And if these simulation games weren't enough, along comes the internet and now you can go online and access some really powerful computers, running some very robust software and play some extremely realistic and real time simulation games.

You can breed and show dogs and compete against others doing the same thing, for example. Simulation games have sure come a long way from the early simulation games to the new internet based simulation games.

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