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''Utopia'', released on Intellivision in 1982 , is often regarded as the first Sim Game and God Game . It was designed and programmed by Don Daglow . A Mattel Aquarius home computer version of ''Utopia'' was also released. ''Utopia'' also remains available today for various computer and video game systems as part of a variety of Intellivision "greatest hits" packages, and the game has also been licensed for play on Mobile Phone s. GAMEPLAY ''Utopia'' was a two-player game only. When starting the game, the players would choose how long each turn would last (60 seconds being the default), and how many turns the game would last (15 turns being the default). Each player ruled his own island and would use the controller disc to move a rectangular Cursor around the screen. Both players would spend gold bars to construct different buildings on their islands, build Fishing Boat s or PT Boat s, or to fund rebel activity on the enemy island. As each island's population grew, the ruler was responsible for feeding the populace and keeping them happy, or risk rebel activity, which would decrease the player's score and sometimes destroy buildings. Income came when randomly generated rain clouds (and sometimes Hurricane s) passed over a player's farms, when a fishing boat was positioned over a school of fish, and at the end of each turn, based on the player's factory output and fishing boats. The winner was the player with the most points at the end of the game. Most turns consisted of constructing a building at the beginning of the turn, then continuously maneuvering the player's fishing boat over a moving school of fish in order to maintain fishing income, with occasional interruptions to construct new buildings whenever the player was able to afford them. Alternatively, the player in the lead might spend considerable time maneuvering a PT boat to try and sink the losing player's fishing boat in order to keep his income down. The computer generated and determined the course of rain clouds, tropical storms, hurricanes, schools of fish, and pirate ships. BUILDABLE UNITS
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