Editing SimEarth (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = ''[[The One (magazine)|The One]]''
| rev1Score = 95% (DOS)<ref name=theone />
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2Score = A− (SNES)
}}
''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' called ''SimEarth'' "absolutely fascinating". The reviewer wished that the game had more ''SimCity''-like visual feedback, but stated that it was superior to the predecessor because of larger scope and greater replayability.<ref name="wilson199101">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1991&pub=2&id=78 |title=The Ten-Billion-Year Afternoon |magazine=Computer Gaming World |access-date=17 November 2013 |author=Wilson, Johnny L. |pages=11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203073529/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1991&pub=2&id=78 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |date=January 1991 |issue=78}}</ref> It won the 1991 [[Software Publishers Association]] Excellence in Software Awards for Best Secondary Education Program and Best Simulation Program.<ref name="cgw199106">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1991&pub=2&id=83 |title=Celebrating Software |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=June 1991 |access-date=17 November 2013 |pages=64 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004050/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1991&pub=2&id=83 |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref>

''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the game an A− and wrote that "While it's never too early to teach kids to respect the biosphere, the same may not be true of introducing them to complicated simulations such as ''Simearth: The Living Planet'' (''FCI, for Super NES''), which has more variables (temperature, precipitation, etc.) than a polynomial equation. There's something to be said for this, though: A task as simple as 'growing a daisy'—one option offered here—requires knowing far more than which button to push to cream the bad guy."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Strauss |first1=Bob |title=SimEarth: The Living Planet |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/04/02/simearth-living-planet/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time Inc |date=April 2, 1993}}</ref>

''[[The One (magazine)|The One]]'' gave the MS-DOS version of ''SimEarth'' an overall score of 95%, and expressed that the game is fun 'regardless of whether you know what you're doing or not', and said that experimenting with the simulation is "hours of fun". ''The One'' praised ''SimEarth's'' substantial gameplay, expressing that the game has "near-infinite variations with which to experiment." ''The One'' noted the game as having "tremendous educational possibilities", but simultaneously being fun and engaging.<ref name=theone>{{cite magazine|title =Gods Wanted: Apply Within! |date =December 1990 |url =https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-27/page/n151/mode/2up |magazine =The One |publisher =emap Images |last =Scotford |first =Laurence |issue =27 |pages =153–156 }}</ref>