SIM Ant: Museum Object and Cultural History
SIM Ant: date made: 1999. maker: EA Maxis. maker: Electronic Arts.
The object in the museum catalogue
This is a retail copy of the 1995 PC computer game SIM Ant, developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. A protective paper sleeve has a clear plastic window to allow one to see the disk. The face of the disk features a yellow print image of a large ant and a spider on a background of an image of digital ant colony as featured in the game. At the top of the disk is the official logo for Sim Ant with the subtitle "The Electronic Ant Colony". The bottom edge of the disk details copyright information, while the top edge has a copyright warning inscription. The lower half of the disk has the official Maxis logo (subtitled as "An Electronic Arts Company") and, to its right, the official ESRB rating logo of "E" for everyone.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1999
- maker: EA Maxis
- maker: Electronic Arts
- Object Name: video game
- Physical Description: paper; plastic (disk sleeve material)
- Physical Description: plastic; metal (cdrom disk material)
- Measurements: cd-rom disk: 4 3/4 in; 12.065 cm
- Measurements: disk sleeve: 5 3/32 in x 4 29/32 in; 12.954 cm x 12.446 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 2016.3016.39
- nonaccession number: 2016.3016
- catalog number: 2016.3016.39
- Credit Line: Judy Gradwohl
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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