SIM Tunes: Museum Object and Cultural History
SIM Tunes: date made: 1998. maker: EA Maxis. maker: Electronic Arts.
The object in the museum catalogue
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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1998
- maker: EA Maxis
- maker: Electronic Arts
- Object Name: video game
- Physical Description: plastic (protective sleeve material)
- Physical Description: plastic; metal (cdrom disk material)
- Measurements: cd-rom disk: 4 3/4 in; 12.065 cm
- Measurements: protective sleeve: 5 1/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 13.0048 cm x 15.875 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 2016.3016.38
- nonaccession number: 2016.3016
- catalog number: 2016.3016.38
- Credit Line: Judy Gradwohl
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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