I read it originally in the late 1970s when i was reading a lot more sci fi than i do today. The first game in the series simcity was published by maxis in 1989. Simcity 4 Tutorial Part 4 In the tradition of the infamous for good and for bad game beetlejuice gremlins 2 is an arcade game in which you have to go around a building shooting gremlins and collecting all sorts of items.