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<h2 id="real-world-applications">Real-world applications</h2> <p>Because <a href="/facts/Business_simulation/mjDHDAJw">business simulations</a> simulate real-world systems, they are often used in management, marketing, <a href="/facts/Simulations_and_games_in_economics_education/slu4clLD">economics</a> and hospitality education.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> Some benefits of business simulations are that they permit students to experience and test themselves in situations before encountering them in real life,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> they permit students to experiment and test hypotheses,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> and that subjects seem more real to them than when taught passively from the blackboard.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> They are also used extensively in the professional world to train workers in the <a href="/facts/Financial_industries/azqCQelN">financial industries</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Hospitality/qDosfg6c">hospitality</a> and management,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> and to study <a href="/facts/Economic_model/gNM1Tuct">economic models</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> with some simulations having in excess of 10,000 variables.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> ABSEL, an association of professionals, exists for the sole purpose of promoting their use,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> and economic simulations have even been used in experiments, such as those done by <a href="/facts/Donald_Broadbent/1DNXJqVw">Donald Broadbent</a> on learning and cognition that revealed how people often have an aptitude for mastering systems without necessarily comprehending the underlying principles.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> Other games are used to study the <a href="/facts/Consumer_behavior/6dly1pUV">consumer behavior</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/List_of_business_simulation_video_games/WNKDDAKC">List of business simulation video games</a></p> <p><i><a href="/facts/The_Sumerian_Game/SybthNNI">The Sumerian Game</a></i> (1964), a text-based <a href="/facts/Early_mainframe_game/rAe5UD2h">early mainframe game</a> designed by <a href="/facts/Mabel_Addis/x3P7scg5">Mabel Addis</a>, based on the ancient <a href="/facts/Sumer/bxRz093q">Sumerian</a> city-state of <a href="/facts/Lagash/SQwkGota">Lagash</a>, was the first economic simulation game.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> An early economic sim by <a href="/facts/Danielle_Bunten_Berry/mb4dENXz">Danielle Bunten Berry</a>, titled <i><a href="/facts/M.U.L.E./ud4T9bxP">M.U.L.E.</a></i> and released in 1983, foreshadowed events that would transpire later in video gaming history, especially in the <a href="/facts/Massively_multiplayer_online_game/b1e4hutw">massively multiplayer online game</a> market, with regard to <a href="/facts/Cooperative_video_game/1KB0WIBH">player cooperation</a> and simulated economies.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> The game was <a href="/facts/Electronic_Arts/fy7Ppdem">Electronic Arts</a>' most highly awarded game, despite selling only 30,000 copies.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> That same year, <a href="/facts/Epyx/e4pWbAuj">Epyx</a> released the business sim <i><a href="/facts/Oil_Barons/NCXw5lu8">Oil Barons</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Business_game/mGq0t77o">Business game</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Serious_game/llz5f4sE">Serious game</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Simulations_and_games_in_economics_education/slu4clLD">Simulations and games in economics education</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Training_simulation/EXtxgtFV">Training simulation</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Review – IGN: Trevor Chan's Capitalism II <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020607112125/http://pc.ign.com/articles/167/167372p1.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20020607112125/http://pc.ign.com/articles/167/167372p1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Rollings, Andrew; Ernest Adams (2003). Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams on Game Design. New Riders Publishing. pp. 417–441. ISBN 1-59273-001-9. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-05-23. <a href="1-59273-001-9" target="_blank">1-59273-001-9</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>IGN: Air Bucks, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040428124104/http://pc.ign.com/objects/573/573181.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20040428124104/http://pc.ign.com/objects/573/573181.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>News – IGN: Big Biz Tycoon Ships <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020612103626/http://pc.ign.com/articles/361/361101p1.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20020612103626/http://pc.ign.com/articles/361/361101p1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Rollings, Andrew; Ernest Adams (2006). Fundamentals of Game Design. Prentice Hall. <a href="http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_gamedev_1/54/14053/3597646.cw/index.html" target="_blank">http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_gamedev_1/54/14053/3597646.cw/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Rollings, Andrew; Ernest Adams (2003). Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams on Game Design. New Riders Publishing. pp. 417–441. ISBN 1-59273-001-9. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-05-23. <a href="1-59273-001-9" target="_blank">1-59273-001-9</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Rollings, Andrew; Ernest Adams (2003). Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams on Game Design. New Riders Publishing. pp. 417–441. ISBN 1-59273-001-9. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-05-23. <a href="1-59273-001-9" target="_blank">1-59273-001-9</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Rollings, Andrew; Ernest Adams (2003). Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams on Game Design. New Riders Publishing. pp. 417–441. ISBN 1-59273-001-9. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-05-23. <a href="1-59273-001-9" target="_blank">1-59273-001-9</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Laramee, Francois Dominic (2002). Game Design Perspectives: Advances in Computer Graphics and Game Development. Charles River Media. p. 117. ISBN 1-58450-090-5. <a href="1-58450-090-5" target="_blank">1-58450-090-5</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Laramee, Francois Dominic (2002). Game Design Perspectives: Advances in Computer Graphics and Game Development. Charles River Media. p. 117. ISBN 1-58450-090-5. <a href="1-58450-090-5" target="_blank">1-58450-090-5</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Slator, Brian M.; Richard T. Beckwith; Harold Chaput (2006). Electric Worlds in the Classroom: Teaching and Learning with Role-Based Computer Classes. Teachers College Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-8077-4675-4. <a href="0-8077-4675-4" target="_blank">0-8077-4675-4</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Natkin, Stéphane (2006). Video Games and Interactive Media: A Glimpse at New Digital Entertainment. A K Peters, Ltd. p. 97. ISBN 1-56881-297-3. <a href="1-56881-297-3" target="_blank">1-56881-297-3</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Rollings, Andrew; Ernest Adams (2003). Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams on Game Design. New Riders Publishing. pp. 417–441. ISBN 1-59273-001-9. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. 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