declined to publish the title when Wright proposed it, and he pitched it to a range of major game publishers without success. The game represented an unusual paradigm in computer gaming, in that it could neither be won nor lost as a result, game publishers did not believe it was possible to market and sell such a game successfully. The first version of the game was developed for the Commodore 64 in 1985, but it would not be published for another four years. In addition, Wright also was inspired by reading 'The Seventh Sally', a short story by in which an engineer encounters a deposed tyrant, and creates a miniature city with artificial citizens for the tyrant to oppress. Wright soon found he enjoyed creating maps more than playing the actual game, and SimCity was born. The inspiration for SimCity came from a feature of the game that allowed Wright to create his own maps during development. SimCity was originally developed by game designer Will Wright.
