SIMCITY 3000 - MAGNASANTI - 6 MILLION - ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM.flv

tasrhgs02 · 2.5M views · 2010-07-25 · 7:00

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Overview

A video tour of Magnasanti, a SimCity city built to hold six million residents, pushed to the absolute maximum and inspired by Kowloon Walled City.

On Hacker News

Cited as the legendary extreme SimCity build, and recommended as fascinating viewing with the creator's commentary.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2012–2023

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Gaming culture & analysis Transit, cities & urban planning

What people said

int_handler · 2018-04 · Strong recommendation
In his video he made for Magnasanti [0] (which I really recommend watching by the way), Oscala did mention that an earlier version of the city was in fact inspired by the Kowloon Walled City. [0] [VIDEO]
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thematrixturtle · 2022-07 · Recommendation
This appears to be a low-quality partial copy of a more detailed blog post from 2010, now gone but still living on via archive.is: [LINK] Don't miss the video: [VIDEO] Discussed previously on HN: [LINK] (620 comments)
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petermcneeley · 2023-11 · Joke / meme
What is this article about? If it is getting rid of noisy gas leafblowers im sure we are all on board. If it is about getting rid of beautiful suburbia and replacing it with Magnasanti then I think only a tiny minority want that. MAGNASANTI [VIDEO]
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