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SIMCITY 3000 - MAGNASANTI - 6 MILLION - ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM.flv
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited as the legendary extreme SimCity build, and recommended as fascinating viewing with the creator's commentary.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- tasrhgs02
- Topic
- simcity extreme city building
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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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]
int_handler on Hacker News · 2018-04
In Magnasanti: Large and Terrifying SimCity (2010)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)
thematrixturtle on Hacker News · 2022-07
In Magnasanti – The largest and most terrible city of SimCity
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