"life simulation" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1985 November, Chris Jenkins, “PCW Show: promises, promises!”, in Commodore Horizons, page 10",
          "text": "Activision's Autumn titles were up and running, and some Winter games were previewed, including Alter Ego, a \"life simulation\" game, and Fast Tracks, a slot car racing program.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Tristan Donovan, Replay: The History of Video Games, page 157",
          "text": "Life simulations and dating games also influenced Yasuhiro Wada, the designer of the gentile farming sim series Harvest Moon, which first appeared in 1996 on the Super NES.",
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          "ref": "2010, “Animal Crossing: Wild World”, in 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, page 610",
          "text": "While the mechanics changed very little in the DS version, Nintendo's snarky little life-simulation title [Animal Crossing] found its perfect ally.",
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        "A subgenre of simulation game that replicates real-world systems or experiences (such as businesses, communities, ecosystems, or social relationships)."
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        "(video games) A subgenre of simulation game that replicates real-world systems or experiences (such as businesses, communities, ecosystems, or social relationships)."
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          "word": "life sim"
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          "ref": "1985 November, Chris Jenkins, “PCW Show: promises, promises!”, in Commodore Horizons, page 10",
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        "(video games) A subgenre of simulation game that replicates real-world systems or experiences (such as businesses, communities, ecosystems, or social relationships)."
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