The Sims

Publishers Electronic Arts
Developers Maxis
Release date 2000
Genre Simulation
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Game Description

The Sims (also known as The Sims 1 or The Sims Classic) is a life-simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts on February 4, 2000 for Windows, and July 25, 2000 for Mac OS X. The game only has a single-player mode. There is no goal defined in The Sims,and players must develop their characters as they go through different life stages. Characters which the player controls can interact with other in-game characters, develop relationships (both negative and positive) and can even start families together. Characters can also be assigned certain tasks to develop life skills, which enables them to progress in their careers and increase their salaries.

Download The Sims

The Sims is no longer abandonware. You can now buy the game from:

Windows (2000)

The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam

Additional files, patches and fixes

The Sims Deluxe Edition Manual (English)

The Sims Windows ReadMe (German)

The Sims Windows ReadMe (English)

The Sims Windows ReadMe (Spanish)

The Sims Windows ReadMe (French)

The Sims Windows ReadMe (Italian)

The Sims Windows ReadMe (Dutch)

The Sims Windows ReadMe (Portuguese)

The Sims Windows ReadMe (Swedish)

The Sims Screenshots

Windows

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611 thoughts on “The Sims”

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    Everything went well, but at 95% downloading the sims, it just stops. The system says component transfer error in SimsCreator, and it says file name or directory name is wrong. the whole downloading process stops at that point, everytime i do it. plz help…
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    Downloaded it, but had no question to register. After installation I tried to open Crack, but I can’t move it to the direction where I installed the game.
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    thank you so much i downloaded it followed the instructions above then copy and pasted the code above as said .it installed then i exited it then reopened the win rar file to find the sims crack folder opened that fond the “Sims.exe” opened my Program Files (x86)MaxisThe Sims). found the one labeled maxis opened that and found my sims folder dragged and dropped it in there it said replace this file i said yes then launched my game created my sim and never been so happy thank you merry christmas 2018
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    when i click the start.exe it tells me that i need to insert Disk 1 and wont let me past this point if i click ok the same error message comes up and if i click cancel nothing happens.
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        I have the same problem. How long does it take? I has been waiting for more than 30min. It’s like an infinite loop, just keep loading expansion after expansion and repeat
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          I reinstalled the game in another PC and it works like charms. But suddenly the game now starts in neighborhood number 2 idk why because I didn’t change it. The infinite loop is back, I need to change it to NH number 1. How could I do that?

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    the start app doesn’t work for me 🙁 even if i go to compatibility and press windows xp it shows op on task manager but not in my screen
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      Things to try is to change the compatibility to different versions (e.g Windows XP Service Pack 2, then try 3, Windows Vista, Windows 7) and hope one of them works. Also check the box next to “Run as administrator”. Sometimes these games are really stubborn :/
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          Another thing to try: Press the windows button on your keyboard and press “R” at the same time. Then type this in (copy paste it without quotation marks) “Sims.exe -r1024x768”. And then press Enter

          If that doesn’t work then your laptop/PC is being really annoying, you can get the game to run on a virtual machine but that’s really complicated to set up

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    I tried to install it, but it said ‘An installation support file could not be installed. Catastrophic failure’. What should i do?
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      I know that’s why I hate using MEGA to upload the files. I think if you wait a few hours your download should continue. Sorry about this we’re working on finding better servers to upload the files
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    Hey! Everything goes smoothly, but when I start the game, the screen blows up the game huge and I can only see a 4th of the game (kind of like the top right corner of what would be the whole screen showing the game)… any help?
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