The Sims

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

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.

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Looking for The Sims: Complete Collection? Click HERE

We might have the game available for more than one platform. The Sims is currently available on these platforms:

Windows (2000)

The_Sims_Win_ISO_EN.FR.DE.IT.NL.SV.zip (442.0MB)

How to play on Windows

  1. Download and Extract The_Sims_Win_ISO_EN.FR.DE.IT.NL.SV.zip
  2. Mount The Sims.iso – if you don’t know how to mount files, please see this guide: https://oldgamesdownload.com/wiki/install-games-on-windows/
  3. Open the mounted file and run “Setup.exe”. Choose your language. On the next screen, select “Install”
  4. Follow on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When they ask you to put in a serial, go into \Game Files\NoCD and use one of the serials inside “serial.txt”
  5. When installation is finished, go into \Game Files\NoCD again and copy “Sims.exe”
  6. Go into the folder you installed The Sims into – if you don’t know where that is, right click the desktop shortcut for The Sims and select “Open File Location”. Paste the “Sims.exe” file from Step 5. into this folder. Confirm you want to replace the file in the location.
  7. Launch “Sims.exe” to play the game

PlayStation 2 (2003)

The_Sims_PS2_ISO_USA.zip (354.4MB)

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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  3. After entering CD and letting application install to 95%, I am receiving message “To continue with installation, please insert Disc 3 od The Sims Complete Collection into the CD-ROM drive and click OK.” When I click “OK” but I receive warning “This does not appear to be the correct CD.”

    How do i get passed this, Windows 11 user.

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  4. I tried to follow all the steps but then I cannot manage to play.
    I get an error message “could not find the Sim data directory”. 🙁 How to fix this?

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  5. Has anybody been able to get this to work on Windows 11? Followed all the steps correspondingly (I think…) and it just says “Could not find The Sims data directory.”

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  6. Hi, Its asking for a serial number, how do i get this or bypass this? not really as tech person and have checked all the files.

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  7. Hi, I have downloaded the game but there isn’t a no CD folder included. This was included for Sims 2 but no folder in this one. I also can’t find the .iso file.

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  8. Hello, so I installed it successfully but when starting the game I see the neighborhood and some pop-us saying that I installed The Sims Superstar, The Sims Pets, etc but won’t allow me to do anything…Any solution?

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  9. i found this comment that fixed my problem its not mine and it was uploaded a couple months ago huge thanks to the guy who made it
    For anyone using Setup.exe and it hanging here’s how I got it to work.
    1. Mount disk image like stated above
    2. Select Setup.exe by right clicking and opening mounted disk image.
    3. After selecting Yes to setup, it might load and hang. Don’t panic.
    4. Go to Task Manager. Under “Details” scroll down to the Setup.exe for Sims (should have logo).
    5. Right click and open “Analyze Wait Chain”
    6. A menu showing Setup, and something connected underneath (likely something called nvcontainer). Select that, then end ONLY that process, NOT SETUP.
    7. Setup should start working as usual now to Install. Follow every other instruction listed on this webpage above to the letter.
    8. After installing, from this point forward just go into Maxis folder, select the replaced Sims.exe from the step above you did earlier.
    9. Game should load, have fun!

    I found this out after checking PCGamingWiki Sims 1 page, which has info on Setup Hanging in modern systems.

    again reupload from SimlishFluent comment i hope it helps

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