Building the same house in The Sims 1, 2, 3 and The Sims 4

[@shawn.spencer]

Don't skip over the building and furnishing on the rest of the games! Instead, showcase their differences since I believe that's what you going with when doing this challenge. We want to see the whole process in each game to appreciate how much everything has changed

[@elorinnes.9187]

Agreed! 🙌

[@stefanialulka218]

I agree too! Show the whole process! We don’t care the videos are 30’ long, more to watch ❤️

[@cepheuslu7330]

I agree! I've never built in any other game than Sims 4 (own 3 on Steam, but my computer doesn't like it). I'd love to see what it's like in other games.

[@felbarashla]

I’m hoping he just skips cutting back and forth to make sure the walls are the same and includes the windows and furnishing.

[@sarahcole2904]

Yes please don’t skip it James!! I’ve only ever played Sims 4, so watching this was fantastic. And it’ll be great to watch you build it in each of the versions xx

[@MysticEagle4]

No i want to see u building it in sims 2 also, dont skip it. also love you showing off the older sims games

[@feliciasantiago4345]

I agree. 💙👍🏼

[@samuel-wankenobi]

Yes i played all sims games but the sims 4 is a but missing in places

[@robertsimpson9010]

YES! The Sims 2 is so much different and it deserves the entire process!

[@spookywitchxx]

Why was I expecting you to build all 4 houses in one video? I've been watching too much twitch hahaha

[@FrickingTaylor]

Same omg i was 15 minutes in and i was like "dang, he's taking a long time on the sims 1!"

[@CaptainsMorning]

The title kind of implies it

[@spookywitchxx]

@@CaptainsMorning yes! Thank you hahah

[@shakilove8221]

Same

[@nicoleminervini6978]

Literally me thinking he was as well lol

[@ratter1023]

I used to color all the bedrooms with those pastel carpets and matching wallpapers :D I miss flowerbeds from sims1... I used to put them aaaall around the house and my poor sims had to water them ALL the time... Good times lol

[@Patches2212]

I always add those flowerbeds around the entirety of all my "wealthy" Sims' houses in Sims 1 and 2. Remember how once the Gardener, Butler and one of my Elder sims together spent two days to water all the flowerbeds in Sims2, just to start again immediately 😅

[@ratter1023]

@@Patches2212 oh my god THIS!!!! Peak gaming, miss those days, bring back waterable flower beds!

[@UsulPrincess]

Remember when NPC gardeners wouldn’t leave the house until ALL those plants were watered. That poor lady didn’t leave until 4AM 😭

[@SlavicRat]

@@UsulPrincess just to come back at 8am 🤣

[@maglerdon]

I think The Sims 1 is the strongest nostalgia I’ve felt from any game. I remember whenever I’d go to Target with my mom, I’d go straight to the PC game aisle and look at all the Sims expansions. I’d stand there and stare at the display boxes with the fold-out covers showing all the new features. Idk if I ever experienced more excitement than getting a new expansion and reading through the booklet on the drive home!

[@bluewinter9863]

I feel you bro :D

[@scofieldvictoria]

I loved them and was so excited when my cousin got me Makin’ Magic for Christmas without even knowing The Sims was (and still is) one of my favorite things. I kept the boxes for years and sometimes looked through them

[@sibunAsuaHsaD]

I miss the dragons! I had a green one once and he was the best pet🥰

[@therealredd6194]

Facts. Those box cases were the beeeeest. My favorite one was "Hot Date". That deep red cover with the silhouettes was just gorgeous. When the Sims 2 first came out, that box cover was unreal. I couldn't even believe it existed. Seeing all the different options you could do to the houses, etc, it was a HUGE jump from The Sims.

[@abid8897]

I love when you play the older sims games it’s so nostalgic :)

[@MadCheshireHat]

I LOVE that the walls are frames when you're dragging them. A small detail but I adore it.

[@gosi_brzydkie_tatuaze]

There is a cowprint sofa in every sims game except ts4 and I feel personally attacked

[@bannika5467]

i agree

[@duhberman]

It's a... cowch

[@djskillx7008]

@Kaylee Reese have I got news for you

[@bunjection]

correction: in the sims 3 they have cowprint everything

[@shiannafoxx]

@@duhberman Ffs 💀😭😭

[@choddle8427]

No don’t skip the building parts!! I want to see how the building parts differ too

[@JetFoam]

I actually really miss having to water the plants and feed the indoor fish or they'd die... Felt more high stakes lol

[@mistresstia]

For real. Just like irl lol

[@sarahcole2904]

Oh wow that’d be such a good feature. I feel like sims 4 gardening got a bit too easy, I hardly take care of my plants at all anymore 🤷‍♀️

[@noisyface]

I realized the fish were decorations when I first bought a fish tank in Sims 4. And was instantly sad.

[@JetFoam]

@@sarahcole2904 ts4 I think is just way easier than ts1, I tried replaying it the other day and was so caught off guard like... How did I used to do this and manage everyone wtf

[@mckamy4711]

I never even thought about how we don't have any indoor plants to water in the sims 4, would definitely help with realistic gameplay but I guess it'd annoy players who didn't want to water them but liked the look of the plant and still wanted to use it

[@DarkMimii]

Whenever I see the buildmode in Sims 1 my brain thinks the lot is upside down and i don‘t know why. Even if there is something build on the lot. I‘m so confused all the time!

[@GapyGapyS]

yes same! so tricky :D

[@tjg813]

The perspective is so weird. Building in sims 1 almost feels like drawing on the ceiling.

[@CandySophie18]

You're right Now I can't unsee it.. thnx lol

[@KYCN8]

Omg same

[@itsJeaaan1]

Yeaahh its soo weird

[@elorinnes.9187]

I would like to see the designing and furnishing process again in other Sims games tbh. 🥺👉👈 Also this is such a nostalgia... I wish they would remaster TS 1 and 2 so we can download those to our laptops. 😿💙

[@magneticsouth]

Sims 1 would make such a great tablet game! I wish they'd bring it out there

[@NicholasDVanderhoof]

Don't you have the disc? Well I guess not by your comment, You should be able to get it on amazon or ebay, try wish also. Hope you find one.

[@elorinnes.9187]

@@NicholasDVanderhoof I have discs for TS2 but my laptop doesn't have CD-ROM/optical driver, I know you can buy an external one. But since you can download TS3 and 4 I thought it would be cool. ^^

[@foodham3277]

I mean you could pira-- I mean totally legally download the games

[@foodham3277]

@@sludgetime true but assuming EA still has the copyright (which they should cuz Sims 3/4 are still supported) it would be illegal to download a priate version of Sims 1/2 under copyright law in most places.

[@NanicaX]

And James didn't put a single light in the house 😆

[@aeli999]

For a moment I thought he wasn't going to put dining chairs lol

[@autumnbreeze_official]

I was thinking the same thing😂

[@opallise]

But, there's a bin!

[@nataliefrary4834]

I noticed that too lol

[@mckamy4711]

It's easy to forget when the lighting is bright no matter what 😂

[@TeruteruBozusama]

I loved to build on the road in the first sims, I made tunnels as well as obstacles for the cars. If I didn't like a sim I put their bed on the road. I really want to play it again sometimes. There's just something beautiful about it, and has multi lots, pet baths, spiral stairs, telescopes, cars, actual clothing stores, etc. Which sims 4 doesn't.

[@shawn.spencer]

Sims 2 also has all of these. I don't know why they scrapped it afterwards

[@pucktool3751]

I deleted the road to get more money xD

[@TeruteruBozusama]

@@shawn.spencer sims 3 onwards doesn't have the charm the first two have, 3 is better han 4 in a lot, but it's missing so much of the charm the first two have. Probably because with sims 3 EA really started to notice how money they could make rather than Maxis having fun..!

[@ThatAnimalChannel]

The size of that room with the pool table made me think of the episode of seinfeld when frank and cosmo are trying to play pool in georges old room but kept smacking the pool sticks on the wall lol

[@still_your_zelda]

The early Sims games were a reflection of pop culture (and parodies of it) for their times. It was so innovative and really put them on the map in terms of games. I wish Sims 4 would have taken those risks, it had potential. Weird to think its been like 7 years and we're just now getting a likes system.

[@JuLiane]

Seeing this makes me soo nostalgic. I miss playing the original Sims game and Sims 2 so much. And please don't skip the building and furnishing in the newer games! I'd love to see what's changed

[@francoisvankempen]

The sims 1 is actually isometric! Sometimes called 2.5d

[@DickCheese182]

technically speaking all games are 2D ez

[@francoisvankempen]

@@DickCheese182 pedant 😉

[@xarzneimittel8220]

@@DickCheese182 you see it 2d bcs of ur monitor limitations but the game itself can be 3d

[@deanatroutt8055]

I LOVE this challenge! I have been wanting someone to recreate the original houses from Sims 1 in Sims 4! Thanks James for delivering once again! Sims 1 is just too iconic and this video reminded me of that. (:

[@gingersteadham389]

I miss having to water the indoor plants 🪴

[@mckamy4711]

I never even thought about how that feature is missing in ts4 until now, would definitely add some realistic gameplay

[@docette2015]

Awww, the nostalgia is strong here. I'd actually like to see more of the building and furnishing in each game -- maybe just do the basic shell of the build off-camera and then come in when it's time to plop in the windows and doors? But yeah, it's actually not a bad little house -- they can use their stuff, they have a nice pool and pool table, it's all a lot of fun! I like it, and I'm looking forward to the Sims 2 version!

[@marial6252]

Okay hear me out, what about a small Let's Play Sims 1 in this house?

[@aeli999]

It's been so long since I even looked at Sims 1. Nice trip down memory lane. I wouldn't be opposed to more Sims 1, 2, and/or 3. Just realized I don't even have a clue where my Sims 1 disks are, and even if I did, I wouldn't have a way to install because no cd/dvd/blu ray on this computer. lol

[@xShatteredDesiresx]

I love this idea! Please try to put the screenshots side by side in the last video so we can compare all of them. Edit: I might be wrong, but I think you have no counter space to prepare food on?

[@emma5689]

He left the corner one free so hopefully it's like sims 4 and they can use that 😂

[@xShatteredDesiresx]

@@emma5689 I noticed, but I truly doubt they can 🤣 oh well, better luck for Iled and Semaj in The Sims 2!

[@emma5689]

@@xShatteredDesiresx Yeah hahah😂

[@autumnbreeze_official]

@@emma5689 they can not use counters in the Sims 1. They can barely walk sideways😂

[@NHarts3]

There wasn't anything on the dishwasher d they can use the dishwater top to prep food

[@natnovaes2896]

Duudee, I remember some of the objects and I'm getting major nostalgia 😭 that huge table, I always used it in all my builds!

[@raeburnoliver6334]

I think it'd be really interesting to see how the budget changes in each game too? Like, you could make a house on a budget of say, 60,000 simoleons in each game (just an example), the houses don't have to be the same. For example, maybe 60,000 in the Sims 1 gets you a mansion, but in the Sims 3 you get a modest middle-class level house or whatever. Idk if that makes sense 😅

[@sabbrinalynn]

Currently watching through the whole bigwallet playlist😅

[@jenniferdef3070]

i did that a year ago, you're in for a wild ride dhjdjd

[@chiare5236]

Same. I am already on the Cats and Dogs series

[@Toozip09]

me toooo!

[@lexieblais6845]

Me tooo!!! Man, the throwback is crazy!!

[@rachaels742]

i tried to do that a few months ago but couldn’t get passed the original get to work series 😭 it’s just so long

[@Leovinus1]

If James gets to the sims 4 version of the house at the same time as dream home decorator gets released, then I kinda hope he makes it as accurate as possible to the other houses, and then uses the new dlc to completely renovate it!

[@SarahNelson89]

After this house, you should do the same thing again but go in reverse order. So build it first in the Sims 4 then do 3, 2, and 1.

[@irishduchess7577]

This is an especially interesting idea for a builder like James! The differences and evolution of BB mode compared essentially side by side (as opposed to trying to remember which game offered which features)will be fun to watch. The styles and items offered are a bit like little time capsules, too. Great beginning for Semaj, Iled, and Bowser!

[@hiddenfroggo]

Definitely would love to see some sims 1 gameplay - it was such nostalgia seeing it again! Would be interesting to see how you could create a storyline with limited interactions etc :)

[@beckdesouza2495]

When you make the house in the Sims 3, you should play in it when you start doing your Sims 3 let's play again!

[@PaullaWells]

"This is like 7 expansion packs right here." 🤣🤣🤣 And I owned everyone of them too. I think the last time I had played was early Sims 3, but I'm fascinated in having my memory jogged.

[@SunshineStorm]

I love this idea! I do kinda wish you did a small 2 story part so we can compare stair placements, but maybe you can do another series like this some other time. I liked seeing a glimpse of CAS too. I never played sims 1 so it's all new to me.

[@utube9056]

The camera angles are so annoying I am amazed how I could play back then and didn’t care 😂

[@stefanialulka218]

Can’t wait to see the next parts! Please don’t skip the process of setting the walls and stuff, it’ll be so entertaining to see that too. Great idea and job with this challenge!

[@federicao4609]

15:48 i loved that couch, it really looks so comfortable, you could see that it is a pretty velvet, it came with Unleashed EP.

[@pucktool3751]

Omg, the genie lamp. That was my favourite item ever.

[@poweredbytofu713]

Are there any lights in the house? 😂 the Sims 1 is a gameplay masterpiece and the music is 🔥

[@jamiedotexe]

7:42 James : OH BEADS! I love how excited James got when he found the beaded door. 😌

[@scofieldvictoria]

I want a remake of the beaded door. Always wanted a beaded door irl as a kid (friend’s sister had one)

[@jamiedotexe]

@@scofieldvictoria they are nice. Except the one I had was made from wood. Would always catch my hair and pull on it when I walked through. 😒

[@anonymous.hippopotamus]

I am smiling so much big right now! So excited for this video. Omg that Sims 1 music and sound effects are so beautiful and nostalgic!

[@shaonlisen70]

James creating his sim family with deli and bowser is the cutest thing ever 🥺

[@iamNalgae]

In Sims 1 build & buy mode, if you click again on the categorize icon, they will show categories by rooms. I think not many people know this because it seems no one ever told James..

[@Pachibitalia]

I remember always changing it to get things by room, it made everything way easier honestly. I was surprised that he seems to not know

[@scofieldvictoria]

I just knew where everything was because I played so much. Still remember 😆

[@iamNalgae]

@@Pachibitalia Probably he and some players never think to click the icon twice. I remember I found it when I double clicked the icon by accident

[@Monker4444]

This was so much fun!! Such a fun flashback to playing this game. I used to always want the rug you put in the kids room, as well as the egg-shaped chair that you didn't elect to use. I put those two items in like every sing house I made in the Sims 1.

[@kteles194]

Damn that nostalgic feeling! I miss playing this game back in the day when I was still a kid and had no worries 😅😅

[@gamerwithglasses2562]

this is so interesting. it's really fascinating to watch you build stuff since i have no idea how you manage to make the houses look so nice

[@birdblackbird4766]

the trick to having a nice house in TS1 is picking one favourite angle and sticking to it. Yes once you've done basic furnashing you can go wild and decorate, but it helps a lot.

[@marakrone6778]

You literally just made my day

[@meghanblewitt1258]

Cow couches... dont you mean COWches?

[@Zhiperser]

I haven't looked at Sims 1 in so long. There are parts to it that are just implanted in my brain and I instantly have a feeling about them. This will be a fun series. I think I loved 2 more, but I had loved Sim City and Sim Tower so much that I was very excited when the first one came out. I didn't have all the expansions and I didn't remember how little content we had. For 2, I remember being able to actually get all the expansion packs as a teenager able to get money. By Sims 3 days I easily had access to funds and I didn't think about it much. Now I can afford it but always wait for a sale. lol Full circle of Sims life. We want to see the full build for all of them!

[@lexieblais6845]

You could do a speed build of the building portion and then normal speed for the furnishings. I kinda love hearing you talk about all the differences between Sims 1, Sims 2, Sims 3 and Sims 4.

[@covahsgames]

Man this made me so nostalgic for the Sims 1. My sister bought it, brought it home and I stole it and never gave it back. Building in the overworld without too much hacking was so great.

[@d-chan1089]

You totally spaced putting in any LIGHTS!!!!😆 Man the nostalgia!!! I can proudly say I still have ALL😎 of my original sims 1 discs in the cases with the CD keys, plus several burnt discs of old CC!!! Though getting them to work on a modern computer is challenging!!!😩

[@markabele8794]

Great blast from the past James. I didn't much of the items you pointed out in TS1. But cars did exist, but they parked along the street.

[@Vespiquen33]

I miss Sims 1 so much, I need to download it again

[@Pachibitalia]

Wait, you can you download it? I only had the CDs so I had no idea D: Where can I find it? I want to play it again so bad

[@NHarts3]

Search install sims 1 on windows 10 on KZbin it will pop up. That's how I found it

[@Vespiquen33]

@@NHarts3 will have to do that, thanks! My sister sold all our old discs on eBay years ago... Sigh haha

[@Emi8ly]

Wow! Thanks for taking my suggestion. Can’t get enough of the early games! 😁

[@SamK94]

This just gives me such throwback to sims 1 and all the items I always used to use!!

[@giggiwidit5638]

OMG SIMS1 !!! (aka The Sims lol) Its been such a long time since I last played it ... Oh the wonderful memories of how it all began ... =D

[@EvelynAdamsOfcl]

Oh the feels :D I actually got the Sims 1 complete collection when Sims 2 was out already, but I very much enjoyed playing it. Still have the collection. Such nostalgia! And the house looked really so good :D insane!

[@kthlnmnstr]

I completely missed The Sims 1. I love when you revisit every now and again. ^_^ !!

[@TeacherCathleen]

Hey James! This is so cool. I love how you furnished this house.

[@McGriddle69]

This series is interesting to me because it's like the house was built in 2000 (sims 1) and you just see the same house throughout the years with little updates here and there like it would be irl with other people moving in and changing furniture and maybe some interior renovation or repainting like people do irl.

[@darthkittenn]

Nostalgia trip HARD. Please, please do a few more sims videos! Maybe something that shows a bit more gameplay? It’s been ages and I would love to relive it through you🥺

[@matthewclaasen]

I love how you are finally starting to play the older sim games

[@cookieboy3666]

again*?

[@theawesimchannel9086]

When you launched sims 1, and the glorious soundtrack hit you! Man, the music in s1 is the best!

[@definitelynotalizard]

Whenever I see someone play Sims 1 I think about just how mind blowing Sims 2 would have been when first released. Maxis did so much between the two games.

[@lorettalangendorff8742]

This video was nostalgic. We are the same age and I've been playing since the sims 1 and all I can remember is the heart bed, I used it ALL the time, pools with no ladders and fire places with couches right next to them, no doors 😅😅

[@Amiator99]

What a fun idea. I can’t wait to see the rest of these.

[@kitaaallen9297]

The sims 1 is so deeply nostalgic for me. My mum was a hardcore simmer, she bought all the “packs” as they came out and seeing the build mode menu, makes me feel things.

[@Andreafondu]

Great way to start the morning!

[@dnsoulx]

i honestly think the sims 2 build is so underrated. like yeah you can't flip walls all around and move rooms, but going from sims 1 and then to 2, the build/buy is fantastic.

[@aronc24]

I was just wanting someone to do this, so thanks! Your house is so cute! My Sims 1 houses were TRASH. It’s funny all the things we forget to include because of bad UI, like alarms and curtains. Lol

[@judytaj.1690]

Your reaction to the bed-heart (the sims 1) simply wonderful :D

[@amandamichelle9687]

My first experience of Sims when I was little was playing making magic at my friends house. It’s sparked a love for Sims. I’d love to see a Sims 1 lp.

[@digitalbrinjen3245]

That's a feature I miss from the first Sims. Being able to use th entire lot, right up to the boundaries with fences without having to resort to debug items and the moveobjects cheat.

[@amyhatto4420]

Yeah don’t skip the building! Wanna see it all for all games! Awesome video and series idea!

[@constancelucas5478]

I have this exact same dark green coutch and it’s soooo comfortable I always fell asleep in it at some point

[@KevinVeroneau]

Never knew this was a challenge... I already did this on both the PC versions AND the console versions, and on top of that, I attempted to create the same family, and live in each house with them. I tend to use this for my so-called "Sims Days" where I play each game in the series(yes, including the console versions) for roughly an hour and a half each throughout a day. I play the same family and house I built in each game during this day. Now, that's how you celebrate a game series. :)

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

Oooh, I love this concept! How fun!

[@rafearcher7882]

You do build this so well, with the original content only

[@jikkuri1539]

I've been a fan of the sims since the very beginning and while I love the advancements of the series over time and what all we can do (4 still easily has one of the best build modes), but I gotta say... I do miss the buy/build catalogs of sims 1 and things like bustin' out and miss just how colorful and zany they could be and how it seemed to have just a little bit of everything style-wise. And I've really missed just having really weird and really colorful things for sims 4 and in a lot of aspects for sims 3 too. But anyways I love videos like this for showcasing each of the games and just the differences they all have and for showing off just where all this came from and how far the series has come

[@maddy02_]

please don't skip anything of the building, it's nice to see the differences there too between each game! 🥰😇

[@birdgirl8390]

I don't know why but I hated the moos head so much as a kid. Not for vegan reasons... it felt like a personal thing, his smug aura mocked me.

[@theotendleeey]

Note that you can also browse buy mode by room type if you click the buy mode button twice. I find that can make things easier.

[@AliciaGrace_89]

This was incredibly nostalgic 🥺❤ I somehow miss this game. Lol. I played Sims 1 so much when I was younger.

[@LAURA---]

Ooh yes, I love this concept! 🙌🏼

[@johannaox]

My parents bought their first computer when flat screens became popular in the very late 90s and as part of the package we received 2 demo games... and Sims 1 was one of them. About a year or 2 later everyone was talking about it and you could buy it in stores. 🙌🏻 I’ve been playing it since it was a free demo!! 🙌🏻

[@anabrighenti]

Oh that was so fun! Can’t wait for the other builds, Semaj!

[@Lafalot54]

omg I miss the sims 1!! The animal decor lol The red heard vibrating bed was my favorite but I always thought it was weird they would use it naked

[@nataliaimre2002]

"Feels like I am asking for too much." xD Most Sims 4 players

[@MaethielTarias]

I played Sims1 so much, till this day, in Sims4 I still built and play just from one angle. When I ever change, the house still looks just wrong to me.

[@ElaineLoyd]

I recall building in Sims 1 being BRUTAL. James makes it look easy so either he's really good or I suck at building in Sims1. Probably James is really good.

[@ronniemokeev3322]

I'm a woman of simple likes. I see sims 1, I give the thumbs up. This is the content for me.

[@dhwriter0724]

One of the reasons why I got into Project Zomboid was because it looks so much like Sims 1 :) when my brother first showed it to me, I was hit with nostalgia from when I was in elementary school lol

[@selineshanice9499]

The bed with the heart brings back so much memories 🤣 I always used that bed in the sims 1 🤣🤣 I was like 7 back then haha

[@coconutii]

omg the sims 1!! Now this really does bring me back to my childhood!

[@emilia7669]

Love this challenge! You should do it again with another style of house! :-D

[@beslanderin5229]

Nostalgia. I tried playing Sims 1 again. I couldn't be bothered adding adding all the expansions. Ahh the heart bed.

[@meredithwemhoff9270]

I am so here for this series!

[@nataliefrary4834]

I also want to see you build the whole thing in the other versions please and I would love to see some sims 1 game play....great video as always thank you.