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[@ifu138]

Forgotten Families would be such a fun theme for a Sims 2 custom hood.

[@buttersstan97]

there's actually a fan made neighborhood for the sims 2 that features them! the neigborhood is called old town, and it also has all of the sims families from the game as well. i play the neighborhood as one of my TS2 saves and it's so fun :')

[@jadeayla7548]

​@@buttersstan97who is it by? 😁

[@buttersstan97]

@@jadeayla7548 marka93 on mod the sims! it's free and easy to install :D

[@fermi-dirac]

SUCH A GOOD IDEAOMG

[@buttersstan97]

@@jadeayla7548 i thought i responded 😅 the neighborhood is called old town and you can find it on mod the sims!

[@geralt-of-rivia-z6f]

I love the progression from psychic phone friend to cult leader 😂

[@k-rce]

A standard pipeline one could say

[@geralt-of-rivia-z6f]

Also, I so envy the level of detail in these lores. Sims 4 could never 😢

[@Midnight99]

Omg the psychic phone friend Hick/Mashuga connection never even occurred to me! That's some DEEP Sims lore

[@k-rce]

honestly my favourite lore in the sims

[@georgielavrenov9918]

this is some deep sims lore! never heard of any downloadable families for ts1. your content is so entertaining🤧

[@marcosmith4764]

Yeah.. TheSims1 online gallery used to be the bees knees.

[@k-rce]

I was afraid I went too deep but happy to hear we're on the same page here!

[@littlebighead4482]

The Mashuggas really are PEAK SIms 1 for sure. All the décor and stuff used in the house is just so iconically Sims 1

[@crimsoncockatoo461]

Love the mashuga’s, I remade them in the sims 4

[@numberjacksoctonauts7138]

I actually love Claire and Luna Charming. They lived up to their name; a charming little family to play. It was a woman who enjoyed live music and was a nurse living with her dog.

[@DaphneHarridge]

I agree with you, and I love Claire’s house! ❤

[@dundee6402]

Absolutely thrilled to see Sims 1 content in 2024! Such an underrated game in the franchise currently that deserves way more attention.

[@mr.nobody6795]

You say the Roomies never returned, but they sort of did! In the Sims 3 Twinbrook neighborhood, there’s a household called Roomates and it’s an implied lesbian couple. A strawberry blonde white woman named Blaise and a dark skin woman named Alma. Their description says they’re long time best friends but it also includes something like, “will living together lead to things they never expected?”. Not exactly the same but I definitely think they’re based on the Sims 1 roomies.

[@k-rce]

These are the theories I wanna hear!!!

[@AFVfan1]

“and they were roommates”.

[@stanmarsh4566]

Actually I remember on my sims games, I always loved having the Mashuga family with the Goth family in the same neighborhood, I recreated their house only because I didn't wanted to remove the Newbies, the reason I wanted them with the Goth family is because it was so funny and random to have these two families interact with each other, Either Frankie and Mortimer would be mortal enemies and would be hillarious, or they would be best friends and would still be hilarious. You get an insane chaos either these two guys are friends or hate each other lol.

[@tekka8771]

I absolutely subscribe to the idea of Ruby Ann Hatfield and Ruby Broke being the same characters. I feel like it works really well without having to be forced. Obviously there's some discrepancies in the personality and appearance, but Maxis wasn't too consistent with this anyhow. I loved the video, and it's so awesome to have someone acknowledge these downloadable families so many years later!

[@stephlang03]

Did you know meshuga means crazy in Hebrew and Yiddish? I wonder if that was on purpose.

[@k-rce]

Yes! And knowing Maxis at the time I'm sure this must be on purpose!

[@EmmaWagemans-n6d]

THE MAXIMUS FAMILY! NOBODY EVER TALKS ABOUT THEM 😢❤

[@ivratsdargy955]

I once made a TS2 neighborhood based on TS1 sims (including some forgotten ones and minus the Goths) and my personal headcanon was to make Chris Roomies Bob Newbie's younger sister (based on a console game's default name being Chris Newbie), Melissa being the adopted daughter of a Ruth and Mia, Claire Charming being the middle child with 2 brothers and a single mom, and Ruby Ann Hatfield being Elden Hick's older sister (both with unknown yet separate fathers)

[@k-rce]

I could see all of these things being actual lore!

[@placeforNothing]

I am still palying with sims1,2,3,4, medieval and all 3 stories...whatever I have the mood for but never heard about these downloadable families...immediately subscribed.

[@emmaf4796]

Love this! I started playing early sims 1 in the early 2000s but I was literally a child and we had dial up internet so I didn’t know about the downloadable families! Remember having to set a timer so my dad could use the phone for work haha these videos are great!

[@adrianblake8876]

You mentioned Ruby Ann Hatfield having a connection with Ruby Broke from Riverview, but there's another family in that same neighborhood, the Jones family, which may be the ancestors of the TS1 Jones family...

[@k-rce]

Absolutely! I chose not to include them because there's very few obvious similarities and the name Jones is quite common in general (and there are also Jones families in Garden Heights, Bridgeport, Twinbrook and Roaring Heights!).

[@tekka8771]

I feel like it could still work though. I know the boy in Roaring Heights shares the same name of Edward, but the hair colors don't match. It's still cool to imagine them to be connected. @@k-rce 🙂

[@3Diana]

i swear the roomies were the most canonical lesbians as declared by the people. there wasn't one kid in my childhood that didn't just call them "the lesbians".

[@k-rce]

This

[@Edboimck]

i never knew of the hatfield connection to sims 3, i totally accept that as head canon now as it really works nicely and also links them to the sims 2 as well. still one of my favourite families in all of sims, but it has to be the jones' a my personal favourite :)

[@Last_Access]

The roomies household is the most fun to play with. I like the good job you do when researching.

[@secretngadibawalangclue]

I like your TS1 content not alot of channels feature this kind of content! I cant wait for your retrospective review for the remaining TS1 packs! I hope you could create mini series/lps on this game!!

[@graphicpip5174]

oh watching your video- I just had a memory of how when a Sim couldn’t cook or was poor- they would serve cans of food on a plate

[@goopysubject]

I'm surprised how little content we have on these guys. I'm trying to recreate Old Town in The Sims 2 and I come back to this video all the time, because it is so hard to find footage of the sims and the houses that has more than 2 pixels lol Thank you so much for this video, it has saved lives!

[@jameco.58]

Just discovered your channel, and this is exactly my kind of video! My favorite games of all time are TS1 and TS2, and I don’t think there’s enough videos out there that really get deep into the Sims 1, especially lore wise, and just about the game in general. This just taps into my weirdly specific interests in the perfect way so I instantly subscribed lol. 🎉

[@k-rce]

Glad to have you!!

[@TravisTV92]

The Roomies are near and dear to my heart because they were the first family I ever played (and, yes, I did have them fall in love and get married lol).

[@StoryGirl83]

3:34 I love the Hick family!

[@Mistysmudge1]

Aww i used to play as Claire a lot loved the relationship she had with her little dog :D The Mashugas were cool, and so many other good families 💖 When i loaded the world with the Mashugas there was a disco house and a young couple both had bright coloured hair and loved parties, can't remember the name though, but i used to play them a lot

[@TheMya1988]

Oh wow, I never downloaded the extra Maxis families, as back then, my sister and I could not use the internet (dial-up was expensive then). Honestly, I did not know they existed, until now...thank you so much❣ Instant sub❣

[@mercuriiosityy]

I am overjoyed to find your channel. The Sims was the first game I ever played as a child and will forever be my favorite. Back then, I wasn’t actually aware of the downloadable families created by Maxis, and it’s so exciting to know that there’s still some original characters out there that I can get to know. 😁 I love how much lore there is to explore and can’t believe I’m still learning new things about this game. Now to go watch all your other videos! 😃

[@rvmpshaker3910]

The Agents bought back memories I forgot existed!!!! My mum must’ve had it downloaded into her game bc I remember being OBSESSED with their house

[@TerryGamekeeper]

The only thing I can say is... The Sims 4 could never 💅

[@toofu5044]

Yaaaay, you are back!

[@toofu5044]

Also, the Valentino family is also my favorite. Their house look like a classic 90's sitcom mansion

[@k-rce]

Thank you! ❤️

[@SonniDez]

Kind of obsessed with this proposed lore. Fully accepting that Sylvia scammed Mama.

[@k-rce]

It’s canon for me!!

[@marty_ab]

the algorithm got me to your channel and i gotta tell you i'm loving your sims 1 content! there's very little content about the first sims game nowadays, so please keep them coming

[@Ayem_Jay]

Hey, nice channel. It's so rare to find an (almost) exclusive TS1 focused channel in the internet wilderness 😅. Never played any of the downloadable fams but now I am thinking about trying them out. The Maximus and the Hatfields sound fun! The Sims 1 cast was pretty wild, it's a shame that only some of them made it to the sequels. The Mashugas, the Roomies and the Hicks are definitely my faves. It's almost mandatory for me to marry off Elden Hick to Claire Charming in each nbhood, lol. I think it's implied that they are suppose to get with one another, since Claire and Luna are homages to Debussy's 'Clair de Lune' and Elden's cannonically is a classical music fan but maybe I am overthinking. And I loove the theory about Sylvia scaming poor Mama, my second template is pretty untouched so perhaps I would make Sylvia enemies with Elden and Mama in my playthrough. Also, I've always thought that the Roomies girls had canonical last names such as "Chris Jones" and "Melissa Smith", I swore I've seen this info somewhere a long time ago, can't remember where though... Anyways, looking forward for your Superstar Expansion Pack review, since I personally think it is one of the best packs in the entire franchise!

[@Crustacean-p2t]

I like listening to the sims while someone talks about it passionately and informatively :D. I hope you can keep these videos coming, they are a treat.

[@BoringBonesTv]

I am enchanted in so many ways! I had little idea about the existence of these families, and especially about the connections! Thank you for bringing this content with a freshness and feeling that holds us from the beginning to the end of the video. The Sims 1 was special and had a significant impact! Eric Hedman, the art director, created a discord to gather stories and share stories about the game's development, I've been doing some coverage and if you want to join, there's a recent video in which I present some stories, in the description there's a link to it. I think you'll like it!

[@OhNotThat]

the Landgraabs aren't actually a featured family in Sims 1. They are mentioned countless times in ingame text and descriptions for Lots and Objects but they were never a playable family, until the Sims 2 with Open for Business which features a distant but very wealthy relative "Malcolm Landgraab IV". It wasn't until Sims 3 they actually got a proper introduction with a full fledged family.

[@k-rce]

They’re actually introduced as a fam in the Sims for console, but Landgraab industries is already mentioned in SimCity 3000

[@enigmaoffc3148]

I wish they would give all those forgotten families some love.

[@Seshirukun]

Those downloadable families sound so much fun

[@nanjinri]

you mentioning the maximus as your favorite family is SO RIGHT. ahahah

[@k-rce]

a crime how unknown they are

[@KaleidoSTAR_PH]

I have fond memories on the Hatfield family: my torture play with them A.K.A. let free will be 99% in charge of their decision and its hilarious! Not to mention adding Tragic Clown and indoor firecrackers in the mix 🤣🤣

[@gabrielmedina66]

I love it, I thought I was the only one who played with them lol 🤭 As a suggestion, there are also some families that were created in the Beta and many fans know them, they are the Wallace, Roomies, Ryan, etc, you may want to talk about them in the future ❤

[@fr4nKensTe1nss]

For years i was only familiar with the sims 3 because it was the only one that had my native language as an option (way before the sims 4 was even a concept) . Now more than a decade later, and after having learned english, I started playing the sims 2 and I love it. Recently I tried downloading the sims without any success but your videos make want to give it another try!

[@jo-ey8uf]

please can you play these premades, or do some kind of series with them or like how you'd play with them when you were younger? this brings back so many memories

[@EsperElves]

The Mashuga Family!! My favorite family in the Sims 1. First of all, as you said, Sylvia working in the paranormal career (which is also my favorite) is so iconic and Frankie is kinda a kink. I loved their house as a kid and I still adore their style.

[@k-rce]

The Mashuga’s are IT

[@Sarah_e_me]

That second house was like my fav thing ever. Iconic, all of it.

[@pinkmenace1343]

Always thankful to my babysitter for introducing me to the game in the early aughts 😊

[@garthst.claire3459]

Recreated a lot of them for Sims 2 many years back when I was playing that "beginning of Pleasantview" neighbourhood from MTS (you basically start with the earliest ancestors in the family tree). I recreated the Roomies (but I must admit I prefer to pair Melissa Roomies with Michael Bachelor), the Mashugas, the Hicks (I named Mama "Veronica" and made her the sister of Betty Newbie), the Hatfields (yes I went with the idea that Ruby Ann is Skip Broke's older sister, although it did cause a few small problems with the timelines) Claire Charming, and I think I also had the Joneses (though as you point out they are so bland it's difficult to remember) I might try to play that again now that the Sims 2 legacy edition is working on my new desktop. But this time I think I'll try to keep the families more seperate (not making Mama Hick Betty Newbie's sister, for example) The biggest problem is that it's not quite possible to make the Mashuga house as gaudy as it was in Sims 1, at least not without a lot of CC.

[@marcosfernandes7324]

I am so glad to have found your channel ! I love revisiting The Sims 1 lore, it's the only one that really fascinates me enough for me to want to watch a video about

[@kutonowhere]

Love the video. I played TS1 when there was no internet around where I lived, so I didn't get to play the downloadable families. Your review helps me feel like I had played with them.

[@bettyvaseline5458]

Subbed immediately. I’ve been looking for more Sims 1 content

[@NibbleBiscuit64]

These were the iconic families that made Sims special, including the families you can download for it too, and they deserve to be reanimated into Sims 4.

[@mynameism14]

Thank you for this video! I love The Sims 1, it will always have a special place in my heart. I am so happy I've found your channel. ❤ You are doing an amazing job!

[@stanmarsh4566]

Still to this day I play the the Sims games from sims 1 to sims 3. I recently found the demo game of Steering Commitee and downloaded it of course. I'm obsessed with this Sims 1 and Sims 2 Beta history, it's really fascinating to me how both of these games, have been in a crazy changes of aesthetics and in general their UI. I found lots of sims 1 mods that are old and based on Beta, and of course I found all these forgotten families.

[@faeriefun]

Sims 4 is my first sims game so I love learning about the past games! It would be super neat to see some of these families and their houses return!

[@leoaurch]

i really want a video about the sims 1 theories after watching this!!!

[@SailorOllieKat]

I'm so happy i came across your channel! I LOVE the original sims, literally my childhood!

[@simdrew1993]

Great video! Was nice hearing about some of these other sims. I had dial up Internet back in the day and had no idea Maxis had uploaded official Sims. Thanks for sharing a link to download them. I remember back in the day so many different Sims 1 downloads and custom content on many sites. I remember their were pet dogs and pigs that were obiects that could live or die and move around randomly and had to be fed was interesting. Alot of interesting CC back then.

[@lautarocony]

I never really played the sims 1 so I dont really have a clue about the households but it was definetly interesting to hear you talk about them!

[@CharliArmstrong]

YAY! Thank you for this video! I was disappointed to see these wonderful families missing from later sims games. I wrote Sims1 fan fiction that featured the Roomies! I just recreated the Hatfields in my Sims2 game, house and all! 😂

[@k-rce]

Roomies fan fiction is where it’s at

[@anonyman2141]

I would often marry Whatshisname Hick and Claire Charming, they along with their 4 dogs were my favorite family to play. Mama hick used to get untimely demises launching fireworks indoors and such :(

[@k-rce]

The age old trick x

[@NHarts3]

Love your videos! Miss these og families. Makin magic review when? 😂😊

[@k-rce]

I've got some other video ideas I'd like to try as well, and then of course Superstar first as well!

[@miserri]

thank you for a rundown on the downloadable families, never really got to know them before

[@jaxxxtv]

Oh my god I'm obsessed with this! I have so many favourite households from the Sims 3 that I'm forever hoping will come back to the franchise in the Sims 4, but I had no idea there were so many forgotten families from the Sims 1! Love this video! 💙📺

[@lmnop29]

I'm glad someone remembers my man Eldin! I spent sooo much time as a 12 year old trying to get him to fall in love with me. Made it kinda hard with his mom always around. Shout-out to the father of my first 3 Sims children!

[@CourtLlama_]

Omg you just unlocked some memories for me...

[@disneythequeen]

If there's something that is really missing from The Sims nowadays, for me, is CON ARTISTRY! The Psychic Phone Friend is sorely missed!

[@kimberleywilliams7802]

Sims one was SO campy! It's so sad how the sims franchise has lost its charm more and more over time as it becomes more corporatized. In fact, now we cheer for mediocrity and the smallest hint of lore.

[@davecourt2037]

Maximus, Valentino and Snooty Patooty required an additional download to work on my game. Otherwise, they'd crash my game when trying to import them. You can also do a work around to have all these families in the same neighbourhood. With their original homes too. You'll have to google the link with instructions.

[@brenda-fo7yq]

Omg i love this type of niche lore you're getting into. I'm really looking forward to your channel ❤❤

[@TheRealGamerGhoul]

I love this kind of content so much. Thank you for doing this!

[@gameoftomes14]

I loved Claire Chsrming! After Makin’ Magic came out I always made her a witch. I made a TS4 version of her, obsessed.

[@HollyCancer]

I recreated the Hicks (and a knock off Bachelor) in my recent Sims 2 game. Elden fell in love with Mike Bachelor in my Sims 1 game, so I figured I'd get them properly married in the sequel.

[@gabriellag2611]

This unlocked some memories I'd forgotten I had!

[@djpirozzi]

I think about all of this stuff regularly and listen to the music often lmao

[@CarolinaNaiade]

I had NO IDEA of these downloadable families!!! Thanks for sharing ❤

[@Deni_Denise]

I used to love to play with those families. Funny enough the agent family is present in the old town custom neighborhood for the sims 2! They where the only ones I haven't a clue about them XD

[@shelby8101]

I had a Huge crush on Eldon. He’s like 7 pixels??? But I was in love!!

[@k-rce]

We don’t judge here xxx

[@ddffd1539]

great video, you have my sub, even though I don’t really remember most of them except for Mashugas. 😊

[@Helda_Ilweranta]

I gave the hairstyle like you have to Tiffany Sampson in my game and oh my you're reminding me her so much

[@BA-mk5oo]

Keep up the good work! Really appreciate these!

[@math_fax]

Love these nostalgia-driven videos of yours!

[@CozyBug-]

I love sims lore videos! Your voice is so nice to listen to 😊

[@societycrumbles]

I would love a video like this on Sims 2, there are so many cool families there!

[@pablopicaso9170]

It's lovely to watch videos related to the Sims 💖

[@sighbatsu]

Im playing the roomies household yeah i head cannon them as lovers lol

[@tastexink7]

roomies were my FAVORITE!!!

[@LeeDee5]

I played the Mashuga family so much as a kid because they had the coolest house

[@kadircanyapar]

Well, I know which households to recreate in Sims 4 and give them homes according to their personas. Mashugas were my go to family when I was a child. Memories :’)

[@k-rce]

Mashuga's forever honestly

[@milescarrott]

These sims 1 videos are so good to see! Thank you for this 🙏 the sims team need to go back to basics with sims 5 and get inspiration from sims 1 🤞

[@la912]

Man, this makes me wanna play The Sims 1 again. Btw, thanks for the link!

[@lorenzorampazzo1480]

Love the video, so many memories! Keep up the amazing content 😍

[@briegab6491]

i hope the DLC families will be included in the upcoming sims 1 repackage and release

[@CRAZED14hazed]

I spent so much time in that octagonal house

[@NightmareCrone]

In SimGolf, the older Sims would say ‘now Bobby Jones, HE was a golfer!’ and in my mind that was Bobby Jones’ grandpa. That’s the most interesting aspect about them tbh BUT I have a theory that Barbara and Julia Valentino are sisters lol

[@hollyp.8849]

I forgot about the Valentino house! I used to play with them all the time as a kid. The Mashugas were my ultimate favorite, though! 🦩

[@witchywoman2008]

I can’t believe I never knew about the Agent house that is so cool

[@andremedeiros2181]

Another video! We're getting so spoiled ❤ That was really fun, many of these families I didn't remember at all

[@TheRamblingSoul]

0:38 I think the Roomies household is especially interesting since originally the Sims 1 development team was leery about allowing for same-sex romance and marriage in the game due to the potential for controversy, given the late 90s/early 2000s context, but (and I'm paraphrasing/half-remembering here) some new developer put in revisions for the game without checking these early discussion notes and included same-sex romance without a second thought and the game went gold without going back on these changes and ended up very popular for it. Don't quote me on that second part, but it's something along those lines. e: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ6Ue4GGltWtoJY&ab_channel=ReliableRhubarb Around 18:11 in this video

[@Anuela98]

I'm huge fan of Mama Hick. She's soo characteristic sim. And now I finnaly know who is that psychic phone friend of her :D