The Sims 1: An LGR Retrospective Review

This is the LGR review of The Sims 1 from back in 2000. Covers the making of the game, the gatefold box, expansion packs, and heavy nostalgia. Celebrating fifteen years of simming!
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[@terryh.9238]

why am i not surprised the sims was inspired by a house fire?

[@DamzelNDistress]

It just seems right doesn't it🤔

[@TheSilentWalkerz]

@@DamzelNDistress just seems wright*

[@nichsulol4844]

that old study ago

[@windowsxseven]

more like dumpster fire

[@aromanticfranziskavonkarma]

@@TheSilentWalkerz the ace attorney fandom 🤝 the sims fandom the right = wright joke

[@Bootie242]

Sims 1 will always be the most special game for me. When I first moved to America I lived in a tiny room and had no friends for a really long time. I would come home from school and play the sims 1 for hours. Not having to worry about a language barrier and having the ability to build my own house gave me a sense of freedom I didnt have back in the day. To this day I buy every sims game that comes out. I stopped a bit with sims 3 due to its lag and crashing issues but I love the sims 4 and still play it daily (even if they're literally milking it for what it's worth).

[@Frenposter]

That's a beautiful story. Hopefully life is good now.

[@Kairos_Akuma]

@@everythingpony Uhm no? Sims 4 is just a different approach. And sorry. But Sims 3 Crashed, had Bugs up the Roof and tend to Generate 1000's of Taxis that eventually crashed your Game or Corrupted your Savefile if you didnt had the right THIRD PARTY Tools. Not to mention the unrootable Sims that made your Game even slower. The Sims 4 hate is tiresome, just let the People enjoy what they fucking want. I take loadingscreens over Crashs, Laggs and erased saves anytime.

[@TheZloymedved]

Aleyna I are you married?

[@elizalaguera]

Aleyna I where are you from?

[@keyg8]

and island living exp pack is coming soonn ^.^ how time flies sorry i'm just excited :D

[@elizabethcooke1937]

When I first got the game I was 10 and my mom helped me install it... when it finally booted up she was convinced that we bought a Spanish version and called EA to ask how to change the voices to English. They kept telling her they spoke in simlish.

[@elizabethcooke1937]

@Jeremiah Liggins worst part is that my mom took 4 years of Spanish 🤣🤣🤣

[@thewatcher3223]

@@elizabethcooke1937 nooo looollll

[@CoralCopperHead]

@@elizabethcooke1937 Oh dear, one of those "I studied it when I was in high school twenty years ago so I'm an expert" people. Did she ever figure it out?

[@ivanavidaurreta8799]

As a spanish speaker this offends me lol

[@elizabethcooke1937]

@@CoralCopperHead I have no idea 🤷‍♀️ she just let me be in my sims world while she did her own thing

[@JussimirPasold]

EA really should rerelease The Sims 1 on origin like they did with various older and way more unpopular games, with a resolution fix patch to allow us to play it easily on modern computers!

[@lelouche25]

They did release Commanf and conquer collection. So maybe we will see it.

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

Better yet: a GOG release.

[@firefly6437]

I also want them to put Sims 2 on there, if they don't already have it. (I never played the 1st or 2nd Sims games, so I really want to play it.)

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

@@firefly6437 EA made a limited release of The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection for free, and apparently DRM-free, on Origin back in 2014, when they ended support for that game. Edit: apparently the release lasted up until October of last year. By getting The Sims 2 you'd have to create an Origin account and type I

[@miikaylaaa]

Agsma, Just Agsma yes and if you missed the cut off date to use the code you could send a pic of your sims 2 disk and they would give you the collection. i never had the sims 2 disk but i sent a pic of my ds sims 2 game and they gave me the uc

[@cgkitti]

Lol I used some of this music as cocktail hour music at my wedding reception

[@seb2750]

cgkitti Did any guest figure it out?

[@MalignDreams]

You're awesome :)

[@MitchellWiggs]

I would have love to have been there

[@splitwun]

haha :)

[@evilazulan]

Haha I love that you did! The muzak like style is perfect for background music during cocktail hour

[@nn6404]

The sims literally inspired me to become an architect, which I am today. Honestly, the one person that has had the biggest impact on my life besides my parents and sister is Will Wright. It's almost ironic.

[@nn6404]

@Husk it's ironic because the Sims is a game about managing lives virtually and will wright impacted my life irl.

[@nn6404]

@Husk no because you would not expect somebody that manages digital lives to manage real lives. That's the ironic part. Like literal dictionary definition of irony.

[@nn6404]

@Husk When your wrong and have nothing to say, so you just say stupid shit.

[@osomeoneo9238]

Finally found an another person almost like me (want to be architect but I'm to young for that)

[@maymldrz]

I'm studying architecture and The Sims was a big inspiration to me too!

[@Capibaracapibara1992]

Sims its like part of me! Sims 1 = elementary school years sims 2 = middle school early high school Sims 3 = senior years and college Sims 4 = late college and master degree

[@creativedutchess4866]

I relate to this on so many levels

[@chickeninabox]

@@creativedutchess4866 sims 4 : death

[@kritkratt6383]

Manuel Monge same lol more like sims1 elementary sims 2 middle sims 3 highschool and sims 4 I think I bought when I was 20! I’ll be 25 in March

[@MisterNinten]

For me it's: Sims 1 late middle and early high school Sims 2 rest of high school and early college Sims 3 late college Sims 4 after graduating college

[@jaylasmith7317]

Same! But for me I played sims 1 in like 1st grade, sims 2 in 4th grade, I got the sims 3 in 7th grade and sims 4 from 11th grade to now (master's student in college) 😭 Literally grew up with this game

[@Spacemonkey907]

I actually lost my job because of this game. When it came out I was so obsessed I called out from work 3 days in a row. They were not happy about it.

[@gurgy3]

Did you read mechanical books from the bookcase to increase your skill level so that you could a better job from the newspaper?

[@maksymushka]

Awesome profile picture! Carpenter's The Thing is one of my favorite movies of all time.

[@WiiUniverse]

oof

[@-Araina-]

you're the second person I've seen comment this on a Sims video lmao, damn. the addiction is powerful

[@hannahfaye2317]

I love this!!😂😂😂

[@aroxsimona8164]

one time i burned my sim alive and then my real life fire alarm went off for no apparent reason. yeah, never again

[@CaroFDoom]

LOL

[@TheChaosDragoness]

Sounds like a creepypasta.

[@HissinSpit]

I sort of did something like that once. I started a fire on my lot, and right afterwards, the fire whistle in town went off. It...it was unsettling.

[@TheRetroRen]

Someone spice this up, lengthen it, and submit it to Creepypasta.

[@Joe21345]

8BitScoopSlam "The deep virtual entity" Once upon a time, Rita Simonian had bought a copy of the sims at the dark grizzly night. He came back from GAME at about 11:00 pm and started playing the game, he/she made his first ever sim and moved it into a lot. Rita built a house quickly and all of the sudden his sim decided to make food, because his/her's sim's cooking skill was low the stove immediately glared into the house causing a disaster. The sims immediately burst into flames as Rita started laughing the sim, screaming for help died on the spot and all of the sudden Rita's real life fire alarm went off... to be continued?

[@Tengokuchi]

Oh man I remember when you needed an alarm because you could get burgled.

[@natpat4094]

Thats in sims 2 and 3 but not sims 4 bc it sucks

[@MultiCheeseLouise]

보석Nat nope it’s in the sims 1 too. There’s a burglar on the front of the damn box dumbass

[@jeromealday614]

@@MultiCheeseLouise that's not what he meant, idiot

[@MultiCheeseLouise]

@@jeromealday614 he said its in sims 2 + 3. he was wrong. it's in the first one too. dumb aSSSSSSSSS

[@101Volts]

@@MultiCheeseLouise Yeah, the Burglar Alarm is in 1 to 3. Harsh of you though.

[@CarlDillynson]

“The Sims just passed its fifteenth anniversary. It’s hard to believe.” Me: this video passed its fifth anniversary this year. It’s hard to believe.

[@crabcakes448]

Me Me: this video passed its sixth anniversary this year. It's hard to believe.

[@slug3336]

Me Me Me: this video passed its seventh anniversary this year. It's hard to believe.

[@slug3336]

@@Yoyoitsyojiyes

[@danreyes736]

Me: this comment passed it’s one year anniversary this year. It’s hard to believe.

[@Yoyoitsyoji]

@@danreyes736 this comment passed it’s one day anniversary today, it’s hard to believe

[@Amanda-eo7fm]

I really miss those boxes and books. They made getting a new game that much more exciting.

[@pentexsucks43]

The only thing I don't miss is how empty they were. Just a manual and jewel case tossed in usually. I loved it when studios crammed the box with extras to fill it out.

[@UltraRobbie]

There is something about the original Sims' soundtrack that makes it stand out to any other old game, for me. I find other game music nostalgic, but there's something about Jerry Martin's soundtrack that is just so comforting, warm and relaxing.

[@soyezql]

My man, that is what we call (Atemporal Music)

[@Rotinaj37]

Agreed, The Sims soundtrack is pure nostalgia at this point. Takes me right back to 5th grade, hanging out with my brother and sister and making our crushes from school in the game, and trying to marry them :D

[@jorgeaugusto1867]

You know a game is legendary when none of the comments are negative, they're all about the great memories that we have of this masterpiece.

[@katiefox3964]

Yeah, and this concerns the Sims 1. Other parts are also good. But the first is still the better.

[@101Volts]

On a similar subject, I had a fair number of Sims dreams. Some were good, but others were nightmares, since I once went on an extended sim-killing rampage when I was about 9 years old. I'd make one family after another, then kill them in one lot (since I had a teleporter.) Once, it caused the game to go goofy; I had somewhere over 100 (or 200?) graves on one lot, and the ghosts _never stopped spawning._

[@alenko4763]

That’s literally the comment section of any classic game that was popular back then

[@marvinracer88]

Came back to this video, saw this comment, tried to thumbs up it but I realized I already did it in the past XD

[@InsaneDeck]

The piano tracks of the build mode are just amazing! I remember that when my brother got married and returned from honeymoon I was helping to set up his apartment for their arrival, and when they got home I let these songs play in the background. To me it all felt like setting up a new family in The Sims many years ago. This game is just a masterpiece.

[@buxxbannerspov30]

Sims 1...play it for two hours each morning...been doing so since 2001...be 74 this week...plan on playing another 19 years...hope I can keep a windows 7 or XP going that long....

[@choonblaze]

You can play Sims 1 on Windows 10 with a patched exe. Also patched for 1080p and widescreen

[@usagichan4704]

Virtual box is your friend

[@jonnnyvigil3236]

This is the most wholesome comment on here.

[@nimmen]

@@usagichan4704 Virtualbox dropped hardware 3d support

[@Astolfo2001]

What about 86Box and PCBox though?

[@Annausagi2]

Still remember being ten, getting Sims 1 at the store and happily hugging that big box on the way home. xD

[@realbobduncan]

No, but I remember ordering it online, getting picked up from school and knowing it could either come that day or the next, and crossing my fingers all the way home for it to come (IT CAME!!! XD)

[@sithro3961]

hello fellow crybaby ;)

[@realbobduncan]

Genesis ;) ahahaha

[@queensmari4805]

+Genesis thats my friends favorite!

[@jennyrodriguez-fito7973]

Annausagi2 Ikr every time I get a sims game I didn't let my mum touch the box or put it in the back of the car!'

[@HelinOdison]

I remember in Makin Magic that you could make a beanstalk grow so tall, that you could climb up and find Will Right sleeping as a giant 😀😀

[@DarkerPsyche]

I can credit the original "The Sims" with having taken up many hours {cough>years>cough} of my life. I was one of the first content creators (skinners) when the game started gaining its cult status. I went by the moniker "Doctor Frankensim" at the time and even received a gleeful nod by the man himself, Will Wright, when he complimented one of my creations (Edward Scissorhands, I believe) in a published interview. I made custom sims (clothes, heads, props), walls, loading screens, custom music, etc.. I leaned towards more obscure creations such as movie monsters, unusual movie characters, comic heroes, the entire cast of Gilligan's Island, a complete family of chimpanzees (SIMians), etc.. Ah, those were the days...

[@ElenaLaTriste]

I remember your site! Probably even still have some of your creations. Edward Scissorshands was my fav back then. Nice to meet you, Dr Frankensim!

[@TheSilentWalkerz]

Will Wright: My life and house is on fire. Fire: I’m about to make this guy’s whole career.

[@charlie1234500]

Beautiful story

[@-Araina-]

wow, surprisingly wholesome :)

[@davidkonevky7372]

Kinda no considering he already made simcity, but yeah, the sims is for sure his golden child.

[@DrCactus]

The Sims 1 is still extremely fun and playable to this day, in its own unique way. Something about the music, the aesthetic, the items, the vaguely dated decor... It may not have the complexity or the graphics of more recent incarnations, but its simple, charming, and a hell of a good time.

[@BlueGreyWolf]

I agree! Just one time I played it, and I just wonder why The Sims 2 wasn't like that! (Well the charm The Sims had.)

[@DrCactus]

BlueGreyWolf I think The Sims 3 in particular became a little too bloated and complex for its own good, and in doing so ignored a lot of what made The Sims so great in the first place.

[@BlueGreyWolf]

The Sims 3 is really complex that it left itself with not enough optimization.(Save and memory bloating from cars being generated, terrain not being painted properly so to excluded Sims randomly generated on those parts of the world, etc.) The music is nice and all, especially the graphics, but the charm of what the series had isn't there that much. Especially the latest iteration. I certainly hope there can be a time where a game in the series become charmful as the original was.

[@DrCactus]

Yeah, it got to big and bloated for its own good. I think the Sims 4 has gotten somewhat closer to the heart of the Sims, but its still a long way off. With plenty of updates and fine-tuning, it could get back to what made the series so great in the first place.

[@BlueGreyWolf]

Dr. Cactus I think The Sims 4 can be like that too! I guess time will tell.

[@snowfoxxie]

just hearing the first sims music brings a reminiscent tear to my eye.

[@Deltarii]

Keep in mind that this game is almost 20 years old now

[@I-Fuk-A-Monkey]

So?

[@robtz759]

@@I-Fuk-A-Monkey It's shocking that it was released 20 YEARS ago.Time went so quickly

[@Milenko1041THEEDGE]

I find myself playing this old gem all the time! I've spent more money than I wanna admit on a nice custom PC build, and here I am playing this game most of the time!

[@haludae]

20 years now! 🥺🥺 (Feb 2020)

[@101Volts]

@@I-Fuk-A-Monkey Just a thing to think about. Time keeps going. It was 2012 not long ago, and people still thought the world was going to end at winter solstice. It was all hyped up over a mayan calendar.

[@cll1out]

RIP to all the helpless sims who were mistreated tortured and murdered without remorse by players who were playing God without the proper training and credentials...😢

[@Replica_Films2000]

@@silversnow3186 jesus this is all horrible sounding makes me want to blow up kevin

[@kiokkiok4590]

@@Replica_Films2000 Nerd³ reference?

[@101Volts]

I was one of those killers, and I ended up getting nightmares from the sim murder sprees. Harrowing, exact, tangible (in dreams) retribution; *shudder.* The Sims didn't even have to do anything; just by me dreaming of killing them, that gave me senses of their fear. I'm getting sick remembering it.

[@xavierhills1051]

I'll have you know I'm veey qualified for being god. i just like ruining lives

[@trevie7589]

I enjoyed killing my sims when they disobeyed me. 😈 Sometimes I gave them a happy life while other times I got bored and well..accidentally put them in dark rooms without any doors..

[@Powerhouse1]

That nostalgia is hitting me too hard right now. While I currently prefer the Sims 3, there is something about the music in this game that just attracts me to it. Ahh...good times.

[@Wolfen__]

+Pow3rh0use same for me, i still think Sims 3 is the best expansion yet. I would like to play sims 4, but... i will wait a bit when the price lowers down AND when they add pets, i cant play without them, seems boring otherwise ;DDD

[@Powerhouse1]

TheWhiteWolf I'm waiting for the Seasons, the World Adventures (or something similar), and University. They already have an Ambitions type expansion pack, but it's still not enough considering how established the Sims 3 is.

[@Wolfen__]

Pow3rh0use ye, forgot to mention seasons. Pets and seasons and im good ;D, maybe also generations or something like that would be nice too ;D

[@Powerhouse1]

TheWhiteWolf Yeah. Families are definitely lacking since there is no toddler life stage at all. There's just allot missing right now the more I think of it.

[@FernieCanto]

+Pow3rh0use The game itself bored me very quickly back in the day, but the music was excellent. I in particular loved the bossa nova tunes, and how eerily legitimate they sounded.

[@MeAndMira]

I remember it didn't matter what game disc you used, so we used to borrow from the neighbour to have more packs.

[@MyFaceIsPixelated]

my friends and i used to share sims 3 disks for expansion packs :( damn you, origin! miss those days

[@CDNSpartan]

I found a copy of the sims 3 late night at a thrift store. It works with the origin version.

[@gabriellakiernan7968]

It's so annoying that you can't put the sims 4 on two different accounts. I miss the days when my friends would give the disc to each other for them to download on their accounts.

[@CDNSpartan]

The Sims 3 night life key was NEVER registered online so I have a digital copy now lol

[@Metzli]

Oh I did that with my cousin! We were both crazy about the Sims 2 but my parents wouldnt let me buy all the expansions at the time :( Fortunately, she managed to get them all so I'd install her expansions, then install one of mines above it all and it was all playable x3 Best trick ever!

[@witchywoman2008]

I think Sims 2 had the best gameplay, but Sims 1 is just so iconic. It will always stand out. It defined a generation.

[@JoannaFalkowska]

I'm never getting over the Sims 1 *MUSIC*, it was so unique and beautiful, and to this day holds up so well. The build mode chill jazz piano themes are incredible, I often listen to them just because they're so pretty, and so well done. Modern EA could never.

[@QueenAssbuttXO]

I am so grateful to have been introduced to the Sims series with the very first game, instead of the Sims 3 or 4. I remember sneaking downstairs at like 7am on a Saturday to play it on my Dad's old laptop

[@Strangely_Sexy]

Yeah, I ended playing the games in order throughout my childhood....Enjoying the Sims 2 Castaway So much!

[@amandaagnew6787]

same

[@emilyakashiagamesmore9451]

+OwenGryllsGaming same here now I love the franchise!!!!

[@jakel6786]

Introduced on the 3rd game years ago, then after it stopped working, I got it for the pc version, which was better, now I am really hooked. Although, it is possible that I might have been actually introduced on sims 2 castaway, but I am not sure.

[@StarfireMajesty]

The Sims 2 Castaway (PS2 version) is to date my favourite game EVER.

[@Egeexyz]

Ah yes, dat music. The Sims had some of the most memorable music of any game ever.

[@leandritodiaz1]

still use it as alarm clock

[@anxiousseal556]

I heard it on tv programme

[@patrycjab4930]

Pat

[@VorticyHP]

whats weird is that i downloaded the music and then the music started playing in my sims 4 game

[@KS-ti9dp]

@@leandritodiaz1 which one of tracks?

[@marctestarossa]

I remember my best friend having a PC at home and 'The Sims' installed. Everytime I visited him after school we just played it for 6-8 hours straight until I had to go back home. I literally dreamed of this game. Then finally I had my own PC and luckily it had a hard drive barely large enough to have Windows and Sims on it. It took almost 15 minutes just to launch the game but it was so worth it. Then I upgraded the RAM from 32 MB to 48 MB and my mind was blown when I saw the improvement in performance. Ahh, those memories.

[@affandyimam4763]

me learning english : 10% at school 90% by playing the sims

[@limiv5272]

Sul sul!

[@limiv5272]

@Mia Catalano Tried looking this up in a Simlish dictionary, but didn't find anything. Help?

[@limiv5272]

@Mia Catalano Hahaha that happens way too often! I have a dining table with one end against a wall, and when my sims sit in the chair at the corner of the room they tend to get stuck halfway into the wall. So annoying!

[@limiv5272]

@Mia Catalano LOL that'd make for an awkward eulogy

[@balknbarbie]

Hold up-

[@Birdie_]

This game has my favourite soundtrack. It's so perfect.

[@jennyrodriguez-fito7973]

FireBird- oo

[@INeedYouToBreathe]

But the burglar music is scary as fuck

[@salvadorrigotti4776]

@@INeedYouToBreathe And that made it perfect, 8 year old me was scared as fuck of burglars and fire

[@Foxarocious]

I remember getting this the Christmas right after it came out! My sister and I played it FOR HOURS. Wake up, play t=The Sims, eat brunch (we'd be late for breakfast every time), play The Sims, eat dinner, play The Sims, go to bed at 2 AM, wake up at 7 AM, play The Sims, REPEAT! Those were some great holidays, they were...

[@fe5018]

I got it about a year after that but this was my exact experience too. We had big family Christmases, like up to 16 to 20 people for dinner 2-3 days in a row and still I disappeared to play The Sims; it was nice though, all my relatives would stop in to where I was throughout the day to see how I (and my Sims) were getting on! XD

[@serenity2010sh]

This is the 1st game I ever stayed up playing for 24 hrs.

[@carriefeda6816]

Definitely fallen asleep with my computer on auto play so I didn’t have to go through the whole loading screen 😂

[@imdaaniel]

I always picked the Goth family because they were rich! Lol

[@alexk1682]

Daniel King shows how many different angles this game had. I was more into building and designing. I didn’t play the life part as often.

[@davidkonevky7372]

I always just made my own sims, made them the most ridiculous house in town, and tortured/put them in awkward situations, like removing the pool ladder or puting the bathtub on the outside of the house for the townies to see.

[@aeroga2383]

That's what my cousin did and I used to get mad at him for taking the easy route

[@Rogther]

12:45 Seeing the map so big just literally blew my mind. So many years of my childhood spent on that little top left corner, it just makes it amazing to see the map so enlarged like that.

[@DenshoGiallo]

I forgot how this game was HARD. I mean, there's no real way to play this game relaxed without cheats.

[@lukeson8934]

Or spam motherlode

[@echowoods7977]

Or with a singular sim.

[@maceykate]

True! And the superstar expansion was even more difficult. By the time my sims reached a star and a half, they'd have passed out in the recording studio.

[@HissinSpit]

I used to be that simmer that people often look down on nowadays for using cheats all the time. But it was so hard! I used to spam the dickens out of the "move_objects on" cheat to delete my Sims (maxing their motives) just so I could properly enjoy going to community lots.

[@101Volts]

It's a game of strategy. I bought the strategy guides and read them thoroughly but only more recently did I play it and "win" at it. Take care of basics, get the sims to bed ahead of time, have a cook at home, etc. It's pretty easy if you know what works and stick to it.

[@laracroftvideos]

13:56 that music hit me right in the guts. OH MY GOD.... that is my entire childhood right there.

[@katiefox3964]

I am still listening this music, while building in TS4 😏

[@marlenacupcake]

SAME! I literally felt that

[@jessicawesterhoff3547]

I remember the first time I ever played The Sims and how excited I was when I first saw that Sims loading screen on my computer I really miss those days just playing for hours and hours after school...Where dose the time go?

[@ThatRatGuy]

The Sims are actually a reason I believe that focus groups in large corporations are full of crap and the average consumer has no idea what he wants until he gets it. I imagine that things like Minecraft would've been also shunned by focus groups back in it's alpha days.

[@LGR]

ThatRatGuy Precisely. There's a reason why certain bigger companies that are focused on creative endeavours completely skip the focus testing part of product design.

[@gamerguy425]

I remember hearing a focus group was the reason behind why the Atari lynx is so god damn enormous, like the focus group felt that bigger was better because they felt that they were getting more for there money. did they completely forget the fact that a portable gaming console is meant to be, you, know carried around? in pockets? the fact that later model that is about the size of a sega game gear and drains 6 AA's is the IMPROVED smaller version is sad beyond words. the original was like the size of a fat ps2 and guzzled like 8 double AA's in no time flat. given hearing that, I can never take the concept of a focus group seriously

[@posey9573]

I was reading a short comic about focus groups in cartoons. They can really screw up series.

[@lactobacillusprime]

This first version of the sims is the game I played the most out of all the Sims games. It's amazing to see how far this series has progressed. It's crazy to see what is put into the new games and all the expansion packs. Cool tribute video!

[@LGR]

lactobacillusprime It really is amazing isn't it? Never thought back then that it'd become the top-selling PC franchise.

[@nicolereadstarot]

I was 11 when I got my first sims game. I ditched barbies and played sims. I have been playing ever since lol

[@denisenova7494]

Persephones Charm: Same.

[@MrNightshade2010]

funny thing is in a way you still are/were playing with barbies .... of all shapes colors and sexes (in fact thats how i describes the sims in general.. "pretty barbies for adults ")

[@PeteyThePenguin]

It's kind of like virtual Barbies... with fire. So better

[@dnighthawk204241]

Anyone else feel old when LGR says the sims just passed its 15th anniversary, and then realize with creeping horror that this video was uploaded 6 years ago?

[@Evansmustard]

No other music takes me back in time as much as the music from this game.

[@macealred4135]

We need a game with sims 4 CAS and graphics, open world and Create a Style from sims 3, and the game play and expansions from the sims 2.

[@IvanovIvanAKrutoi]

Maybe Paralives can help fill that gap... hopefully.

[@nathanniesche6380]

I don't understand why people want Sims 4 graphics. They're so cartoony and stupid.

[@rugbyplayer9100]

Yaba Daba Doo thank you!! I always thought sims 3 graphics were waaayy better

[@Fiddleron]

No. With Sims 1 graphics.

[@mkaali]

with sims 1 music and style

[@Thermalburn]

I remember buying this game back when it came out at my schools book-fair. My mom gave me money to go the fair to buy some books, and i came back with The Sims and Sim Themepark. lol

[@divinecomedian2]

Shit, your mom gave you a lot of money for books if you bought two games!

[@fanmaxis3004]

It's hard to believe that Tommorow is the 20th anniversary of The Sims

[@moxgirl5]

I love the original Sims soundtrack sooooo much, I still listen to it regularly to this day, especially that Buy mode track you used and the neighbourhood theme

[@MarcusBadi]

The buy mode theme is awesome!!

[@MarcusBadi]

All of them! :D

[@lowlyfe03]

wtf is wrong with you people

[@danijelujcic8644]

build mode 6 and 4

[@smellincoffee]

KLAPAUCIUS! Wow, that was a vanilla install. They switched to rosebud with Livin' Large, IIRC.

[@edzia13131]

omg klapaucius will never die xD

[@marvinracer88]

!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;

[@asdfomfglol]

i think rosebud was in the base game, no?

[@smellincoffee]

@@asdfomfglol Not unpatched base game, no.

[@darkmage07070777]

My best friend and I bonded over this series back in college, and it was always a joy for us to pool our money and go buy a new expansion whenever they came out. Seeing this retrospective brings tears of nostalgic joy to my eyes, especially the ending song - my favorite of the original series.

[@jeremybdman]

I have a lot of great memories of this game as well. Back in the day, when they had the "Sims Stories" one of the stories I wrote called "Vampire Night Club" went on to win a lot of community awards and was in the top 3 stories on the old Sims site for nearly a year, I even got to do an interview with Wired back in 2000.This game prompted a love of storytelling which has carried me into a career of making movies. A lot of it I owe to the Sims for sparking my imagination.

[@KedViper]

Jeez, could you imagine if the Sims actually spoke English. It would get real weird real fast.

[@101Volts]

@Necramonium Making it gibberish is what made it transcend language barriers. It's a cheaper way to avoid recording and re-recording things in different languages.

[@Otakupatriot117]

As much as "Tootoo la boca!" can get irritating to hear, it'd be even worse in English. Just "I'm starviiiiiing!" over and over while you're already trying to make food but they can't get navigate your chair placement.

[@isthistwitterbruh]

I miss big box w/flap pc games. I miss them so very much. And instruction booklets.

[@ilhambudi95]

The Sims 1 = early 2000s life.

[@donkeydonk127]

SO FACTS

[@MegaSantaclaude]

So many memories cramped into one game. This will always be my favorite simulation game, and Sims 1 always my favorite in the series. And the music is so amazing that you can always recognize it when you hear it.

[@governmentrape]

So much nostalgia with the music. Can't beileve it's been over 15 years. Time goes by too damn fast. :l

[@FordFalcon1962nBlue]

in a year the sims will turn 20, scary I know

[@plutoandpolaris]

I was first introduced to the Sims right when The Sims 3 came out. My friend showed me it, and I was OBSESSED. The sims was something I never knew I wanted so badly until I had it. I played it. And played it some more. And some MORE. To be honest, I never really stopped. While the Sims 4 is out now and the game keeps progressing, I keep going back to the Sims 3, the game that got me into this wonderful franchise.

[@realbobduncan]

But have you tried Sims 2? It's really amazing! So is Sims 1, but for someone who was introduced with Sims 3 you might not enjoy it.

[@elijah.rb71]

Yes try sims 2! And sims 1! I love all of the sims games, even the oldest one! They have a special place in my heart, and if the series ever ends.... Well I don't even want to think about it

[@stinkarely]

buy the sims 2!!! thats what started my love of the sims!!! the sims 2 has the best everything (my opinion) it has cool features that is no longer in any other sims games like the soundtrack the clothing, furniture! oh god just buy it you will see what I mean :)

[@Userbfhdjdvdoeydebsk]

Same story sims 3 was the one .

[@Yonnimer]

Sims 2 was good...I dont think a person who came in with sims 3 or even 4 would but...For those like me who came in with sims 1 to get sims 2...It was just awesome. Its one of those feelings when you grow up with something you love for years, getting the expansions and then getting the second game...It just felt awesome.

[@renatoloureiro9103]

Wow, that surely brings back a lot of memories. I remember being at my best friend's house playing this for hours. We actually focused a lot more on building houses, adding a videogame console in every room (every kid's dream), choosing between endless samples of tiles, wallpaper, appliances... Those were the days.

[@boston_octopus]

Most people commented about the music, but I melted seeing furniture and build items that I remembered and loved, like the card table dining table with the aqua surface. Just downloaded a recreation of the table for Sims 4 😂

[@pootis818]

His voice is so soothing.

[@SmoothEmJay]

Real clint wears sims shirts, sim clint wears LGR shirts. Clever. Even if unintentional. ;)

[@LGR]

You're onto me!

[@SmoothEmJay]

You're damn right I am! ;)

[@reallyryan_]

The Sims 1 was my ENTIRE childhood. No joke, that and crash bandicoot

[@gabeslist]

I remember getting this game at a garage sale when I was young. I played it four hours, I remember. What strikes me the most now is how the aesthetic and tone of the game creates such interesting feeling that none of the other games really did for me. American Television Culture sounds right as a way to describe it. Because it's like watching a mixture of a soap opera and the home shopping network. (also scratches my vaporwave, abandoned mall, dead americana type itch)

[@MidnightCity089]

I remember when I was younger I would go to my cousins house after school and we would play this for hours. Now I get bored playing the sims 4 after 30 mins.

[@Metzli]

Oooh me too, I'd play Sims 2 with my cousin for so long :3

[@teresapurdie4958]

Yea I don’t really like sims 4 either sims 3 is the best

[@melainemeyer8899]

The Sims 4 is okay, it's not at all my favourite but it's still fun to play to an extent. I very much like the gameplay and the mechanics of the game, although the gameplay does get very boring and repetitive after a while because the game just isn't complete. It honestly feels like it should still be in development when I play and a part of me just hopes that they'll release free patches that'll help the game feel more complete. I think another problem is also it's predecessor, Sims 3. Sims 3 went above and beyond with the game and included so much content that my computer was pretty much dead after I installed as many expansions as I could. Sims 2 was perfection. In a perfect world the Sims 4 should have been a combination of the sims 2 and 3

[@atomiccrusader6839]

@@melainemeyer8899 Essentially, the open worlds of Sims 3, the interesting stories and mysteriss of Sims 2, the cas of Sims 4.

[@kaitie648]

It seems that’s the way growing up is. I used to play Sims 2 for hours and if I go back to it, it was not nearly as fun. Same for Sims 3.

[@punkettepassion]

You know what is ever so timeless and classic? The Sims 1. As much as I adore the later games in the sims series, nothing can replace the perfection of this game. Although it has many limitations, it's charm and uniqueness continue to keep this game alive for eras. There's nothing I love more than to hear Sims 1 piano keys softly play, as I build the house of my dreams.

[@tribble608]

OMG all those old sounds I haven't heard in a while, I'm so nostalgic

[@IdiotStinky02]

i used to play the sims original on a lenovo laptop from 2009 i used to play the sims in 2014 until the laptop got its hard drive replaced after it died and i lost the sims and my saves and ended up going to sims 3 pirated

[@TheRealBellaGoth_]

I’ve recently found a way to download the whole collection. It’s been 11 years since I’ve played. This and the Sims 2 aged very well. The nostalgia 😍

[@Priyo866]

In case of Sims 2, not only it aged amazingly, it is still able to surpass Sims 3 and 4 in terms of realism and many more features.

[@rebeccalee9202]

Thank you for having an AMAZING voice!

[@LGR]

Thanks, I'm glad you like!

[@Justin72walker]

she is right,but...haha!

[@20to1devotchka]

yup...I put on his channel every night before I go to bed :P

[@Igottaputmefirst]

deadass. lol

[@CybeargPlays]

The Sims 1 intro video is extremely nostalgic for me... It still gives me chills. Have you done a review of Spore? I'd love to see one, particularly since I remember being disappointed by it, and I never understood what exactly happened after it apparently turned out less than promised.

[@LGR]

***** I'd love to cover that one sometime, the story behind it is fascinating, and is about as drawn out and involved as The Sims. Spore's idea was mind-boggling, but what we got was a mere shadow of what it was supposed to be.

[@CybeargPlays]

Lazy Game Reviews I still remember the amazing demo of the three-legged creature by Will and the live demo by Robin Williams. Those builds looked so much more involved and interesting than the result result. It looked like there actually WAS procedural animation, rather than canned biped leg animations getting stuck together.

[@Tanglekat33]

I heard that a group is making a new game based on Spore's premise to make the game it was supposed to be. So far they only the first part I think, the cell stage. I provided a link in case anyone wanted to check it out: revolutionarygamesstudio.com/

[@SL-uo4dl]

Tanglekat33 Thanks :-) This looks great, they have a long way to go yet

[@CybeargPlays]

Tanglekat33 Awesome! Thanks for sharing! Looks like they have a loooooong way to go, but best of luck to them!

[@SplinterAce]

Those graphics are insane for the year 2000

[@Zedek]

Pre-Rendered graphics and 5 actual models in 800x600. That's even easily doable without any hardware acceleration.

[@justinmiller1191]

Oh man! Hearing the music really brings back memories.

[@racheltheglamazon]

Not related to the Sims, but i just want to say I am so glad I found your channel. You are absolutely hilarious and your videos are a joy to watch.

[@LGR]

Glad to hear that, thank you!

[@minefilms1122]

what would sims even be without the building part?

[@gasolinedrinker9170]

Aaron It would be The Ss

[@fe5018]

Depends on the expansion packs you have. They offer alot.

[@thelinkan3512]

@@fe5018 not if it is sims4 expansion packs

[@britthartloff88]

Boring

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

People walking around in a field speaking their weird-ass language.

[@sweetreamer5101]

Normal person's house burns down: "Oh God I'm ruined!" Legendary creator's house burns down: "I bet I could turn this into a billion dollar franchise."

[@maxine3898]

Back when EA didn't suck. Really loved this game to death as a small child being.

[@spdutahraptor777]

back when the EA logo was a quality guarantee

[@CharmedKitty143]

rosebud;!;!;!;!;!;!

[@aimeeburrows7301]

I'd always add a 1 on the end, that way it would remain typed yet still give the money, so just press enter 6 times for megabucks lol

[@roochiepoo]

Pfft.. klapaucius please

[@CF-bg3jd]

OMG, I remember doing that!

[@shamare04]

Yesss

[@Sarah_h198]

@@roochiepoo only clicked more comments for that comment lol

[@skyquill4329]

I spent the entire video just going "Ooohh I remember that!" and "I wasn't the only sadist who killed their sims".

[@1bitkat]

Oh the memories :3

[@HoshPak]

I loved the Sims as a kid. I once sent a letter to Maxis when they still existed and they replied as well as sending me a T-shirt saying "I'm a Sims Superstar". I wore that one a lot...

[@rb98769]

Man, the music gives me the goosebumps, especially build mode.

[@Snackies]

remember launchkng a firework inside a room filled with carpets? yeah? yeeeahhhh.

[@101Volts]

Yep... That may be why my dreams were full of nightmares with Sims dying a lot...

[@natphobia561]

Snackies my favorite sims 1 ever play through on KZbin ended in them filling the entire mansion they had built up through the series with rugs and fireworks and inviting the entire neighborhood and killing them all. What a great ending.

[@timon_of_athens]

my favorite sims 1 let's play was from AndrewArcade

[@mariahbenetatos]

Natalie Bailey lol sounds evil.

[@biker932012]

Snackies or lighting a fireplace with the same scenario?

[@SoFreshLSRP]

The thing I love most about the Sims franchise is the soundtrack. They bring so much relaxation, as well as nostalgia. Beautiful.

[@willdixon2573]

That ending music really took me back.

[@DarkSide3211]

Im not the only one watching this again right? this game really has a special place in my heart and this retrospective talking about it really just brings back all the memories I had as a small chile back in the days where times were wayyyy simpler for me

[@GirlWithPinkLaptop]

Oh, the nostalgia! I remember playing The Sims when I was only 7 years old! I would play for hours on end, falling asleep at the keyboard with my older sister taking turns storytelling. It's amazing to see how far the game has come over the years. Thanks for taking time to make this video! :)

[@ap0calypse5]

Sims 1 was the reason I begged for my very own computer after playing it at a friend's house for hours and hours. I desperately wanted to be able to play it at home and the moment that I was finally able to do that was amazing. I mean, I'm sure my mom was less than thrilled that I was sitting in front of the computer waaaaay more than before.

[@rebca_]

I have a sudden craving to design homes.

[@Thiago-px9ev]

Best soundtrack EVER. So nostalgic, what a revolutionary game!

[@moccalou]

Oh my God, I nearly drowned in a wave of nostalgia when you opened the game box flap. I haven't seen that in like 18 years. I wish I still had mine.

[@SassmasterMaxie]

I will admit that Sims 2 is my favourite, but my love for the Sims games started with the original.

[@vulcanjoe8258]

EA wanted to remove the building aspect of the game? How dare you accuse EA of removing features!

[@Crypted112]

@@TheTIM333 And then you would have to unlock all the different furniture for $10 each, or you could buy the "special pack" containing all of them for only $109.99. What a bargain!

[@Solaxe]

@@Crypted112 yeah DLCs and microtransactions in 2000. God you're dumb

[@mattwells5347]

Oh god the sound effects in Sims 1 is carved into my brain, and I can’t help but smile when I hear them

[@Gingerm0nster]

This review was a better, more thoughtful tribute to the legacy of The Sims than EA ever could have done for the 20th anniversary

[@leftyfourguns]

One of the best manuals of all time. I believe it's required bathroom reading

[@Piefav2]

I always thought it would be awesome if you could import SimCity maps into The Sims, and have your Sims live in the buildings. They touched on it with being able to import Sims into Simcity 4, and being able to put SimCity 4 maps into The Sims 2, but it never really fulfilled that longing I wanted.

[@LGR]

You could do that in The Sims 2 and SimCity 4! Make the maps in SC4 and you import as a neighborhood in TS2. You just had to place all the buildings and such in TS2 though.

[@Piefav2]

Lazy Game Reviews I know, I said that. I meant that it would be cool to use the buildings you already made by zoning instead of having to add Sims 2 buildings.

[@NinaFelwitch]

I once owned all Sims 1 expansion packs. My mother still has them somewhere. I need to get my hands on that game again, just to swim in the nostalgia-ocean.

[@squeallymaniac]

Sims 1 Complete Collection is so good, especially when you download custom furniture from online

[@thorbio]

Still one of my favourite videos on KZbin. Remember watching it for the first time and just being so excited to play the sims 1 again after. Can’t believe that’s nearly six years ago

[@maggyfrog]

i was fucking obsessed with this game

[@maxmetalknight]

A Duke Nukem Sim :D ... "It's time to build house and make a career... and I'm all out of bladder"

[@basedsouljah]

This particular retrospective of yours Clint plays a special role in my heart. I was in a great place when this video came out. Remember watchin it then. I come back to it all the time.

[@TygrasKittenKori]

Your videos are always so calming and chill.