♦ TV - Evolution: Sims 1 - Sims 2 - Sims 3 - Sims 4

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Happy holidays! I hope you have been having a wonderful time whether you celebrate or not Thumbs Up For:

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Sims 1

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Sims 2

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Sims 3

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Sims 4

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Sims 5

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Side note: This feels like a compilation rather than a comparison but I really wanted to see the channels together like this, this is not focused on everything the TV can do (videogames, home videos, etc) cause the video is ages long already. Also, once again, I thought this would be a short one haha

[@handlesbelike]

explains the nearly 2 hour long video i guess

[@xxelmoth]

No worries, TRP. Two hour video? I got my snacks, my phone and time today. 🤙🏾

[@empressp7761]

I prefer creating this comparison video is shorter than this.

[@TheMentorOfMomos-p3e]

omg you actually compiled ALL the scenes that get on the TVs. That must have taken so much time! Amazing work

[@lionkid5841]

oh my gosh you don’t know how long i’ve been waiting for someone to get together all the stuff thats on the TVs in game!! this is a great video. i used to watch the TV with my sims in the sims 3 all the time

[@TheRedPlumbob]

I knew I couldn't be the only one who wanted to see the channels together haha

[@Wesley_Cavalcanti]

Comparison ❌️ Documentary ✅️ 🗿

[@TheEtherny]

All the news channels are hilarious! I always enjoyed how the sims doesn't take itself seriously.

[@androkr]

Sims 1: Images Sims 2: Videos form Sims 2 Sims 3: Videos form Sims 2 Sims 4: Videos form Sims 3

[@adrianblake8876]

The channels from newer EPs use Sims4 footage...

[@imagebear8916]

@@adrianblake8876 Ok

[@imagebear8916]

@@adrianblake8876oh. Ok…

[@imagebear8916]

@@adrianblake8876 oh. Ok…

[@link_the_bae]

29:27 the car moving💀

[@Auron12786]

I absolutely love the horror scenes. Even TS1 horror vocals

[@TheRedPlumbob]

Same, it's my favorite channel

[@LoveNinjaYoutube]

I love all the sounds of the Sims 1 TV in general. So nostalgic! 🥰❤️

[@merchantfan]

The vocals in TS1 were so good, they really made you picture an entire show even if there was just a still picture.

[@nezromightyroc6321]

29:45 The fact that the kid gets away with several crimes and still gets his pizza makes this my favourite show in all the games. I laughed so hard when he walked into the hospital with all that pizza

[@GrahamRocks]

Oh thank God, finally someone uploaded videos of these in high quality! Thanks, Red Plumbob!

[@TheRedPlumbob]

I wouldn't call it high quality but thank you hehe

[@dundee6402]

It's crazy how the Sims 2 tv sounds are ingrained in my brain, even though I almost never looked at the actual footage (not that I could see anything anyway 😂)

[@TheRedPlumbob]

It's honestly so hard to see! I had an easier time knowing what I was looking at if I squint really hard haha

[@merchantfan]

That redneck grill guy is ingrained in my brain

[@merchantfan]

Honestly they were all great for their resources at the time. Major props towards whoever puts together the short films, they're great

[@OhMissSully]

I believe the mascot at 30:27 is meant to be Betty Yeti, who is the mascot you can meet at the winter lots in The Sims Vacation. It seems like the other two pictures are Marky Sharky and Archie Archer, who are also the beach and forest mascots, respectively, in The Sims Vacation. It’s a nice little tie in they like to do to the other packs. Some other examples are the sims having a romantic dinner on the romance channel (uses the fancy booth from Hot Date), the sims having a sword fight on the action channel (the 4.5 star acting job in Superstar), and the zombie on the horror channel (the result of drinking the purple potion from the chemistry lab in Livin’ Large). It’s really clever foreshadowing of features to come since I believe most of these TV images existed in the base game.

[@RevanR]

The Sims 3 really hit sweet spot for me

[@chyrchhella7804]

42:05 Vladdy Daddy teaching kids math is so wholesome 😭😭😭

[@Pandorassvideo]

I have to say they did an amazing work with ts3 movies for sims 4

[@tkwilliams7059]

Thank you for the longer videos ! I love videos like this , happy holidays !

[@TheRedPlumbob]

I'm glad to hear. Happy holidays!

[@jadiejade92]

I love this! I’ve always wanted to watch every single channel in all the Sims games and now I can! Thanks for making this!

[@InsaneStar7]

If you have Sims 4's Seasons, the Fireplace Channel is always available in Winter on any TV even if it doesn't have the Super Reception upgrade. Also about the Fireplace Channel, most people will think it's just a "What, that's it?" reaction to the channel that may seem pointless, but it isn't. In fact, this channel has an interesting feature. If your Sim has Tense or Angry moodlets, it alleviates it very quickly. Don't believe me? Get your Sim a Tense or Angry moodlet, watch the Fireplace channel, and watch the moodlets go down very fast.

[@chyrchhella7804]

Does it help with the freaking burnout??

[@InsaneStar7]

@chyrchhella7804 Nope, because the burnout it's not a Tense or Angry moodlet. It's a Dazed moodlet.

[@saekurosawa2345]

Ok ngl the "Simder" movie was great

[@moonlightwolves4503]

I remember when playing the sims 3 I would always watch the tv with my sims and just seeing all the sims 3 channels/movies really hits that nostalgia for me

[@xxelmoth]

Thank you for preserving such important history 🤌🏾🥹🔥

[@game4ref]

Thank you for making this video. It brings back memories of when I played as a kid. I used to love watching the cooking shows 🤣

[@TheRedPlumbob]

Same! I realized I watched most of Sims 2's videos but barely any from Sims 4

[@pariahmutt3589]

Did I just spend almost two hours watching Sims movies? Yes, yes I did.

[@adrianblake8876]

The thing I think really shines here, which makes TS2 a win for me, is how the clips don't go in a loop and are randomized, which is noticable because (1) they have at least three clips per channel (TS3&4 mostly have just a clip or two per channel), and (2) they also have commercials. I know some TS4 channels have three clips per channel, but I don't own the game to check if they shuffle or not (stupid EA App which I'm not gonna install)...

[@BadaBadger]

Moonlight Massacre III being my favorite, only because it's a reference to one of my favorite franchises 😭

[@TheEtherny]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies scarred me as a child! I thought the last bit was real for the longest time lmao

[@bence.dobri426]

Thank you for the video, even if it was a compilation rather than a comparison it was fun. Happy holidays! ❤

[@williamp5858]

The Sims 4 took it to a whole new level. The Sims 2 was too blurry to watch. It's like Sci-Fi and just about everything imaginable. They kind of did Thriller with the zombies. I can't believe his girl waited 30 years for him to get out of the joint. My favorite part is the kid and his dog getting pizza and inadvertently sends the guy to the hospital. What would have made it even funnier was them carrying him out on a stretcher while he's groaning.

[@TheRedPlumbob]

Whoever made the movies in Sims 4 deserves an award. They're so entertaining!

[@williamp5858]

@@TheRedPlumbob My favorite for The Sims 2 was The Anchorman.

[@aname4700]

this must have taken so much work!! projects like this are so important from the perspective of fandom history and archivism. thank you!

[@JamesSt0315]

2:52 Same old CJ! Busta! Straight busta!

[@tleoipl37]

All we had to do was follow the damn train cj

[@aturchomicz821]

11:48 POV you are watching Jerma play the Sweets household, Caramel the child of the family just went hungry to sleep and her mother pissed herself in the bathroom all while the tiny TV is blasting this in the background. Gen 1 everybody

[@daoyang5988]

The sims 3 I missed this game! On pc. 🖥 I missed those game on since 2010 and 2011. When I was kid. One of them my favorite! I really is, i missed my old games!

[@PLATAO68]

A DOCUMENTARY ? I LOVE IT

[@mascarponecheeze1308]

You really worked hard making this video. And I admit that I loved watching what my Sims are watching on TV (in 2 and 3, as I don't have 4 and 1 had static pics). I loved music station and cooking shows from Sims 2. :D

[@Kezia_Pratiwi]

The fact that you can see at 34:17 the cheat item is hilarious to me, you can never realised it if you not really zoom it

[@HCR_CA15]

44:35 you know... I think that a crossover between Pokémon and MySims would be cool, considering that MySims only available on Nintendo systems.

[@tarasrex]

If you are going to make a compilation like that, please make sure to give us timecodes for segments next time. Other than that, I really like this video. When I put it on fullscreen and just stare at my screen, I feel like an irl sim watching TV lol

[@TheRedPlumbob]

Haha true, I had my TV on the background and every commercial jingle made me think of the sims. I'll add timecodes!

[@NikkiWrightVGM]

I'm convinced the developers of Sims 4 have never seen a CRT television in their life and just had someone vaguely describe it to them.

[@tleoipl37]

CJ in sims 1 at 3:00😂

[@Im_so_happy15]

Yea

[@theusov]

Not the Castaway clip in TS3 being the Castaway Stories intro video 💀

[@wizardtheater]

Something to note is most (possibly all) of the films included in Freetime are edited versions of machinima short films created as part of a contest. Though I've been unable to find the originals since the original sims 2 website was taken down.

[@TheRedPlumbob]

I did not know this! Thank you

[@xxelmoth]

18:01 I’m a little…🌿 this is low-key spooky 😅

[@hunpenki164]

I noticed some clips are featured twice. The alien sitcom was likely based off of the old sitcom Married with Children where the characters looked very similar to these designs. The wife too had a poofy red hair, the daughter blond hair, and there was also a "loser archetype"(?) husband and a younger son.

[@NarakunoHana100]

I've been waiting for a video like this for so long😭

[@Basileus-d1q]

The grandma burning to death is ingrained in my head

[@MsNorine]

We need those Sims 3 TV's in Sims 4, aha!

[@farkietdm]

1:53:13 the urbz neon east soundtrack!

[@leopd]

3:05 hey CJ

[@Wesley_Cavalcanti]

7:59 These clips are awesome.

[@rosenewbie2773]

Truly outrageous! That cartoony music video from the Sims 4 was based on the intro to an 80's cartoon show called Jem! Who else remembers the show?

[@autistic_elite]

1:01:43 this really does cover most world leaders most of the time down to a tea at least in the UK

[@alihaidarbsa1938]

Could you make vacation comparison on the Sims games?

[@TheRedPlumbob]

I was working on it this mid year but lost the footage, maybe I'll pick it back up at some point but not for now

[@eddy3080]

2 hour comparison about TVs. Absolutely Chad.

[@Alisa_Nanar]

I love TV in The Sims in every part, starting with 2. TV commercials from The Sims 2 are the most familiar, I know EACH OF THEM by heart, although they are made a little carelessly (there you can see the actions of the Sim in the top left). The most beloved of The Sims 3 is the History Channel. and in 4, there are really mini-films. They even filmed “Omen” briefly. (Sorry, English not my native language)

[@ppoxo]

The head in a jar on the Horror Channel in Sims 1 is a game item from the Makin Magic addon. In general, almost all items in TVs are taken from the game. All isometric videos on the news channel in Sims 2 are recordings from Simcity 4

[@autistic_elite]

20:36 that looks like it could be a pre-screenshot from the Sims two

[@Atsuhiko8888]

Sims 2 definitely had the best TVs, there's all of the little details that come with them (Like how flat screen wall TVs have a chance to fall and break), the TV models look really good, and the TV channels they come with feel so lively. Plus if you knew how to do it, you could even add in your own movies which came with base game, in 3 and 4 you would have to use mods to add them. Unfortunately the video quality is horrible but there is a mod that replaces them with higher quality videos. Sims 4 is in second place due to the variety in channels and the quality of them, plus I just love how they used Sims 3 footage in the older channels. Not a huge fan of the TV models though... For being the newest game they look low quality and plastic-like compared to 2 and 3's models. Sims 3 was quite underwhelming in this, it had less shows than Sims 2 and the ability to add in your own movies was removed, however I did like the TV models and the shows it did come with and the little details it had (Like how Sims complain when you turn off the TV while they're watching it) Sims 1 might be last but as always it is the foundation of the franchise so of course the later games will do better in a lot of aspects.

[@autistic_elite]

10:52 that one always reminded me of Star Trek and the Borg

[@pufferfish210]

54:06 That Guy Says "Wobble with me" That's fancy

[@androkr]

1:13:09 The three stooges (Female edition) Which we deserve 😂😂

[@connorbabylon5957]

5:00 babe wake up new arcane lore just dropped vi fighting singed to rescue jayce

[@buckla8412]

not the sims analog horror 😭(1:48:58)

[@KosekRoyal]

3:00 is that CJ?

[@fretzil]

no it's a black construction worker sim, also predates the release of san Andreas

[@connorjmcgee]

with the expection of sims 1, all winners in my book due to moving pictures and most channels have footages from sims games, also like you i'm missing some tvs in the sims 3 due to most being from the sims 3 store and one from the discontinued katy perry pack

[@connorjmcgee]

side note #1: for the dating show in the sims 4: the vampire from the vampire pack made a smart move by rejecting the creepy phone girl and going out with kyle from growing together instead, i think he and kyle make a great couple. side note #2: thanks for referencing mtv and survivor, i mean i thought i was the only one who knows both of it, R.I.P to MTV and spoiler alert; rachel won survivor 47

[@JadenfireYumiChi]

Sims 2 I feel is the best do to them using that gen's sims for the videos

[@Pandorassvideo]

Btw the Simder movie is hilarious and sometimes accurate 😂

[@kikida9645]

12:03 That Moose Sound Tho!

[@arcticxabyss]

it's kina hard for me to pick a winner, but it's neat to see different types of images playing on the tv.

[@Romy-gz7ig]

At 31:20 is that optimum alfred from the Sims DS ?? 😮🤔

[@TheRedPlumbob]

That is a recurring model, it's also the servo in Sims 1

[@MichaelBowker-1970]

Im giving this one to the sims 2

[@bernadettfekete4327]

Many thanks!

[@sharingiscaring-beinclusive]

This video inspired me to do a TV channel called SimsTV! Filled with many genres beloved by all! There's also gonna be other channels alongside, such as SimsKids, SimsJr, SimToons, SimFilms, Sims3Drama, Sims2Comedy, etc!

[@KurtSteph87]

I wish sims 4 used EA Sports games for their sports channel like sims 2 did… especially football

[@supertna9154]

Early Sims 2 footage actually used a sprite sheet of some kind other than a video file which can be found in the Sims 2 base game files which aren’t used in the game.

[@michealbohmer2871]

G'day, TRP. Are you by any chance an Aussie or Kiwi? I ask because you used the word "Ages," which is, I believe, an Aussie/Kiwi colloquialism in this context (i.e. something taking a long time). Thanks for the video.

[@aturchomicz821]

They play in Fahrenheit, I think their fate was sealed a loong time ago😭😭

[@TheRedPlumbob]

Hey there! English is my second language and I learn most of my vocabulary through the Internet, so I honestly don't know the origin of many words. I just use whatever I've heard and hope I've applied it correctly haha

[@adrianblake8876]

"ages" is not some regional slang AFAIK...

[@michealbohmer2871]

@adrianblake8876 in this context it is. Or, as least, I think it is. Obviously if one is talking about the ages of history an so on, then, no, it's not a slang term. But if one were to say, "It takes ages to walk to the shops from here," then I believe that is a colloquial usage from Australia/New Zealand. Of course, I could be wrong.

[@michealbohmer2871]

@TheRedPlumbob no worries. Many people would say English is a second language for us Australians as well! 🤣

[@androkr]

44:05 Doesn't it look like an anime???

[@LucyAdroit]

2 HOURS? Dear lord, TV 😂

[@autistic_elite]

1:38:47 don’t you miss the Sims three? I wish they release it for consoles the PC version I mean with keyboard and mouse.

[@adekoyatolulope8848]

Sims 4 is the clear winner here

[@cupcakecomrade2378]

damn watching it like this makes me realize its actually got a lil plot. and some of it logical.

[@cupcakecomrade2378]

it as in tv my brains now fully here rn, leave a message whenever the other half returns.

[@autistic_elite]

28:30 look a car that don’t work

[@박봄-l2q]

In Sims 2, 3 and 4 added Flat Sceen TV

[@vengeful_toaster]

Sims 2 showed literally a sim dying in a fire

[@Alozhatos]

52:32 Guten Abend!

[@batsandbabydollsvods]

If I were being more objective about this, I might vote Sims 4 but I'm voting Sims 2 just for Mime Cat.

[@danwolfe238]

kind of sad no voice over still

[@billie8036]

Я помню продавали пиратские диски Симс 2 типа секс в большом городе,там по телевизору порнуху крутили 😅😅😅

[@Sky.Slicer]

Ive always wondered why only one sim can watch tv on tsm, hope my potato pc can run something like sims 2 or 3

[@alien6091]

What is it with that weird meat textured background in the sims 3 kids zone channel

[@alihaidarbsa1938]

14:08 what the fuck?😂😂😂

[@fhdthefox4843]

1:28 oh god...

[@jcisonutubee]

Sims 3 Cooking Channel >>>>

[@ChristianHPaulsen]

I always got irritated, when my sims just out of the blue sits down and turn the damn telly on!

[@CJPurplePrincess]

New background video found!!

[@karinasnooodles_]

Why is this 2 hours😭😭?

[@Guilherme36594]

Your longest video i guess...?

[@TheRedPlumbob]

Yes, first and last I hope haha

[@Guilherme36594]

@@TheRedPlumbob haha i imagine how much you had to dedicate to produce this one.

[@nathansteele9764]

2 hours about tv in sims, what the ...?

[@user-wp3li8zy4q]

Hello, I'm sorry that the question is not relevant, but in America people celebrate the New Year with your family, do you cook a lot of food? And how many days off do you have in the country after the New Year? In Russia, New Year's Eve is a family holiday, people get together and celebrate, prepare salads, for example, Olivier, herring under a fur coat, sandwiches with red caviar, jelly, fish stuffing, chicken, salad, mimosa, crab salad, chicken, pork, cutlets or meat rest in Russia rest for the New Year from January 1 to January 8 sometimes there may be more days off like this year Russians rest from December 29 to January 8 11 days. January 7 Christmas January 14 Old New Year.

[@JaysMissingKidney]

Sims 4 TVs are terrible. They all are overpriced and hideous.

[@WordsofIvory]

So just like real life then. 😂

[@JaysMissingKidney]

@WordsofIvory Nah, TVs are so inexpensive nowadays.