The Sims

Trivia

In the German gaming magazine GameStar (issue 02/2001) The Sims received a special award as the "Most Innovative Game in 2000"

In the German gaming magazine PC Player (issue 01/2001) The Sims was named as "Best Economic Simulation in 2000".

In the April 2003 issue of PC Gamer, The editors faked a review for a phony expansion called "The Liebermans."

In the June 2003 issue of PC Gamer, The editors revealed that their prank fooled a lot of people, including the political beat reporter for the Hartford Courant, The local news in the city where Senator Lieberman's office is located.

Contributed by Santa (847) on Aug 02, 2008.

The game is listed in the 2008 Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition as the best selling PC game of all time, with 16 million sales worldwide since the original launch.

Contributed by Sciere (119800) on Apr 30, 2008.

According to the March 2002 edition of Wired Magazine, Will Wright and his development team had to develop what he called a "happiness landscape." By using this landscape, The Sim People could map and identify what items would satisfy any pending needs. It also permitted Sims to prioritize what needs were more pending. Will Wright stated that he went around his house, doing an inventory of objects and how he needed them so he could map out the landscape in the game.

Contributed by Santa (847) on Mar 12, 2008.

Malcolm Landgraab, the head of Shiny Things Inc., makes a guest appearance in The Sims for the console systems.

Shiny Things Inc., a company that makes kitchen appliances and other shiny things in the game, makes a guest appearance in the Sim City series as one of the industrial structures that can be built in your city.

On August 31, 2003 has The Sims (PS2) won the Gold-Award from the German VUD (Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland - Entertainment Software Association Germany) for selling more then 100,000 (but less then 200,000) units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The Sims was ranked # 23 in the 50 Best Games of All Time list published by PC Gamer Magazine in its April 2005 issue.

Contributed by PCGamer77 (3025) on Mar 19, 2005.

The Sims was originally going to be called "Home Tactics," and would have an entirely different focus. Will Wright originally designed it to be completely about building houses. When someone suggested a feature involving letting people move in to determine the quality of the house, the focus completely changed. Developers were having more fun watching the people than building the house. The design goals were directed towards Sims, and architecture was left as a side bonus.

If you pre-ordered the game at Electronics Boutique, you received a bonus disc containing different skins and a mini-strategy guide.

Contributed by JPaterson (9127) on Sep 06, 2003.

Another way to kill a Sim: Build a swimming pool and have them swim around for a while. Then, go to build mode, remove all the ladders, then hit play and watch them as they eventually drown :)

Although Sims are censored (their image blurred) when naked, there's an unofficial patch known as The Sims Nude Patch that eliminates censorship. You can find it at several fan sites.

According to Electronic Arts, The Sims has sold over 6.3 million copies around the world, becoming the biggest selling game of all time. That previous honor was held by Myst.

Contributed by Kartanym (9909) on Mar 24, 2002.

'The Sims' was named the #11 game of the Top 50 Games of all time, by the editors of PC Gamer magazine in the October 2001 issue.

3D Realms have released a skin pack for The Sims featuring their trademark action hero - Duke Nukem. The pack can be downloaded off their site at www.3drealms.com

The Sims was voted #80 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll published by Game Informer Magazine (Issue 100, August 2001).

Contributed by PCGamer77 (3025) on Jul 28, 2001.

This game won Game of the Year from Computer Gaming World for 2001.

You can tell if a sim will say yes to your proposal before you propose. Have your sim "Give Kiss." There are two different types of kisses, one is just a peck, "friendship kiss." The other the two sims put their arms around each other and do a "love kiss". If the sims do a "love kiss" your proposal will be successful.

This is another terrific game from Will Wright, creator of the Sim series. Its most obvious progeny is Little Computer People, a classic computer game by another towering achiever in game design, David Crane, probably best known as the creator of Pitfall!.

How to kill a Sim: 1} Blocking off access to the fridge and they will eventually die! 2} Not phoning the fire brigade for a rather humourous human torch type death.

You can put your own MP3s in the music folder in the game's directory and they will be played on the radio!

After managing a household for 100 days you will be rewarded with information etc. about the creators of the game.