Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10179 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2005-03-25
• Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description
The Sims:
From Will Wright, the creator of SimCity, comes a strategy game that hits close to home. You are in charge of a neighbourhood of Sims, and it is up to you to show them that they're living in your world now! Force them into a life of crime or help them live life in the fast lane. Build them a sprawling mansion or dump them into a dilapidated shack. Let them party like swinging singles or fall in love, get married and raise a family. They can live out your wildest dreams or experience your worst nightmares. It is up to you to decide: their fate is in your hands.

The Sims: House Party
Toga party, anyone? Now your Sims can do that and more with the House Party Expansion Pack, which makes it easier than ever for characters from The Sims to make friends and quickly rise to the top ranks of their professions. They'll need all that extra money they get from promotions to pay for all the cool goodies included in this expansion. Party themes range from Wild West campfire cookouts to Hawaiian luaus and room-shaking raves, with plenty of objects provided to keep guests entertained. There's a costume trunk to guarantee everyone will be dressed for the occasion, and it's even possible to hire a caterer to keep the food and drink flowing. If you're really lucky, a famous star may pop in for a guest appearance. Every party is packed with surprises, and the inclusion of extra neighbourhoods ensures there's always a bash to plan. This is one expansion that no fan of The Sims should be without.

The Sims: Livin' It Up
The world of The Sims just got larger. With the Livin' It Up, you'll be able to give your little humans five new career paths (including slacker and journalist), new objects (could that lantern hold a genie?), and new decors (how does Vegas lounge grab ya?). More than just cosmetic additions, there is also an assortment of new situations for your Sims to deal with. Without spoiling too much, let's just say you're going to want the name of a good Sim exterminator.

The Sims: Makin' Magic
The Sims Makin' Magic is the expansion pack for The Sims original series, your sims can cast magic spells to improve their love life, wreak havoc on visiting neighbours, or put an end to their tedious chores. An all-new magical carnival-themed destination, exciting new gameplay, and a whole new cast of quirky characters await you in this powerful pack of magical high jinx. Send your sims to Magic Town to perform mind-boggling tricks and discover secret recipes for spells and charms. Back home, transform everyday objects into helpful minions, hypnotise your so-called friends, or turn that annoying neighbour into a frog. Watch out, spells go haywire if your sims lack that magic something. See what happens when you challenge the fate of your sims as you concoct and cast magic spells with good or bad intentions. Expect the unexpected.

The Sims: Hot Date
The Sims: Hot Date Expansion Pack represents an entirely new experience for your Sims--dating! With exciting new characters, interests, romance objects, and an all-new downtown area filled with restaurants, shops, and parks, Hot Date will get your Sims off the couch and into the singles scene. Play matchmaker for your Sims and watch them become Casanovas or Casa-nevers. Players can have their Sims ask each other out on a date, or they can try their luck with an in-game dating service. Arrange to meet another Sim downtown at exciting and romantic locations that the player can create. Everything from a candlelit dinner, a drink at the bar, or a rendezvous in the park is possible as your Sim attempts to orchestrate an evening to remember. Once your Sim is out with that special someone, additional interests and new interactions keep the conversation flowing and chemistry clicking. Sims can now flirt, play footsie, engage in a little tonsil hockey, or converse in Simlish about new and diverse interests. Being a fun and fascinating date gets your Sim one step closer to a goodnight kiss, or more! Players can watch sparks fly or fizzle as their Sims meet and date a host of new characters. Sims can spurn the advances of the Jock, welcome the overtures of the Femme Fatale, find true lust with Mr. Medallion, or strike out with the Blonde Bombshell. More than 100 new objects, including the Picnic Basket, Cuddle Couch, and Love Tub, allow players to set the mood for their Sims. Find your Sim a soul mate... or just have fun looking with The Sims: Hot Date Expansion Pack.

The Sims: On Holiday
Take your Sims where they've never been before: on a family vacation. Whether they've been working hard or livin' large, going downtown or partying down, your Sims deserve a break. From a sun-drenched beach to a snow-filled wonderland to a forest campground, Vacation Island offers a wide range of fun new activities for your Sims. Take a spin on a carousel or a wild ride on a snow slide, build a snowman or a sandcastle, bring home all sorts of cool new souvenirs and much more. All-new interactions between parents and children ensure an equal chance for merriment or mayhem, which means that your Sims vacation is sure to be a memorable one... one way or another. Pack up the whole family for the vacation of a lifetime, Sims style.

The Sims: Superstar
In The Sims Superstar expansion pack for The Sims players can now realise their fantasies of fame and fortune as they pursue the dream of being a Rock Star, Movie Star or a Supermodel and live the lifestyle of a celebrity. All new gameplay, new social interactions and a whole new in-game destination offer players an all access pass to the world of superstardom. For the first time ever, players can follow their Sims to work and witness their pursuit of fame and fortune firsthand. Fledgling Sims start by signing with an agent and shuttling to Studio Town, a new and fully customisable destination that offers television and movie lots, spa locations, recording studios and fabulous fashion facilities. Once there, Sims can schmooze, network and name drop their way to stardom in the movies, music or fashion. Will your Sim be a flash in the pan or a living legend? Players can now track the sizzle of their Sims with an all new fame score.

The Sims: Unleashed
In The Sims Unleashed, players can now add furry friends to their Sims' families. An all new expanded neighbourhood featuring parks, pet stores, cafes and markets will give the Sims and their new pets a variety of places to sniff, explore and meet their new neighbours. For the first time ever, the Sims can visit a pet store and bring home a variety of creatures and accoutrements. Players will make a big splash with the addition of a lumbering Labrador or fickle feline to their Sim family. They can also buy a parrot, turtle, lizard or fish that are fun for the whole family but don't need to be house-trained.

Customer Reviews

What can I say!
What can I say about the Sims which has not been said a million times before.
The origional installment of the sims (and all of it's add-ons) must be one of the most sucessfull games of all time and that just about says it all.
This game allows you to play got with the lives of a group of little sims, your job is to build them a house, get them a job and make sure they don't starve to death (unless you want them to!) after that it's up to you. You can nurish your little family to ensure they prosper. You can leave them to their own devices and see how long they servive or you can think of ever more cruel and humilliating was to bring them to and early grave!
I would reccomend this game to absolutly anyone!
10/10

A great money saver!
If you like simulation games, and the Sims interest you then this is a fab collection. With the added advantage that you can buy all the expansion packs at the same time, in one easy to store box, saving you money - which we all know is a good thing! Since buying it I have lost many hours trying to control my little Sims - which I have created to be people I know! If you've ever wanted to control your boss, go out with someone but to scared to ask, or just to applease your god-complex, then this is the game box-set for you! This is truly a game where you can choose their fates, a digital voodoo-game without the fear of repurcussions - unless you install it on your work computer and your boss finds out! Warning though, this game can become addictive :) If you buy this, then enjoy it, I still do :)

simply the best
I have never found any game that has me coming back for more as this one does its the greatest ever and so real