| Publishers | Electronic Arts |
| Developers | Maxis |
| Release date | 2000 |
| Genre | Simulation |
| Game rating |
Game Description
The Sims (also known as The Sims 1 or The Sims Classic) is a life-simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts on February 4, 2000 for Windows, and July 25, 2000 for Mac OS X. The game only has a single-player mode. There is no goal defined in The Sims,and players must develop their characters as they go through different life stages. Characters which the player controls can interact with other in-game characters, develop relationships (both negative and positive) and can even start families together. Characters can also be assigned certain tasks to develop life skills, which enables them to progress in their careers and increase their salaries.
Download The Sims
The Sims is no longer abandonware. You can now buy the game from:
Windows (2000)
The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam
Additional files, patches and fixes
The Sims Deluxe Edition Manual (English)
The Sims Windows ReadMe (German)
The Sims Windows ReadMe (English)
The Sims Windows ReadMe (Spanish)
The Sims Windows ReadMe (French)
The Sims Windows ReadMe (Italian)
The Sims Windows ReadMe (Dutch)
The Sims Screenshots
Windows
Is this supported on Windows 11? I can’t manage to make it work 🙁
Neither can I. Really hope someone can help here!
game does not save : (
you have to run the game as administrator
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/930408-the-sims-complete-collection/43682076
“These are the exact steps I took.
Left click on start. On my pc it is in the lower left hand corner.
Left click on all programs and find Maxis.
Right click on Maxis and click expand.
Right click on The Sims and click expand.
Right click on either The Sims…800×600 or The Sims…1027×768 and click run as administrator.
When I didn’t do that I couldn’t save or move a family I created in to a house. When I ran it as administrator it worked right.”
hope this helps!
So I installed, mounted, and copied the files I was supposed to. When I run setup.exe the main menu will pop up, I will press Play, it asks me which size I want to play at… and it doesn’t matter which one I select, the game will never run. Help ):
Same thing happens to me, did you ever find a solution?
Compatability mode and run as admin.
Still didn’t work for me 🙁
Can’t find setup.exe after unzipping and mounting.
Me either, did you ever find this out?
it said no sims data directory when i clicked the sims.exe in No Cd folder
Me too, did you find a fix yet?
You have to copy and replace the sims.exe file from the NoCD folder to the folder where you installed the game (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\The Sims). It should work after this.
Sameee
in the no Cd File when i clicked sims.exe
it said could not find sims data directory
i think i found a solution
after extracting use daemon tools lite (https://www.daemon-tools.cc/products/dtLite ) to mount the iso file in this file
to mount it go to add image select the iso then mount
the problem comes when you try to open the mounted file but it does not start , right click it and open or while mounting press open folder to view files and copy everything there and paste it in the extracted sims file. restart and open the start exe and it should work
(use older version of daemon if it didnt work)
found a solution to most peoples problem ( i think) after extracting the file you have to mount the iso file use daemon tools lite for it
link – https://www.daemon-tools.cc/products/dtLite (if it isnt opening try older versions) open it and mount (press add image and select the iso file and then mount it) many people have problems on opening the mounted file, right click and open it then copy everything and paste it to the downloaded sims files and restart try opening it now as it will work
it worked for me
hello, why when i try to run my sims nothing happen ? I did everything right… :'( help me plz
try pasting the mounted files to the downloaded ones
I dont have these…
NoCD and use one of the serials inside “serial.txt”
just cant find it
thus cannot install without the serial numbers
i cannot save my gameplay progress because it says “en error was encountered…”
I accidently deleted the start.exe from the windowsx86 and now I cant uninstall… I keep getting a catastrophic error message..
Try Revo uninstaller
I Managed to access the game but when i make a sim and put him in the house he doesnt appear and on top of this the game does not save does anyone know how to fix this
new year arrived and my will to play this relic came back, but I couldnt finish setting up the game or even open it because of the same issues everyone is having, but thats fine I just have one important question tho, how do I delete it? the cd thing is still showing up on my computer and I am a total noob when the talk is computer, so I don’t know what to do
I recommend installing The Sims: Complete Collection (https://oldgamesdownload.org/the-sims-complete-collection/) it is more likely to work on modern computers.
To delete this game, if you installed the game make sure you uninstall it. Then, unmount the CD file, and just delete it from where it was originally extracted.