| 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
Could not drag the sims.exe while holding the shift into Maxis. It’s not working and could not find data directory. Please advise. TIA!!!
Heres How I did it for me, everything for me, but maybe not for you, will work, Step #1: Download & wait for the game to complete, Step # 2: Click Setup, NOT start or start.exe..It will just load endlessly. then put in the code above in the instructions. after it finishes loading, DO NOT CLICK START.EXE OR SETUP. please, it will just drive you insane. Step #3: take the sims.exe file, from sims crack folder, and drag it into the “maxis” folder, located in your pc, then C: (or something else) progam files x86, MAXIS, then i’d reccomend having 2 file things open, to drag and drop, WARNING: MAKE SURE THAT YOU HOLD SHIFT WHILE DRAGGING the sims.exe (crack ver) other wise it’ll either create a shortcut, or tell you cannot make one, after that, itll tell you to replace, skip, or leave it to you, click replace, and it’ll replace it, then click on the replacement, (the one you just dragged and dropped) and it should work fine! (NOTES: when it says “could not find data directory,” when just clicking on the sims.exe without dragging it, IT IS BECAUSE MAXIS IS THE DIRECTORY. NOT THE DOWNLOAD FOLDER!!, I DO NOT RECCOMEND FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS THEY GIVE YOU, it’ll not work. NOTE #2, IF YOU DOWNLOADED IT BEFORE, AND SETUP SAYS “error, aborting setup, THIS IS BECAUSE THE LEFT OVER DATA FROM SETUP. YOU NEED TO GO TO THIS PC, WINDOWS C:, MAKE SURE HIDDEN EXTENSIONS AND HIDDEN ITEMS IS TURNED ON, THIS WILL SHOW HIDDEN FILES YOU HAVE. GO TO PROGRAM FILES x86, AND THERE SHOULD BE A FOLDER SAYING “INSTALL SHIELD WIZARD” CLICK ON IT AND IF THERE IS A FILE, THAT SAYS { {F2527115-B8BF-4FDB-B5DA-5AADFB7C13E1} DELETE IT, (DONT DELETE IF YOU GOT SIMS 1 RUNNING, OR ANY OF THE OTHER FILES AFTER! :3) it should let you SETUP NOW,)
Wow, you are great ! Thanks for that, the whole Time it was the “drag and drop” thing for me, i did not know about the “hold shift” thing, but now because of you it works. Thanks alot, i wish you a great Christmas Time this Year my Friend.
(btw sry for my bad beginner english)
That’s amazing – finally got it to work after all this time 🙂 thanks!
I can’t fix the “could not find data directory” error 🙁 I tried moving the sims.exe file from the sims crack folder to the maxis folder and also to the sims folder within that, but I just keep getting the same error message. Do I need to try a different no-cd crack or adjust compatibility settings or something else?
I installed it through setup instead of start.exe and it is till loading endlessly, any other recommendations?
1. After create new family and buy a land, the family do not appear.
2. I try with a family that already exist, can play but can’t save the game (error)
What should i do?
I am having the same problem. Did you ever get it resolved?
I cannot find the setup.exe file I have a folder called setup and inside it are different language options but nothing else. Any ideas
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they ask for a serial number what i dont have
just google it
you can use any
If you are reffering to setup, use the code they prompted above. (NOT FROM GOOGLE.)
you can see the serial on the file you downloaded!! 😊🫶
1507-9039432-8731049-0213 hopefully that works!!
Sims one complete tutorial straight up dont work. The Sims Crack folder doesn’t let you move the EXE inside of it.
I’m having the same problem
This and the Sims 1 complete don’t work on Windows 11
So i downloaded the zip but when i right click on it i cant mount it, pls help
Nothing happens when I click on Setup.exe even when I try to run it as an administrator.
same, did u ever resolve it? for me its showing up in task manager but its not actually running anything
Sy donlot sims superstar ko g bisa d mainin atau hrus donlot yg sims aja dlu?
the set up is asking for a serial number ?
I could open the launcher but when I wanted to install it an empty error message appeared. How can I fix this?
It says please insert the correct cd rom
How to play without cd rom?
Everytime i try to open the startup.exe it doesn’t work and I mount it and extracted it ..