Sims 1 is will right's vision of a doll house simulator Sims 2 is improvements of that idea in a 3d basis Sims 3 is improvements of that idea in a open world basis, but already lost much of the little details Sims 4 is not a doll house simulator. It is rather a "Sims game" of a franchise. Not a vision by a man with his ideas put in, but just a reurgitation of that idea over and over until none of the original is left.
Fun fact: If you have bee hive where you can make honey and beeswax, bear Claire will come to hive and try to eat honey. Then, bees will attack Claire and she’ll run away
And if I remember correctly, if you make some home wine and leave it outside it might be stolen too. Also you can restock your bar with it. And restock the crappy fridge with home grown carrots
The only time I've ever played the sims 1 was when I was 4 and I got one of the prank calls . I got so paranoid that someone was going to murder my sims that I literally never played it again. I was a stupid child
@@theblackcatgirl7013 I started learning how to read when I was 3, so I wasn't the best at reading at the time. I had to make my mom read most of the dialogue for me lmao
@@theblackcatgirl7013 I thought that most of 4 years old have basic reading skills. Of course, I still didn't understand some of the words and it took me a while. But I was able to read the text of 1-3 short sentences. Idk. maybe because my parents often were buying me magazines for children (I remember The Winnie The Pooh ones) and children's books with pictures (those still had some text.)
Once when I was a kid, I built a floating house above a pool accessible only by teleporters. I got a dog but put his food on the upper floor and didn't realize he couldn't teleport, and unknowingly saved mere seconds before he starved to death. I kept restarting and desperately trying to save him, and ended up waking up my mom crying because of it. Probably explains a lot about how resistant I am to letting my sims die now
@@Darkvintagewitch I'll have to watch the video again. Gimme a few hours im at work rn. I'll edit this comment and make a list when I'm off. Edit: 7,12, 13, 15, 18 , 23, 36, 44 there could be more or not I don't know I don't play sims as much as I used too.
I think sims 4 has some features but I feel the older games (S1 and S2) have numerous small details and realistic but funny gags that makes it enjoyable and nostalgic
I always think Sims 1 was a very mysterious game, there were so much unknown and weird characters in the games, which were the features I love the Sims ever since. I feel sad that the game nowadays has lost its root.
I'm so glad these type of videos exist. I was starting to think I had simply outgrown The Sims because I find the 4th one so bland, dull and boring. Seeing this reminds me why I used to LOVE The Sims. It used to be quirky, weird, funny and full of little details that made the game really fun to play. It seems like they took away all of that in the new game. It is a pretty game yes but that's about it. It's like an empty shell, there is just no gameplay or depth to it.
I am glad people didn’t forget about that gem of a game. It’s still one of my favorite games to this day, it just had a special feel to it that isn’t in other games
The Sims 2 had Way more possibility's for custom Content. Like Custom Arcade machines and Custom Buy able Video games. Custom Magazine Racks. While both Sims 1 and Sims 2 had Some of the most Fun NPC's. Not to mention both also having way more Community lots that were also far better then the ones in Sims 4. The Sims 2 also had Magazine Subscriptions that Busted your Enthusiasm with Hobby's and Skills.
I can't imagine how long it took you to make HD work! I still get my UI all over the place lol. This made me miss the raunchiness in The Sims, also the NPCs who come in just to do their thing, seeing Claire the bear going about her day was always a treat and The Sims deserves all the credit it can get on the Sims franchise remaining a life simulation with a sprinkle of nonsense. Loved this video!
God, I have so many good and bad memories about the sims 1, I remember I had livin large, and because my pc was very weak, The game would crash when a sim died, I had a sim live in a mansion and it was my favourite family, until I saved the game exactly when someone died in there, and then I was stuck, and it kept crashing when I visited that mansion, Looking at the mansion from map view and never coming back to see it, I know I could've evicted the family, but did I know that back then? N O. That mansion still haunts me
I had a similar situation with a Sim at a vacation destination. They were at a resort and when I tried to get them out of there the game crashed. So they're still there to this day lol. And there was a bug where they changed into a bath towel and I couldn't change them back into normal clothes. Or they were stuck in a pizza box.
my sims had that diarrhea disease TONS of times when on vacation. i never realized what it was and found it totally weird and random when they started to grab their butts out of nowhere.
I remember seeing my cousin played TS1 when I was a kid (like 5 y.o) and I thought it was a horror game because he had so many tombstones in his house and there were many ghosts 😂 When I started playing TS3 I finally knew how he got all those tombstones 🙄
@catsftw5248 Omg,lol I was 7 to and was like wtf is this & that,After I saw my dad playing the game I didn’t know,he was mostly using it for building,he thought there would be a basement feature but no we got one now in Sims 4 but still limited to lot size,lol.& That’s why those games were awesome it had ghostly vibes nowadays the new one doesn’t totally feel like it.
Great video. There were many facts even I didn't know, and some I have featured in my channel at one point. Anyway, about the fact 50. The Sims 1 also is the only game where children can be zombies. Zombies can be cured by Miss Lucille, a palm reader that appears in Old Town near mask and candle stands. She can also fill the family needs to the max. Claire the Bear should also react to stuffed bears (or that is what I've read). She may also raid bees for honey and get chased away by bees. With beanstalks, it seem like how high they grow is randomly set when they spawn. I remember SimsVIP trying to get one grow. After getting many on her sims' lot but being able to climb one, she eventually resorted to mods... Oh, and lastly, telescopes improve children's school grades (they can also get abducted by aliens). While children can't build skills, they get randomly assigned skill points. You can't see them in-game, but in address books (in game files). Also if you create a child and edit him or her into an adult in CAS, that adult sim will start off with some skill points.
Can confirm on the bees. Once I was working with the chemistry lab and the police came in and yelled at me, saying they could smell the fumes all the way from the school or something like that. I played for years, and then I dug up my old disks on a whim to them have that happen. Cool to know after time I don't want to count, the Sims 1 still has surprises
Ok, please don't come at me, but I need to know... Are pets in the Sims base game? I've never seen the pets pack. Unless it's in a different pack. Please tell me, I need answers
When I look at the older Sims Games. Sims 4 feels like a downgrade of the previous games. My most favourite Game was Sims 3, you have so much opportunities and a huge open world.
same, i have the sims 4 and i dont even feel like playing it because it feels so empty. The sims 3 is by far the best sims game, you always have something new to do and discover + the expansion packs are amazing
It looks like as though all that slimy kissing has paid off. Cindy's gone and turned a toad into a prince. What would you like to name him? FINALLY AFTER HOURS
I think it's possible the "El Viz the Dancer" is more a reference to the abundance of Elvis Impersonators (at least in the US) and their common stereotype of being fat and awkward and not actually very good entertainers because they just try to copy Elvis.
I used to do the Santa Easter Egg all the time. One time, some glitch caused him to place nonstop presents on every empty tile of the lot. To this day, I have absolutely no idea what caused this, and I haven't been able to replicate it since. Man, those Sims must've been really good that year.
Wow this is so cool. I played the sims 1 when I was a kid and stoped playing because it creeped tf out of me. But now it looks so cool with all of this secrets. I love the giant sleeping Will one most. Thank you Abi, your videos are always so interesting and eye-opening 👍
51. In addition to the elvis guy, you might also get a pink gorilla from the cake. 52. claire the bear also goes to your honey making station, before running-off while being chased by bees 53. Not much an easter egg, but the skeleton in cage decoration (see scuplture tab) suggest that it was someone who died under torture
I always liked the "spiciness" of TS1 and TS2. They were clearly made for teens and adults, and that's what made them fun. Let's be real...TS3 was only interesting because it had an open world. And, TS4 is just a goddamn snooze-fest because there's no real danger or any interesting consequences. I miss the days where sims could die unexpectedly from damn near anything.
TS3 is pretty good too. Though, you're right about TS4 being dull. I can't really speak for TS2 or TS1 much because I haven't played them. From what I've seen, they both look fun.
The sims 1 was insane and I love it. I’ve said it. The music effects were so awesome and it’s so creepy how they break the fourth wall. This game is a masterpiece .
In Portuguese there is a computer called "Inimiga", this is a reference to the Commodore Amiga OS. In Portuguese, "Amiga" means "friend" and "Inimiga" means "enemy" (female, in those cases). The thing I really love about The Sims is how the references, jokes, puns etc, are adapted for the many languages and regions
I remember a table lamp in the Polish edition beinh called "Thr Mustachioed Electricisn" - a shoutout to Lech Walesa, the president of Poland. It was all so creativr and had so much heart, back in the TS1 days. We are so luckt we still can go back to the game and enjoy it after all these years.
The look of the games of this era had something eerie that no other modern game really has. Same thing happens with Fallout 1 & 2 compared to recent releases. There's a grit and darkness to it that the outdated graphics bring.
Watching this video, it really makes me appreciate the sims 1 much more than before. The care, the love, the attention to detail, even if the game is basic in a lot of places compared with the sims 2 or 3. And it really shows you how much care Maxis used to give to their games, and how ea games ruined the company.
The Sims 1 will always hold a special place in my heart. It was my first PC game and my first Life Simulation game, and I had a lot of good times playing it. Even though things have been updated, expanded, and added on by the other games, nothing will beat how much The Sims had from interesting NPCs that appeared every now and then to its humor, from the prank calls to the scary ass music that played when a burglar appeared. Ah, to be a child again and watching the opening cinematic for the first time :')
13:01 can we just appreciate the cut from a sim tucking in a child and giving them a good nights kiss on the forehead to several people burning alive LMAO
Ahh good memories playing this game with a friend when we were kids and it was already dark outside. We always designed the houses in the same way, the families were always perfect with two or three children. The character points for friendly to the maximum level. One day our sim got abducted and we panicked and didn't save the game and removed the telescopes from all the lots. The Sims was such a great game
Oh yaaaa once I randomly got the same ad about Will Wright's master class and I was legit sitting there like "Will please please come back.. have you not seen what happened to the Sims 4? What they did to it? You need to come back before they ruin the Sims franchise with their ideas for Sims 5 making everyone quit Sims forever.. we need you ~-~"
Wow even after ALL these years later it's still incredible to learn things about the original Sims that I had no idea about before!😮 Have watched some of yours videos before for The Sims 2 and I think a little of 3 and 4 too, you do a great job of putting these videos together and always interesting to watch each time too, will look forward to watching more!👍
I am so glad I was able to experience all the Sims games in their time. I still play the Sims 1 when I have that nostalgia creeping up on me but with video games having "evolved" to what they are now, the Sims 1 may not look like much and can feel boring overall but at the same time too intense at times. However you have to look at it having in mind the year it was released and for that time it was amazing. I still remember my excitement back then, feeling with this game you could do anything. And I still enjoy listening to the soundtrack. I also remember you could rent all the packs at the video rental store and have all the content playable even after you gave the CDs back if you physically had the newest one because you only needed the CD from the newest pack to be able to play. Lifehack back then :D
Nervous breakdown also happens in the Sims 2 base game if your sim's aspiration meter is full red but unlike the first game the needs don’t go down and a therapist will come and raise your aspiration meter just a bit.
This is the game that decided my path in life. And while I haven't played it for... decades (!!), I still believe it's the best, most immersive game ever. This video triggered a nostalgia wave though. Might reinstall.
This game was an absolute blast when I was a kid, and I would love to revisit it for purely nostalgia purposes!! It was charming and entertaining. I used to play it for hours on end
I’m not usually surprised by these kind of videos (usually they go over pretty surface level stuff that the most average simmer has encountered) but this one was great!! I feel like a third of them I actually didn’t know! Great video. I love all the hidden Easter eggs by the creators. Really makes me miss the sims and some of the objects/tasks they had that the newer games are lacking! Bring back those stripper cakes! 🙌🏼😂
For the Sims 5 I think every single person on the team needs to log 100 hours in the sims 1 and an additional 100 hours in the sims 2. The Sims 4 team has no idea what made this game so special and it shows.
There's one I read about that's missing from the list. If you hire a maid and have Bonehilda come out while the maid is cleaning, the maid will get scared of Bonehilda and run away screaming. I loved picking up prank calls! That meant potentially free money! If you turn the flamingos real during a party, people will flirt with them. It was funny watching Drew Carey get slapped by the women at your party! I miss the spiral staircases of Sims 1! This was the best Sims!
Gosh, these are so cool! I haven’t discovered most of these yet on my own! The Sims 1 has a special place in my heart - I played it so often growing up and for longer than any of the other sims games. Mainly for nostalgia reasons but I think the sims 1 might be my favorite.
2:40 THIS. Is the reason why I need to install the first Sims again, because after (almost?) two decades of being addicted to the game, I have never heard of that before!
Yeah, it definitely is a somewhat eerie (but also oddly cozy) game. I can see why a lot of people who played Sims 1 in the past are playing Project Zomboid now.
Yeah having all the in-game UI text be in comic sans was....a choice 9:51 this is a reference to A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, where Nick Bottom is turned into a half-donkey man in order to distract the Fairy Queen Titania
When we were kids, my sister managed to kill Mortimer and made him a zombie, it was 15 years later that I learned that Mortimer isn't a zombie by default :D
No doubt that this game will always be the best in the FRANCHISE.... And don't make me start with the EPIC soundtrack. I'm glad I'm back at playing this game this week and it's a trip to play both the Sims 1 and the Sims 4 at the same time. I made all my families from the sims 1 in the sims 4. I just love this game with all my heart.
The Tommy reference makes me so happy, I absolutely love the film but I feel like no one has seen it so seeing the ‘see me, feel me’ pinball machine made me very excited
I never played the first Sims game, but I did play all the Sim City games that preceded it. The loch ness monster is a staple in all of those games, you can get it show up in Sim City 2000 by placing multiple marinas on the shore. The alien abductions and disasters are horrifying in the sim city games as well.
Awesome video! I'm glad to know that my channel could help you! It's such an honor for me! Thank you! ❤️
Congrats on a ❤️ from Abi! LUCKY!!
I’m a sims fan and I find you content intriguing I will give you as much support as I can starting when you make you next video ❤️
@@IXNH_ Awww that's so sweet! Thank you! ❤️
well of course, you're one of the bests here on youtube, you bring so much nostalgia and teach us a lot about sims 1
@@CendrillonSims vc é brasileira??? amei
51. The entire game is written in Comic Sans.
This game proves that 2000 was the last year it was acceptable to use comic sans and take yourself seriously.
Oh My Goody Gumdrops I hate this comment so much I’m cracking up
So what?
Oh yeah tell me about it, it has comic sans
So I don't know what you react.
No wonder, the game was so popular back then!
Somehow I feel like sims 1 is the most brutal yet has the most special sensor of humour among all the sims franchises
The game is so witty, i really miss it
Sims 1 is will right's vision of a doll house simulator
Sims 2 is improvements of that idea in a 3d basis
Sims 3 is improvements of that idea in a open world basis, but already lost much of the little details
Sims 4 is not a doll house simulator. It is rather a "Sims game" of a franchise. Not a vision by a man with his ideas put in, but just a reurgitation of that idea over and over until none of the original is left.
That's Maxis circa the early-2000s for you. I miss their brand of wit.
Now it’s safe and all about money
@@berndlauert8179 sims 4 is interior design simulator
No sound track will ever beat Sims 1. We were killing our sims while listening to bossa nova, jazz and classical music.
The music was great but always made me sad. I don't think it was appropriate for the game atmosphere. I'm glad they took another direction.
OST was full of bangers but makin magic was really awesome to me, probably why I still study to French cafe music today
i miss the sims 1 music whenever i play the more recent games i mute the music and play spotify or something
@@mitchelldrake6069 the easter egg is a servo to simcity giant robot ripping off city same but with red eye
@@mitchelldrake6069 Makin Magic and Superstar had amazing ost!!
Sims 1 had the most creepiest prank calls and music.
HECK YEAH, I remember being terrified of the creepy prank call. or when I play alone at night and then the buglar came or someone died, rip my heart
I loved the creepy phone calls it was what made it fun playing the Sims
hey i see you commenting on neco's vids a lot, lol
@@centraltime3680 i do when i can lol been busy lately i think I'll give his channel a visit.
Omg IKR
Fun fact: If you have bee hive where you can make honey and beeswax, bear Claire will come to hive and try to eat honey. Then, bees will attack Claire and she’ll run away
And if I remember correctly, if you make some home wine and leave it outside it might be stolen too. Also you can restock your bar with it. And restock the crappy fridge with home grown carrots
The only time I've ever played the sims 1 was when I was 4 and I got one of the prank calls . I got so paranoid that someone was going to murder my sims that I literally never played it again. I was a stupid child
How old are you now? 5? 😂😂 I'm joking I'm joking 😂
You could read when you were 4???
@@theblackcatgirl7013 I started learning how to read when I was 3, so I wasn't the best at reading at the time. I had to make my mom read most of the dialogue for me lmao
@@theblackcatgirl7013 I thought that most of 4 years old have basic reading skills. Of course, I still didn't understand some of the words and it took me a while. But I was able to read the text of 1-3 short sentences. Idk. maybe because my parents often were buying me magazines for children (I remember The Winnie The Pooh ones) and children's books with pictures (those still had some text.)
Once when I was a kid, I built a floating house above a pool accessible only by teleporters. I got a dog but put his food on the upper floor and didn't realize he couldn't teleport, and unknowingly saved mere seconds before he starved to death. I kept restarting and desperately trying to save him, and ended up waking up my mom crying because of it.
Probably explains a lot about how resistant I am to letting my sims die now
This just proves EA cheated us of little features in Sims 4
Like 20 of them are in Ts4.
Which are on sims 4?
@@JelllieWitch which ones?
@@Darkvintagewitch I'll have to watch the video again. Gimme a few hours im at work rn. I'll edit this comment and make a list when I'm off.
Edit:
7,12, 13, 15, 18 , 23, 36, 44 there could be more or not I don't know I don't play sims as much as I used too.
I think sims 4 has some features but I feel the older games (S1 and S2) have numerous small details and realistic but funny gags that makes it enjoyable and nostalgic
I always think Sims 1 was a very mysterious game, there were so much unknown and weird characters in the games, which were the features I love the Sims ever since.
I feel sad that the game nowadays has lost its root.
I'm so glad these type of videos exist. I was starting to think I had simply outgrown The Sims because I find the 4th one so bland, dull and boring. Seeing this reminds me why I used to LOVE The Sims. It used to be quirky, weird, funny and full of little details that made the game really fun to play. It seems like they took away all of that in the new game. It is a pretty game yes but that's about it. It's like an empty shell, there is just no gameplay or depth to it.
I am glad people didn’t forget about that gem of a game. It’s still one of my favorite games to this day, it just had a special feel to it that isn’t in other games
@SummerDiamandis Exactly nowadays it feels like no one could be quirky 😭
When sims 1 had pools, carpools, and more personality features at launch than the sims 4 did
Don't forget diving boards!
even in 2020 i like sims 1 more than 4
The Sims 2 had Way more possibility's for custom Content. Like Custom Arcade machines and Custom Buy able Video games. Custom Magazine Racks. While both Sims 1 and Sims 2 had Some of the most Fun NPC's. Not to mention both also having way more Community lots that were also far better then the ones in Sims 4. The Sims 2 also had Magazine Subscriptions that Busted your Enthusiasm with Hobby's and Skills.
lol
Sims 4, the cyberpunk of EA Games.
I can't imagine how long it took you to make HD work! I still get my UI all over the place lol. This made me miss the raunchiness in The Sims, also the NPCs who come in just to do their thing, seeing Claire the bear going about her day was always a treat and The Sims deserves all the credit it can get on the Sims franchise remaining a life simulation with a sprinkle of nonsense. Loved this video!
Hello! :3
Thank you! Try using this patch to make sims 1 playable in HD github.com/FaithBeam/Sims-1-Complete-Collection-Widescreen-Patcher
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And at you abi :3
Of corse!
I got it working in an afternoon. Let me know if you need help.
@@onlyabidoang Woah! worked on the first try, thank you so much!
God, I have so many good and bad memories about the sims 1, I remember I had livin large, and because my pc was very weak, The game would crash when a sim died, I had a sim live in a mansion and it was my favourite family, until I saved the game exactly when someone died in there, and then I was stuck, and it kept crashing when I visited that mansion, Looking at the mansion from map view and never coming back to see it, I know I could've evicted the family, but did I know that back then? N O. That mansion still haunts me
I had a similar situation with a Sim at a vacation destination. They were at a resort and when I tried to get them out of there the game crashed. So they're still there to this day lol. And there was a bug where they changed into a bath towel and I couldn't change them back into normal clothes. Or they were stuck in a pizza box.
I played Sims 1 so many times when I was a child but still there are so many things that i didn´t know!
my sims had that diarrhea disease TONS of times when on vacation. i never realized what it was and found it totally weird and random when they started to grab their butts out of nowhere.
lol
One of my sims went on vacation with his wife's sister to go cheat, but he wasted the whole night holding his butt. LOL. Karma.
@@petscraftsandwonderfulthin1279 omg X'DD
Sims gotta digest lol
@@NickMartinproductions actually diarrhea means your body ISNT properly digesting it and is just getting rid of it
I remember seeing my cousin played TS1 when I was a kid (like 5 y.o) and I thought it was a horror game because he had so many tombstones in his house and there were many ghosts 😂
When I started playing TS3 I finally knew how he got all those tombstones 🙄
Lol
@catsftw5248 Omg,lol I was 7 to and was like wtf is this & that,After I saw my dad playing the game I didn’t know,he was mostly using it for building,he thought there would be a basement feature but no we got one now in Sims 4 but still limited to lot size,lol.& That’s why those games were awesome it had ghostly vibes nowadays the new one doesn’t totally feel like it.
The Sims 1 is still classic even in 2020.
I habe all sims 4 packs but sims 1 is mich better and i love playing it even today
Great video. There were many facts even I didn't know, and some I have featured in my channel at one point.
Anyway, about the fact 50. The Sims 1 also is the only game where children can be zombies. Zombies can be cured by Miss Lucille, a palm reader that appears in Old Town near mask and candle stands. She can also fill the family needs to the max.
Claire the Bear should also react to stuffed bears (or that is what I've read). She may also raid bees for honey and get chased away by bees.
With beanstalks, it seem like how high they grow is randomly set when they spawn. I remember SimsVIP trying to get one grow. After getting many on her sims' lot but being able to climb one, she eventually resorted to mods...
Oh, and lastly, telescopes improve children's school grades (they can also get abducted by aliens). While children can't build skills, they get randomly assigned skill points. You can't see them in-game, but in address books (in game files). Also if you create a child and edit him or her into an adult in CAS, that adult sim will start off with some skill points.
Congrats on getting a ❤️ from Abi!
@@stefi1ii1
Thank you.
Can confirm on the bees. Once I was working with the chemistry lab and the police came in and yelled at me, saying they could smell the fumes all the way from the school or something like that. I played for years, and then I dug up my old disks on a whim to them have that happen. Cool to know after time I don't want to count, the Sims 1 still has surprises
Ok, please don't come at me, but I need to know... Are pets in the Sims base game? I've never seen the pets pack. Unless it's in a different pack. Please tell me, I need answers
No, they're included in the Unleashed expansion pack
I miss the Sims 1 days, you could really tell the developers put so much love into it.
This sims 4 could NEVER compete with this old but gold game! I hate the fact maxis lost the sims battle and turned it over to EA.
Sims 4 sucks!
@@Yogurtman360 sims 4 rules
@@dameme3354 nah
@@Needwagon4Speedwagon
Sims 4 is ok
@@Coolouie nah
When I look at the older Sims Games. Sims 4 feels like a downgrade of the previous games. My most favourite Game was Sims 3, you have so much opportunities and a huge open world.
same, i have the sims 4 and i dont even feel like playing it because it feels so empty. The sims 3 is by far the best sims game, you always have something new to do and discover + the expansion packs are amazing
the sims 3 is nice, but it's a total shit when it comes to optimization
@@kochamalternatywki4207 Yes this was the downside of this game, especially when you have all DLCs.
Can I have a free download of Sims 3 all packages??
I am in a poor country 1 dollar is equivalent for 50 pesos in my country
Can I have a link please?
Mine too!!
I just realized Claire Ursine in the sims 3 is a reference to CLAIRE THE BEAR!
omg
It looks like as though all that slimy kissing has paid off. Cindy's gone and turned a toad into a prince. What would you like to name him?
FINALLY AFTER HOURS
RandT Dev lmao thanks for the humour, I
needed it
Frobert
Can Will Wright come back now :( EA is ruining things. With DLc’s for DLC’s and it’s rather lack luster !
He is probably busy living his own life.
He's working on other projects. And even if he would come back to The Sims, he has not much to say. EA owns the franchise.
:(
There is only one dlc for dlc I know tho
@@berndlauert8179 He's livin' large
3:41
Parents: Look at that new firework! Let's go light it outsi-
Kid: Lights firework
(fire starts)
Parents: Dammit Emily!!
I think it's possible the "El Viz the Dancer" is more a reference to the abundance of Elvis Impersonators (at least in the US) and their common stereotype of being fat and awkward and not actually very good entertainers because they just try to copy Elvis.
Good point, but I'm still wondering why he has the boxer motif.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
I used to do the Santa Easter Egg all the time. One time, some glitch caused him to place nonstop presents on every empty tile of the lot. To this day, I have absolutely no idea what caused this, and I haven't been able to replicate it since. Man, those Sims must've been really good that year.
When sims had that young adult charm!
Wow this is so cool. I played the sims 1 when I was a kid and stoped playing because it creeped tf out of me. But now it looks so cool with all of this secrets. I love the giant sleeping Will one most.
Thank you Abi, your videos are always so interesting and eye-opening 👍
51. In addition to the elvis guy, you might also get a pink gorilla from the cake.
52. claire the bear also goes to your honey making station, before running-off while being chased by bees
53. Not much an easter egg, but the skeleton in cage decoration (see scuplture tab) suggest that it was someone who died under torture
I always liked the "spiciness" of TS1 and TS2. They were clearly made for teens and adults, and that's what made them fun.
Let's be real...TS3 was only interesting because it had an open world. And, TS4 is just a goddamn snooze-fest because there's no real danger or any interesting consequences. I miss the days where sims could die unexpectedly from damn near anything.
I love TS1 and TS2 but TS3 was amazing and I will fight to the death for that opinion
Nah, sims 3 had added more experiences that we had never experienced in the prior installments. It's more than just the open world.
TS3 is pretty good too. Though, you're right about TS4 being dull. I can't really speak for TS2 or TS1 much because I haven't played them. From what I've seen, they both look fun.
Sorry but sims 3 had more details and experiences than 4. A LOT MORE. Definitely won’t beat 1 or 2 in wackiness, but I’ll take sims 3 any day
Even almost 20 years into this, I still discover new things about it. It's even better when I can capture it on camera!
The sims 1 was insane and I love it. I’ve said it. The music effects were so awesome and it’s so creepy how they break the fourth wall. This game is a masterpiece .
In Portuguese there is a computer called "Inimiga", this is a reference to the Commodore Amiga OS. In Portuguese, "Amiga" means "friend" and "Inimiga" means "enemy" (female, in those cases).
The thing I really love about The Sims is how the references, jokes, puns etc, are adapted for the many languages and regions
Very well pointed!
I remember a table lamp in the Polish edition beinh called "Thr Mustachioed Electricisn" - a shoutout to Lech Walesa, the president of Poland. It was all so creativr and had so much heart, back in the TS1 days. We are so luckt we still can go back to the game and enjoy it after all these years.
The look of the games of this era had something eerie that no other modern game really has. Same thing happens with Fallout 1 & 2 compared to recent releases. There's a grit and darkness to it that the outdated graphics bring.
I love the looks of the town's in sims 1, they're so unique and atmospheric! The fair in magic town was so creepy too
Watching this video, it really makes me appreciate the sims 1 much more than before. The care, the love, the attention to detail, even if the game is basic in a lot of places compared with the sims 2 or 3.
And it really shows you how much care Maxis used to give to their games, and how ea games ruined the company.
The Sims 1 will always hold a special place in my heart. It was my first PC game and my first Life Simulation game, and I had a lot of good times playing it. Even though things have been updated, expanded, and added on by the other games, nothing will beat how much The Sims had from interesting NPCs that appeared every now and then to its humor, from the prank calls to the scary ass music that played when a burglar appeared. Ah, to be a child again and watching the opening cinematic for the first time :')
13:01 can we just appreciate the cut from a sim tucking in a child and giving them a good nights kiss on the forehead to several people burning alive LMAO
Ahh good memories playing this game with a friend when we were kids and it was already dark outside. We always designed the houses in the same way, the families were always perfect with two or three children. The character points for friendly to the maximum level. One day our sim got abducted and we panicked and didn't save the game and removed the telescopes from all the lots. The Sims was such a great game
At 2:57 He talks about Will the guy how created the Sims. Right after that a Ad comes that talks about Will's Master Class.
I got that ad on another video of Abi’s as well!
Oh yaaaa once I randomly got the same ad about Will Wright's master class and I was legit sitting there like
"Will please please come back.. have you not seen what happened to the Sims 4? What they did to it? You need to come back before they ruin the Sims franchise with their ideas for Sims 5 making everyone quit Sims forever.. we need you ~-~"
@@artytalkstodragons Good question
WILL WRIGHT HAS A MASTERCLASS? WHAAT
The Sims 1 was so savage! I remember how shocked I was by the prank calls and the exotic dancer from the cake as a child, haha!
"if a celebrity dies, their tombstone will look different"
aristocratic Will Wright has joined the chat
4:27 you forgot Christina Aguilera
Wow even after ALL these years later it's still incredible to learn things about the original Sims that I had no idea about before!😮
Have watched some of yours videos before for The Sims 2 and I think a little of 3 and 4 too, you do a great job of putting these videos together and always interesting to watch each time too, will look forward to watching more!👍
I am so glad I was able to experience all the Sims games in their time. I still play the Sims 1 when I have that nostalgia creeping up on me but with video games having "evolved" to what they are now, the Sims 1 may not look like much and can feel boring overall but at the same time too intense at times.
However you have to look at it having in mind the year it was released and for that time it was amazing. I still remember my excitement back then, feeling with this game you could do anything. And I still enjoy listening to the soundtrack.
I also remember you could rent all the packs at the video rental store and have all the content playable even after you gave the CDs back if you physically had the newest one because you only needed the CD from the newest pack to be able to play. Lifehack back then :D
I love how he names the frog Prince "FINALLY AFTER HOURS", you can hear his desperation
I've been playing the Sims 1 ever since it was first released on PC 20 years ago and I STILL didn't know most of these
I can't be the only person who loves how comfortable the beds on the sims look? The other instalments don't have beds that look that comfortable.
Sims 1 looks hilarious to play.
Nervous breakdown also happens in the Sims 2 base game if your sim's aspiration meter is full red but unlike the first game the needs don’t go down and a therapist will come and raise your aspiration meter just a bit.
I never knew the Sims 1 was so detailed! Wow! I really want to get the Sims 1 now!
This is the game that decided my path in life. And while I haven't played it for... decades (!!), I still believe it's the best, most immersive game ever.
This video triggered a nostalgia wave though. Might reinstall.
This game was an absolute blast when I was a kid, and I would love to revisit it for purely nostalgia purposes!! It was charming and entertaining. I used to play it for hours on end
Iv only seen Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne & Marilyn Monroe when i go to Studio town
I played this game a LOT and did not know over half of these. Thank you for showing!
I’m not usually surprised by these kind of videos (usually they go over pretty surface level stuff that the most average simmer has encountered) but this one was great!! I feel like a third of them I actually didn’t know! Great video. I love all the hidden Easter eggs by the creators. Really makes me miss the sims and some of the objects/tasks they had that the newer games are lacking! Bring back those stripper cakes! 🙌🏼😂
For the Sims 5 I think every single person on the team needs to log 100 hours in the sims 1 and an additional 100 hours in the sims 2. The Sims 4 team has no idea what made this game so special and it shows.
Damn, remember when a Sim game had 50 features without any expansion?...
Actually, most of these need expansions.
There's one I read about that's missing from the list. If you hire a maid and have Bonehilda come out while the maid is cleaning, the maid will get scared of Bonehilda and run away screaming.
I loved picking up prank calls! That meant potentially free money!
If you turn the flamingos real during a party, people will flirt with them.
It was funny watching Drew Carey get slapped by the women at your party!
I miss the spiral staircases of Sims 1! This was the best Sims!
This why the sims 1 is the superior, I want the sims 5 to be like this. :(
I never knew about the beanstalk secret. I wish I did haha. It looks amazing.
In 12:34, the pinball machine is also a callback to 3D Pinball Space Cadet for older Windows version, as the game is published by Maxis.
Gosh, these are so cool! I haven’t discovered most of these yet on my own! The Sims 1 has a special place in my heart - I played it so often growing up and for longer than any of the other sims games. Mainly for nostalgia reasons but I think the sims 1 might be my favorite.
I wish the sims stayed this crazy 😭
That's my childhood.Sims 1 will always have a very special place in my heart
When I clicked on this video I got an ad for game design and theory masterclass with Will Wright. The irony!
2:40 THIS. Is the reason why I need to install the first Sims again, because after (almost?) two decades of being addicted to the game, I have never heard of that before!
The Sims 1 is such a ground breaking game, then Sims 2 was top tier! Went way downhill from there.
But sims 3 isn't that bad tho.
Nope, sims 3 was the last great sims game before everything went downhill.
Lmao the sims 3 has the most details u have to be like 50 if you think the sims 2 has more shit💀
@@jasmineevu5895 Just because a game has more doesn’t mean it’s better.
@@wuzittooya y’all bag way too much on 3 when 4 exists
Yeah, it definitely is a somewhat eerie (but also oddly cozy) game. I can see why a lot of people who played Sims 1 in the past are playing Project Zomboid now.
The sims in The Sims 1 have a personality that the other games don't have. it's not better it's just different
i’d love more videos about ANYTHING relating to sims 1 lol
Magic Tart and it's properties are a reference to Shakespeare's A Midsommer Night's Dream
2:48 I have never seen the Sims 1 Grim Reaper run before, why is it so funny?
Yeah having all the in-game UI text be in comic sans was....a choice
9:51 this is a reference to A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, where Nick Bottom is turned into a half-donkey man in order to distract the Fairy Queen Titania
Nobody:
The grim reaper: *Haha you got pranked bruh!*
The moose head is soo creepy.
Yes, I still rememeber the noises oof
When we were kids, my sister managed to kill Mortimer and made him a zombie, it was 15 years later that I learned that Mortimer isn't a zombie by default :D
anna oop
your github link to make sims 1 full hd saved me bro. i never felt so immersive playing this game than ever before with this patcher! thank you man!!
I really miss Sims 1 :( I wish that EA made a port of it on Origin and re-released it.
It's making rounds on abandonware sites nowadays
@@Suntaile It's legally free now, it's abandonware, usually all you need to get working on modern systems is the widescreen patch.
I thought I knew everything about sims 1, I'm so surprised 😱 thanks for this video, the sims 1 deserves attention ❤️
1:03
man, i still scared to rememerr those prank calls. the sound is made me scared then after that prank call, my house got hijacked by burglar
It's been 22 years and I'm still learning new things about this game. It's insane really. I wonder how much I don't know about the other 3.
Thank you for this video. I didn't know about a lot of these easter eggs. Fantastic.
No doubt that this game will always be the best in the FRANCHISE....
And don't make me start with the EPIC soundtrack.
I'm glad I'm back at playing this game this week and it's a trip to play both the Sims 1 and the Sims 4 at the same time.
I made all my families from the sims 1 in the sims 4. I just love this game with all my heart.
the feeling of being early is great
The Tommy reference makes me so happy, I absolutely love the film but I feel like no one has seen it so seeing the ‘see me, feel me’ pinball machine made me very excited
So much more charm and character than the sims 4 would ever know!!!
Just found your channel. I love it. Watching all the videos now, thanks for all the uploads and hard work! 👏
I’ve never been this early
SAME •_•
Me to
Wow! Your mom must be so proud.
You all are early?
Thank you for this!! I'd love a part 2 or a different video on the Sims 1. Love this game and people don't cover it enough. 😊
"omg grim you're so humerus" 😂
I never played the first Sims game, but I did play all the Sim City games that preceded it. The loch ness monster is a staple in all of those games, you can get it show up in Sim City 2000 by placing multiple marinas on the shore. The alien abductions and disasters are horrifying in the sim city games as well.
Time to sleep...
Onlyabidoang upload on the middle of the night
Welp, guess I'm not sleeping then
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SAME lol
@@stefi1ii1 there's have so many pod robots chamber
YESS I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!!
The Sims was wild! I wish Sims 4 would be more like it!
You're the best sims channel ever!!
6:31 I know that this is just a game, but as a guinea pig owner that cage gives me anxiety 🐹
yeah even if grim reaper/burglar came it is also gave me anxiety
I miss the early 2000s... coming home from school playing The Sims, the soundtrack still gives me goosebumps thinking about those wonderful times.
2:38 Sims playing 15 notes a second before it was cool