My favorite of the Sims console games is Bustin' Out. So much cool stuff, and I have completed all the goals in the game a few times. However, the GameCube version (what I play) has one object that can only be unlocked with the GameBoy Advanced port of Bustin' Out. My favorite part of the game was all the adventure that could be had with all the goals and locations, and of course, the man-eating mutant plant and rocket gnomes. However, the Feng Shui meter that limited the amount of stuff you could buy was less than desired (better than the Fire Code of The Sims 2 console though). So many hours of fun and frustration just to complete 150+ goals and seven career paths.If The Sims 4 came out with a Bustin' Out DLC and/or stuff pack, I would be all over it. Do any other Simmers out there play Bustin' Out, or have any memories of the game that they would like to share?

Bustin' Out was one of my favorite games to play on my ps2 as a kid. I miss playing it! I'll probably start playing it again once I get a new tv, just for the memories. I never did finish the game.. :hushed:

The Sims: Bustin' Out was one of my favorite games as well, on console it is my second favorite Sims game right after The Urbz. I remember one time my sim was captured by aliens. I didn't notice his attributes change after the abduction because I didn't know about it but I noticed him acting differently. He had become mean and untidy! It was funny and annoying at the same time. I thought the aliens had made my sim an evil clone and returned the clone instead of my sim. :)

My all time favorite part (spoiler alert) is when you unlock a robot and get it to attack the game's main antagonist, Malcolm Landgrabb. The robot shocks him, and Malcolm then proceeds to wet his pants. You also unlock §5000. I have completed the entire game 100% about 3-5 times in my life.I am currently in the process of a YouTube Let's Play series on Bustin' Out. I can't post links for the time being, but look up "SariaFan93 Plays The Sims: Bustin' Out" to see the videos. Having a busy outside life, I can't do all the videos in one big swoop.

I love all the earlier sim games for the console (just not the sims 3 series of the game for the console). I did have them, lost them, got them again, and lost those again. I have finally managed to get most of them back again. But back to the subject of Bustin' Out. I really like that one a lot. One of my best memories playing the game was a few years back, when my boys were still little guys. My husband had lost his job, his plant shut down and all those jobs went to China. As a result of him not finding work we ended up staying in a shelter for about 4 months. Since my kids were too little to leave on their own, and it was summer. I remember after they would settle down for the night, I would play Bustin' Out, and for those brief period of times I could escape from all the worries of what I was dealing with at the time.One thing I always do when I play that game, before I would send my sim out away from Mom's house, I would always max out every single skill. This way I didn't have to worry, or struggle to complete each level. The last time I did this, I managed to get all the skills completed in 4 days, a personal record for me. The coolest thing about Mom's house was when ever my sim needed a rest, I would send my sim there for a work free vacation.

Well... today my man came back from his parents with a flatscreen TV from 2011. Why you ask? AV!!! We were finally able to play on our old consoles! He played on his GameCube and I fired up the PS2 and played the Urbz all day. I had wanted to play Bustin' Out because it was indeed my favourite Sims console game, but The Urbz was 'new' for me, I never played it before.When I was little I was crazy about Mimi's and I never got to Malcolms Mansion, I just stayed in the houses I liked. The Goths being the worst for me lol! However two years ago I had a skart/AV adapter and had a chance to play as well and finally for the first time in my life finished the game.To be honest I don't feel much for the Sims 4 console version yet, but if it's anything like Bustin' Out or The Urbz I might become more enthusiastic!

Anyone still play The Sims: Bustin' Out?

20 Replies

hotziggity
9 years ago
I've never tried it. I saw it at a Goodwill once and was tempted to get it but I didn't. Did I make a mistake by not getting it?
Breazona
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
Bustin' Out was one of my favorite games to play on my ps2 as a kid. I miss playing it! I'll probably start playing it again once I get a new tv, just for the memories. I never did finish the game.. :hushed:
nellythekidd
9 years ago
The Sims: Bustin' Out was one of my favorite games as well, on console it is my second favorite Sims game right after The Urbz. I remember one time my sim was captured by aliens. I didn't notice his attributes change after the abduction because I didn't know about it but I noticed him acting differently. He had become mean and untidy! It was funny and annoying at the same time. I thought the aliens had made my sim an evil clone and returned the clone instead of my sim. :)
SariaFan93
9 years ago
My all time favorite part (spoiler alert) is when you unlock a robot and get it to attack the game's main antagonist, Malcolm Landgrabb. The robot shocks him, and Malcolm then proceeds to wet his pants. You also unlock §5000.

I have completed the entire game 100% about 3-5 times in my life.

I am currently in the process of a YouTube Let's Play series on Bustin' Out. I can't post links for the time being, but look up "SariaFan93 Plays The Sims: Bustin' Out" to see the videos. Having a busy outside life, I can't do all the videos in one big swoop.
LaBlue0314
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
I love all the earlier sim games for the console (just not the sims 3 series of the game for the console). I did have them, lost them, got them again, and lost those again. I have finally managed to get most of them back again. But back to the subject of Bustin' Out. I really like that one a lot. One of my best memories playing the game was a few years back, when my boys were still little guys. My husband had lost his job, his plant shut down and all those jobs went to China. As a result of him not finding work we ended up staying in a shelter for about 4 months. Since my kids were too little to leave on their own, and it was summer. I remember after they would settle down for the night, I would play Bustin' Out, and for those brief period of times I could escape from all the worries of what I was dealing with at the time.

One thing I always do when I play that game, before I would send my sim out away from Mom's house, I would always max out every single skill. This way I didn't have to worry, or struggle to complete each level. The last time I did this, I managed to get all the skills completed in 4 days, a personal record for me. The coolest thing about Mom's house was when ever my sim needed a rest, I would send my sim there for a work free vacation.
sims4fan2000
8 years ago
Yes I love it
Simburian
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
I've got all the xbox games but no xbox now alas. I'm hoping Microsoft might bring at least one of them to their legacy game list for the new xbox x coming out in November 2017.
StereoSystem95
8 years ago
Well... today my man came back from his parents with a flatscreen TV from 2011. Why you ask? AV!!! We were finally able to play on our old consoles! He played on his GameCube and I fired up the PS2 and played the Urbz all day. I had wanted to play Bustin' Out because it was indeed my favourite Sims console game, but The Urbz was 'new' for me, I never played it before.

When I was little I was crazy about Mimi's and I never got to Malcolms Mansion, I just stayed in the houses I liked. The Goths being the worst for me lol! However two years ago I had a skart/AV adapter and had a chance to play as well and finally for the first time in my life finished the game.

To be honest I don't feel much for the Sims 4 console version yet, but if it's anything like Bustin' Out or The Urbz I might become more enthusiastic!
CleoAndyMaster
8 years ago
I saw the little new and my brain read this as "anyone play the new bustin out" I was like whaaaaaat
BethanyShone
8 years ago
I spent so many hours on that game as a kid, I never managed to complete it though :disappointed:

I recently bought a PS2 (they're so cheap these days) and some of my old favourites including Bustin' Out and although I've only played it a couple of times, I've been enjoying it just as much as I did many years ago :joy:

Hopefully I'll get to the end this time around