Who's still playing the Sims 1 from time to time?

"hummingbird41556;15258976" wrote:
I saw this thread and thought, "I miss Sims Original!" I can't get it to run on my current computer. I don't know what I did wrong, I install it, but it seems to uninstall itself. I have a 64 bit machine, and I think the game is for 32 or less. I have everything from Sims 1, all expansions, and lots of custom stuff. I miss the game so much! I have actually thought about finding an older, yet functional, machine and see if I can get it to run on there. Part of me wishes they would offer the Complete Collection for download through Origin or something. Then, likely as not, I'd be able to play again!
Sims 2, 3 and 4 work fine on my current machine, just can't run Sims 1. :(
My computer is about 3 years old, upgraded to Windows 10, Vid card old, and in desperate need of replacement. If anyone has suggestions on getting Sims 1 to run on my computer, let me know!

You can download the whole collection that will run on modern computers from 3rd party websites online, sadly not anything official. But you probably don't have a good chance of getting it to work with the original disks, especially on Windows 10...
I have 8.1 and it worked fine with just installing the downloaded complete collection and getting the shortcut for the .exe (so without any launchers) on my desktop. If you have 10 you might have to run as administrator and/or with compatibility mode, but I've seen it run fine on some Win10 users' PCs, so it's not impossible :)
But again, if you're looking for an "official" way, I don't think there is one.. :/

edit: also sorry for double posting! i'll try to remember to have everything in one post next time :$