Do you remember the first time you played a sims game?

Sim City 2000, in 1995. (For Windows). I started playing the life simulator The Sims in late 2000. Adventure games were more my forte. I wasn't in the know about The Sims until my son told me about it since I was always on the hunt for the next best adventure game. So, it had already been a big splash by the time I decided to try it late in 2000. I liked it alright, it was fun, but I still played adventure games when I wasn't working 24/7.

I was a teenager, it was 2003. I was hanging out with my then boyfriend in his house one day and his mother was playing The Sims in the living room. It caught my attention and she explained what kind of game it was and let me play a bit.
I was hooked. Since then, every weekend I'd go to my boyfriend's house to play the game, he got pretty annoyed that I didn't want to play other games with him on the console that often anymore. His mother though, completely understood my new found adiction.

A year later, The Sims 2 came out and I bought it on release date. I still remember the feeling of playing TS2 for the first time like if it was yesterday.

Absolutely! I was already sold on the original game because of the trailer included with SimCity 3000. I bought it on a Sunday afternoon, at the time my father bought a patio swing. I remember that bit because he interrupted me after a few hours of playing to help him put the swing together! I played the tutorial a little bit but hit esc in the middle of it, and was surprised when Betty joined the household. I tried creating a household and moved them into that tiny house (9 Sim Lane? or 7 Sim Lane...) and couldn't figure out the wall tools. I was young and it was a VERY different kind of game. I was really annoyed that I couldn't have distinct saves, like I could in SimCity 2000 -- my next door neighbor and I would trade cities on floppy disks. Of course, by the time Sims 3 came around we DID have distinct saves, but that was a long away away.

I have SOOOOOOOOO many fond memories of Sims 1 and all that followed. It was the game that made me comfortable interacting with files, exploring them to see what could be changed. LONG before Hot Date allowed us to buy pajamas, I'd found out how to change file names to make any clothes I wanted into pajamas. I can also vividly remember first playing Sims 2 -- being AMAZED by the camera. Sims 3 was mostly memorable for the open world...I remember following my little mini-me on a bicycle to work, being awestruck by the ability to just follow people around, instead of jumping from one place to the next.


For whatever its failings and abuses at the hands of EA, it's still a great series.

"Cinebar;c-17059622" wrote:
Sim City 2000, in 1995. (For Windows). I started playing the life simulator The Sims in late 2000. Adventure games were more my forte. I wasn't in the know about The Sims until my son told me about it since I was always on the hunt for the next best adventure game. So, it had already been a big splash by the time I decided to try it late in 2000. I liked it alright, it was fun, but I still played adventure games when I wasn't working 24/7.

SimCity 2000 was my introduction to Maxis, too! (And..PC games.) Walmart had it installed on a display computer, and I didn't know how to play the game so I'd just plonk down roads and parks and other buildings until I was out of money.

Well, my first Sims experience was in 2014, when I played Sims Freeplay. After I played it almost incessantly, I bought a copy of Sims 4 in Jan. of 2015. I've played Sims ever since, I have copies of Sims 2 and 3 now too. Definitely hooked.

Sims 1 in 2003 for me. I was smitten from day one!
Had to sneaky buy it for myself though. Was looking at it one day, and my parents didn't like why it was rated T. So I wasn't allowed to buy it when they were with me.

From there I expanded to 2. No regrets on my teenage sneaking. :p

2003 Sims 1 with the Goths <3

Gosh, I must have been about 10 when The Sims first came out and I played it for the first time. I don't remember the exact moment I first played it, but I do remember how my interest first became piqued after a friend told me about it. We were in primary school and supposed to be learning about geography, but ended up talking about it all lesson instead. I got the game soon after and I have been a simmer ever since. My memories of playing TS2 for the first time are a lot clearer. My parents bought it for me for Christmas and I played it all day after dinner. Ah, those were the days!

I played the Sims 1 for a day or two but wasn't impressed with it due to not having any ageing. I couldn't see the point in sims that are stuck, never aging, never progressing as a family. That kind of sim play doesn't appeal to me at all.

Bought a new Gateway computer in 2000 and came with a bundle of games and software that was included with the price. About two years later I was moving and was packing up my desk and found The Sims in one of the drawers. I opened it and installed it while packing up more stuff. About two weeks later after getting settled I noticed The Sims icon in my start menu and I clicked it. I played for hours. I think if I remember correctly I started with the Newbies. I was hooked and I have been playing anything Sims (computer) related ever since. I played The Sims Online and was there until EA closed it. (EA announced that The Sims Online would be improved renamed it EA-Land and then closed it. I was devastated.) Anyway I think I owed all of The Sims 1 and 2. The Sims 3 is uncompleted. That game never did work well so went back to The Sims 2 and only built in the Sims 3 (loved house boats) until The Sims 4 came out. The Sims Medieval and building in The Sims 3 are my most fond memories. In real life I am still online friends with some of the people I met playing The Sims Online. (met some in person) That feeling I got the first time I played is still with me! I play The Sims 4 almost everyday!

I was at least five when I first started playing The Sims on the GameCube, back in 2003. I honestly don’t remember too many memorable moments from the game, other than being absolutely horrified whenever a burglar would come by. The music terrified me. :D I already knew how to play because I’d watched my mother play through the whole game multiple times before, and I understood the concept since I’d also watched my oldest sister play TS1 on PC.