A Look Back: The Sims Carnival

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Hey. So, I was suddenly reminded that exists, so I'll share this.

Back when I was a child, I played mostly casual games I found on the Internet and downloaded and played on the free trial. There were two games that I remember were The Sims themed. These were:

I also linked a video showing these games.

So what were these games?

SnapCity combined Tetris and SimCity, making you place falling blocks so that they build a city.

BumperBlast was a shoot 'em up puzzle game where you had to bump into as many sims as you can.

The videos do better explaining though.

So then... I'll ask you.

Have you played these games? What memories do you have with them? If you haven't, how do these games look?

yuke2001 · Answer

I know this post is pretty much a year old, but I had recently bought a disc copy of The Sims Carnival BumperBlast on eBay, which is currently in transit as I'm writing this reply. I'm obviously not too familiar with The Sims Carnival, so it'll be nice to try out one of those games.

sgtromeo9 · Answer

I haven't played these games in many years. I own both of them. The Sims Carnival: SnapCity came in a SimCity collection box with SimCity 4 & Rush Hour and SimCity Societies & Destinations as well. All 5 of these redeemed on Origin at the time and as a result I still have them in my EA App library.

The Sims Carnival: SnapCity has a very mobileesque feel to it and the graphics is nothing special. The interface and music give it more of an original Sims era vibe and a game from the early 2000s. I doubt these games will still redeem on the new EA App, as a result, a great alternative to SnapCity I would say is Concrete Jungle.

The Sims Carnival: BumperBlast on the other hand never released in a bundle or collection but I did buy it as a stand alone game however it's game code didn't redeem on Origin at the time and as a result I do not own a digital copy of it.

Which is quite a shame because I don't know of a game that gives you the exact gameplay or improves on the gameplay of BumperBlast. The closest thing I would say is either to look at other carnival style games or to look at digital bowls games. Unlike SnapCity, BumperBlast actually felt more modern it made heavy use of Sims 2 assets using the UI and music from the game so that is likely why it felt more modern and more mid 2000s.

egonvm · Answer

Yuke2001 wrote:I know this post is pretty much a year old, but I had recently bought a disc copy of The Sims Carnival BumperBlast on eBay, which is currently in transit as I'm writing this reply. I'm obviously not too familiar with The Sims Carnival, so it'll be nice to try out one of those games.Eh, two years is the limit.But thanks for reviving this post.Though it's was made so long ago that I'm trying to remember if I made it in the old The Sims Forums or here in EA Forums... 😅But yeah, some attention to interesting side-games carrying The Sims name.

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