Re: The Sims 2 Ultimate/Super Collection for Mac? (and other questions)
Since Sims 2 Ultimate Collection is no longer available, I wanted to let Mac users know that the Sims 2 Super Collection is available in the Apple App Store for about $20 US. Aspyr updated the game to run on Catalina or later so it is a 64 bit game.
To give a little history to those who feel that we Mac Users "were left out", we were lucky to get what we do have of Sims 2. At the time, Apple Computers used what was called the "Power PC" chip which was made especially for Apple. Windows computers all used Intel chips. And because the Mac OS is different from Windows, EA/Maxis had to hire a company called Aspyr to port the game to the Mac OS. Aspyr is still around and does still port games to different OS and from PC to console. In the days of the original release of Sims 2, we got the base game about a year or so later than the Windows folks and from then on most EPs about 6 months later. Remember the game had to be re-programmed to run on the Mac OS and to run on Apple Computers. Aspyr had only been contracted to port a certain number of EPs which Sims 2 exceeded. I'm not sure of the details, but Aspyr did port three of the stuff packs (Holiday Stuff, Family Fun Stuff and Glamour Life). Near the time of the release of Bon Voyage for the Mac, Apple switched to the Intel chips and that made porting the game much easier. The players are not quite sure why Aspyr stopped porting the game, but Bon Voyage was the last expansion pack that was ported. It was about a year and a half before Sims 3 was nearing release, so EA had hired folks to work on porting that game in house.
If you do still have Sims 2 UC in your Origin account and want to play the game, you do need a copy of Windows and can either Bootcamp your Mac or use a virtual machine program like Parallels to run the game. As always if you need help installing the game, just start a new thread, explain what you are trying to do and please do let me know if you are using a Mac or Windows computer.
