The Sims Complete Collection
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NOTE: Read the readme file included and follow the steps as instructed, otherwise you might not be able to install the game, in the first steps, instead of using start.exe, use setup.exe, it has a higher chance of working besides that, follow all the steps thoroughly as well as my dgvoodoo tutorial written below.
NOTE 2: Do NOT install the game in your Program Files folder or the game might not work, this is due to changes in modern versions of Windows when it comes to security and permissions, i'd recommend to make either a folder for old games and install it there, as such "C:\The Sims" or "C:\Old Games\The Sims"
Many thanks to everyone who is keeping this game alive!
Patch required to play game without the CD mounted is included.
CD-Key = EQMV-73XB-F8J4-GSLX-4M67
Highly recommended to use dgVoodoo2 to improve compatibility on modern computers.
To use dgVoodoo, simply download the application, then copy the .dll filed from the MS folder to The Sims installation folder, then run the config tool in the dgVoodoo folder and add the game's folder above to make changes only to .dll's in that folder.
Message to EA and possibly other people who are wondering: This upload is for purely for preservation reasons only, and I would like to say, that the state most old games are in is laughably bad, most of them being lost to time, even the famous ones such as Sims 1, which isn't being sold at all by EA, and they've seemingly stopped caring about it. This is my message towards whoever cares, to start taking game preservation seriously, without it, one day our favorite games, will be only available and if lucky, only on online used stores such as Ebay at exorbitant prices, which will exclude most people from playing old games, and inevitably, cause the game to disappear forever once a collector, buys said game, and it rots forever on their shelf as the game becomes forgotten.
On running the game: I would not advise on using patches such as one for widescreen, or installing the game via the "start" executable, the way I did it, and worked flawlessly for me, was to install it via the setup, after install, applied the nocd patch which is included in the upload, then use dgVoodoo2 as I have described earlier in this description, apply Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode to "sims.exe", and your game will be running beautifully at 800x600, unfortunately, it is one of those old games that won't play nicely if you decide to mess with its resolution, if you do, your mileage might vary by a lot. Play the game as it was intended.
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Reviewer:
Muhammad Yusuf Habibie
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April 24, 2024
Subject: MicheleMJ
Subject: MicheleMJ
You must type the Serial Number manually. There's a serial number in the readme
Reviewer:
MicheleMJ
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April 14, 2024
Subject: Serial number issue
Subject: Serial number issue
I'm not getting access using the serial number below. Tried cut and paste, tying in with and without hyphens, No joy. Any suggestions?
Reviewer:
batgba
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April 2, 2024
Subject: Thank you!
Subject: Thank you!
Thanks to the uploader for this timeless classic!
Also to the other poster: TechnoMatrix.
A tip: You don't need a new monitor can just use your existing one, change your screen resolution to 800x600 or whatever in display settings and you're good to go.
Also to the other poster: TechnoMatrix.
A tip: You don't need a new monitor can just use your existing one, change your screen resolution to 800x600 or whatever in display settings and you're good to go.
Reviewer:
Aliahnne
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January 21, 2024
Subject: Works great!
Subject: Works great!
Thanks for uploading this and if anyone has problems saving, just run the sims.exe as administrator.
It's working on my laptop Toshiba with Win10 and an AMD processor without the dgVoodoo. ୧(^ 〰 ^)୨
It's working on my laptop Toshiba with Win10 and an AMD processor without the dgVoodoo. ୧(^ 〰 ^)୨
Reviewer:
TechnoMatrix
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January 7, 2024
Subject: [IMPORTANT] SUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION But before you download anyone viewing the reviews PLEASE read my review BEFORE attempting to install!
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE NOT TO PUT THE MAXIS FOLDER IN THE PROGRAM FILES (x86) INSTEAD PUT IT ON THE DESKTOP FIRST THANKS!!!! YOU WILL THANK ME LATER!!!!!!
The Sims Complete Collection is my childhood so was Windows XP I downloaded as is and it worked after installation with minor tweaking around with the folder. I tried putting the cracked software within the file where the original application was. Reader be warned DON'T put the Maxis folder into the Program(x86) folder put it on your desktop or you won't be able to drag and drop the file into your sims folder. After you do that THEN you can copy and paste the Maxis folder into that directory. For some reason you can't just drag and drop files into Program Files (x86) as you notice drag the file out of that directory onto the desktop FIRST then it would launch the game. I got it working all I need to do is some how render the Window to match the resolution and I'm thing about ditching my big monitor for a small one that will fit the screen size.
Subject: [IMPORTANT] SUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION But before you download anyone viewing the reviews PLEASE read my review BEFORE attempting to install!
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE NOT TO PUT THE MAXIS FOLDER IN THE PROGRAM FILES (x86) INSTEAD PUT IT ON THE DESKTOP FIRST THANKS!!!! YOU WILL THANK ME LATER!!!!!!
The Sims Complete Collection is my childhood so was Windows XP I downloaded as is and it worked after installation with minor tweaking around with the folder. I tried putting the cracked software within the file where the original application was. Reader be warned DON'T put the Maxis folder into the Program(x86) folder put it on your desktop or you won't be able to drag and drop the file into your sims folder. After you do that THEN you can copy and paste the Maxis folder into that directory. For some reason you can't just drag and drop files into Program Files (x86) as you notice drag the file out of that directory onto the desktop FIRST then it would launch the game. I got it working all I need to do is some how render the Window to match the resolution and I'm thing about ditching my big monitor for a small one that will fit the screen size.
Reviewer:
SerFinchalot
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December 22, 2023
Subject: Thank you! But....
Subject: Thank you! But....
Thank you so much for hosting this. I have generally got it working (run as administrator, run with XP compatibility pack etc.)
But saving doesn't seem to be working. Any suggestions on how to fix this? I can play the game, visit everything, all the features work, though when I exit I get an error message saying the game could not be saved.
But saving doesn't seem to be working. Any suggestions on how to fix this? I can play the game, visit everything, all the features work, though when I exit I get an error message saying the game could not be saved.
Reviewer:
UnlinkedLinedef
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December 5, 2023
Subject: ISO of Disc 1?
Subject: ISO of Disc 1?
An earlier review mentioned how The Sims Creator won't run without a disc in the drive. I was thinking that mounting an ISO of disc 1 might solve that problem, but I don't know if it needs the specific copy of TSD/TSDD/TSCC that it came with, or if any old disc 1 would do (since disc 1 is where SECDRV is, I imagine it's tied to its particular copy of the set).
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PUFNTUF669
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August 30, 2023
Subject: Error when trying to drag crack into directory
Subject: Error when trying to drag crack into directory
I have installed the game through setup.exe as instructed but when I drag the sims.exe crack into the directory folder to try and replace that sims.exe I get a pop up saying "Access Denied: Please login with administator priviledges and try again" (I am logged in as administator) Do you have any idea how to get around this? Thanks so much for the upload
Reviewer:
doomboom93
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March 2, 2023
Subject: PLEASE READ BEFORE REVIEWING WITH YOUR TECH ISSUES
Subject: PLEASE READ BEFORE REVIEWING WITH YOUR TECH ISSUES
Please read the description in the upload before writing about tech issues you might have encountered while trying to play this, to summarize, it is a compiled version of Sims 1 with all its expansion packs in such a way that it's ready to go after just running its short setup (NOT START.EXE!) i know a lot of youtubers have made videos of their own with tutorials on how to play this specific upload, but i guarantee you, trying to mod the game to play it at higher resolutions, framerates or etc, WILL break the game in some form, at the time it was an unstable game as all sims games tend to be, play it and follow the instructions i kindly wrote in the description, because i can guarantee it works since that's how i personally play the game.
Reviewer:
coltrain15
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February 25, 2023
Subject: don't use the 1080p sim.exe
Subject: don't use the 1080p sim.exe
don't use the sim.exe 1080p it has Malware in it I check with virus total and is said it had malware and internet archive dose not check for virus at all.
Reviewer:
PsillyArchive
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January 31, 2023
Subject: Help
Subject: Help
I'm at the part where you have to double click on "start.exe" and I'm unable to put in the CD code cause I'm not getting to the screen where I can. It's saying I need to insert Disc 1 to continue. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.
Reviewer:
Retro PC Games
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August 11, 2022
Subject: PCem
Subject: PCem
If you have PCem installed on this PC and installed Windows 98 then you can install Sims 1 on Windows 98 and of course you will need to patch this game for this to work properly?
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SadPie
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June 13, 2022
Subject: Dud EX Gaming
Subject: Dud EX Gaming
It means you don't have enough space on your computer. Duh.
Reviewer:
Dud EX Gaming
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May 9, 2022
Subject: I can't even download The Sims.
Subject: I can't even download The Sims.
Everytime i go to start.exe, It tells me: Sorry, there's not enough disk space free on. 3600 MB are required and only 0 MB are free.
Can anyone solve this problem?
Can anyone solve this problem?
Reviewer:
Mary van Wijk
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March 11, 2022
Subject: sim creator
Subject: sim creator
I am so happy to play the Sims1 again, thank you for the opportunity to download. My question is "the Sim Creator" keep asking for a DVD is there a solution for?
Thank`s in advance
Mary
Thank`s in advance
Mary
Reviewer:
RockerVGirl
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February 28, 2022
Subject: Help
Subject: Help
If someone can help me with a couple of issues. I had downloaded this to play this and when I went to put the patch in the sims folder, it wont let me replace it with the crack. It'll just tell me that it cant replace it and put a shortcut to the desktop. I am running Windows 11.
Reviewer:
eduazy
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December 2, 2021
Subject: FIx for 1080p screens
Subject: FIx for 1080p screens
Here's a fix to play The Sims Complete Collection at 1080p
https://archive.org/details/the-sims-1080p
https://archive.org/details/the-sims-1080p
Reviewer:
CooperTeam9000
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July 20, 2021
Subject: This Only Works On Slightly Older Windows
Subject: This Only Works On Slightly Older Windows
I'm just posting a suggestion to people who can't run the game. I suggest using a virtual machine program to run the game, such as "VirtualBox" (Completely Free) or "VMware Workstation Pro" (Requires Purchase). (Warning, programs require original operating system CD/disks such as Windows XP CD or other similar operating systems to work. If you don't have any, look on this site for a working copy or even MSN is offering free Windows XP ISO for personal use.)
Using one of the virtual programs, you can install a working operating system as well as play older games that can't normally be played on Windows 10. "The Sims" game will work perfectly using "VirtualBox". Hope this helps.
If you have managed to get this game to work on Windows 8/10, congrats to you.
Using one of the virtual programs, you can install a working operating system as well as play older games that can't normally be played on Windows 10. "The Sims" game will work perfectly using "VirtualBox". Hope this helps.
If you have managed to get this game to work on Windows 8/10, congrats to you.
Reviewer:
Anonymous
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July 13, 2021
Subject: Great
Subject: Great
Works on my HP TC1100.
Thanks to the uploader :)
Thanks to the uploader :)
Reviewer:
soft.lex
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June 20, 2021
Subject: not working properly :(
Subject: not working properly :(
I hope someone will be able to help, I installed everything correctly using the recent tutorial on Pleasant Sims' YouTube channel. Even though I've done everything right but when I start the game I can't see my cursor and I can't see what I'm clicking, then when I start playing a household everything's white apart from the UI and occasionally the things I hover over.
Reviewer:
Psxmoe
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November 19, 2020
Subject: It works!
Subject: It works!
Runs great on an old Pentium M HP Pavilion Laptop. NoCD EXE and serial are included! Thank you so much!
Buy mode music is the best part!
Buy mode music is the best part!
Reviewer:
Ryukuuu
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September 7, 2020
Subject: Great game
Subject: Great game
It's Multilanguage, everything works fine even on Windows 10
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