Although considered a new medium, video gaming history is being lost as newer technology keeps changing. Many games of the past have been lost to time, and this is sad. This topic should be stickyed if a moderator finds that it can, so it can help others with getting the sims 1 to work, for the love of the game, and keeping the preservation of the past. I believe in the preservation of older games for cultural information and art styles shown in past games.
Good luck! I hope this also preserves the game for future generations.ĭISCLAIMER: I did not make this file, nor am i affiliated with the individual(s) who made it. I hope this helps others who have issues with sims 1 and Windows 10. You may need to run it in compatibility mode. Move the new sims.exe file to same folder as above.Ĥ. Rename the sims.exe file as Sims.old in case the new file does not work.ģ. Go into your old Sims 1 file, in windows 10, under C://Program Files (x86) > Maxis > Sims. NOTE: Since this was removed, please refer to above link from the sims forums.Ģ. I would like to thank the person who made the file, but there name appears deleted off the sims 4 forums. I am only posting this here to help those who seek help playing the sims 1 on a windows 10 pc. I tried the file personally and it seemed to work fine, as far as i can see. Note that i do not know if this will work with non-english versions. I believe this will help those with issues playing the sims 1 on windows 10 pc's. This method also works for the sims retail disk versions also. Here is the original post where i found the information about how to get sims 1 to work on windows 10: If we don't preserve the past, mistakes of the future will repeat again and again, even with cultural history and heritage. As many of these games were actually new when i 1st seen them. I also believe in what some of the preserving groups are doing to past video games and to preserving them. I wish to post this here, for like me, people out there wish to play the game for the love of it, and preserving the past. EXE and allows the game to be played on windows 10. Someone on the official forums of the sims 4 made a mod that fixes the. Now, I believe older games should be historically preserved for those in the future, so those of you that can no longer play Sims 1 due to either being forced to download Windows 10 (like i was), or have to get windows 10 on a new computer, your in luck. Also, the game was not like any other's that came out back then. Over 1 million copies of the game were sold in many countries around the world. The name means Simulated People, which was another possible name of the game could of been. Eventually, the sims name came to fruition. Will Wright then decided to name it "the people simulator". Originally, The sims 1 was gonna be called "DOLLHOUSE", and in the interview, this is shown. I have a sheet with a interview with Will Wright from a letter from long ago, which i will donate in the future to a museum of video gaming, if i ever find one that shows physical items. I know this game was very hard for Will Wright to make, when he first worked on it. In fact, there are many facts about the sims 1 that i know personally. I also believe this game shows historical information for future generations to show how gaming evolved.
So people ask, why should we preserve the past games, since their graphics are horrible and gameplay boring? This is what most newer gamers ask, but those of us that lived when the games came out as new, either feel nostalgia or a love for the older games. Many older games are getting lost due to the popularity of new games. That is their choice, but in my opinion, this game is historical and should be preserved for future generations. This is not only sad, but EA no longer supports this game either. Many of you out there are aware of Sims 1 not supported on Windows 10. Information, Guides and Announcements for the EA app.Confirm you want to replace the file in the location. Go into the folder you installed The Sims into – if you don’t know where that is, right click the desktop shortcut for The Sims and select “Open File Location”.When installation is finished, go into \Game Files\NoCD again and copy “Sims.exe”.When they ask you to put in a serial, go into \Game Files\NoCD and use one of the serials inside “serial.txt” Follow on-screen instructions to complete the installation.Open the mounted file and run “Setup.exe”.Mount The Sims.iso – if you don’t know how to mount files, please see this guide:.Download and Extract The_Sims_Win_ISO_EN.FR.DE.IT.NL.SV.zip.
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