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The Sims was first released on February 4, 2000.

Expansion Packs

There were seven expansion packs created for The Sims. The Sims Complete Collection included all of them.

Livin Large

Livin Large included new characters and new neighborhoods. New characters included the Maid, the Genie, the Gardener, and the Grim Reaper. For the first time, players could use more neighborhoods, and with the second neighborhood, the Mashuga family was introduced. This expansion pack also introduced roach infestations whenever food was left out, or the house was left dirty for prolonged periods of time. New objects included a home slots game, a guinea pig in cage, a mad scientist home chemistry set, a vibrating Love Bed, the genie lamp, a backyard telescope, a woodworking table, garden gnomes, a crystal ball, the Tragic clown painting, party balloons, Servo the home robot, a dangerous Fireworks kit, the Beejaphone guitar, and a Voodoo dolly.

House Party

Before this expansion pack, the police automatically came over to fine the household for excessive noise should the party last longer than around 1am or 2am. This expansion cancels the automatic fine for parties lasting into the night, and adds party items like neon-colored inflatable sofas, a punch fountain, a buffet table, a DJ turntable/stereo, a costume trunk, a cake with pop-out NPC entertainer, and dance floor tiles. Other new objects include a tiki-themed set, a card game, a campfire, a bubble blower, and a farm-themed set with a mechanical bull.

Hot Date

This expansion pack added new Downtown lots that adult sims could visit for a flat fee of 50 simoleons. It also introduced for the first time, two relationship scores: one for daily relationship score, and one for lifetime relationship score. Before this expansion pack, you could use the same interaction many times on the same Sim, but with Hot Date, Sims now tired of more than 3 interactions of the same kind. More interactions were added, as well, such as the Entertain with Puppet interaction. New objects added included cash register, restaurant booth, restaurant podium, hooded restaurant stove, wall speakers, shop signs, clothing racks, dressing booths, a love tub, and awnings.

Unleashed

This expansion pack's emphasis was on pets and gardening. Garden plots now became available for planting, and seeds or Sim pets were now available for purchase from certain new community lots. These community lots could be visited by the whole family: Adults, children, and pets. NPC animal characters added were the racoon, the skunk, and Clair the Bear. The racoon would always come at night and knock over the trash can, waking Sims up, unless shooed by an adult Sim or chased by a dog. Animal control could be called to pick up and remove stray skunks or racoons, but not Clair the bear. Clair the Bear would raid the garbage can day or night, and leave a mess of trash outside the can.

Vacation

Vacation introduced Vacation lots that could be visited for a fee of 500 simoleons. The vacation lots were of 3 types: Snowy (Mountains), Forested, or Beach. Each type of lot had a mascot: the Land Shark was a Beach lot mascot, for instance. Vacation trophies could be received if the Sim family had a good enough time on vacation. New objects included the circular pool slide.

Superstar

Makin Magic

Cheats

rosebud - 1000 simoleons added to household.