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.
#Play the sims 1 windows 10#
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.
#Play the sims 1 how to#
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.
#Play the sims 1 .exe#
EXE and allows the game to be played on windows 10.
#Play the sims 1 mod#
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.