The Sims Bustin' Out (handheld)

The Sims Bustin' Out is the first title in The Sims handheld series. This version of Bustin' Out was released for the Game Boy Advance and the N-Gage in the fourth quarter of 2003. As the title suggests, Sims can get out of the house to visit other locations. Unlike most other games in the series, this game isn't a life-simulation; it's now an adventure game. The handheld version of The Urbz: Sims in the City serves as its sequel.

Gameplay
The Game Boy Advance version puts the player's Sim in a place called "SimValley" for summer holiday. Like the console version, GBA version gameplay is objective-based - every time the player completes a series of tasks, the game is allowed to progress. In this game, there are no furnishing objects to unlock. Instead, the player must complete all tasks to unlock new houses.

Deviating from the "point-and-click" selection process heretofore used in most Sims titles, this version allows the user to control their Sim directly, using the GBA's directional pad.

There are various locations Sims may visit throughout the course of the game. As Sims advance through the game, new areas become accessible, and new mini-games may be unlocked in certain areas.

PC vs Handheld

 * There is no death; every time a Sim "Passes Out", a genie will come and send them to the hospital (Hayseed farm in the first two stages)
 * Sims can pass out through:
 * Drowning
 * Letting the hunger need drop too low
 * Running into a Velocirooster
 * Getting knocked out by Mad Willie Hurtzya, a boxer, in the boxing ring, or by Dusty Hogg or Eddie Renalin.
 * There is no description for skills in game.
 * There is no room motive. It's replaced by the homesick motive. The motive replenishes by staying at home and depletes by leaving home.
 * The homesick motive cannot be restored by a potion bought from VirtuChem Labs.
 * The job system involves mini games.
 * There are no time control settings (aside from sleeping).
 * There is no Buy mode or Build mode; objects have to be bought straight from the store.
 * There is no repo-man.
 * It is possible to partially pay off bills, so that the rest can be paid later.
 * Weather exists in the game, unlike the PC version.

GBA vs N-Gage

 * The player always carries a Nokia handphone in the N-Gage version. The handphone is absent in the GBA version.
 * The player would also have to find several SIM cards scattered in SimValley to unlock the handphone's games.
 * The dart game is only playable in the N-Gage version.
 * There are differences in connection destination using the computer in the library.

Controls

 * Arrows: to move or select
 * A: accept
 * B: exit; press while walking to run
 * L and R: to rotate the orientation of an item, to change the colors of furniture (this only applies to some); to change menu choices
 * Start: Shows your goals, personality, items, etc.
 * Select: Menu

Characters

 * Bucki Brock
 * Chet R. Chase
 * Claire Clutterbell
 * Daddy Bigbucks
 * Daschell Swank
 * Det. Dan D. Mann
 * Duane Doldrum
 * Dusty Hogg
 * Eddie Renalin
 * Ephram Earl
 * Giuseppi Mezzoalto
 * Heidi Shadows
 * Hester Primm
 * Lottie Cash
 * Mad Willie Hurtzya
 * Maximilian Moore
 * Mel Odious
 * Misty Waters
 * Nicki Knack
 * Nora Zeal-Ott
 * O. Phil McClean
 * Olde Salty
 * Uncle Hayseed
 * Vera Vex
 * Vernon Peeve

Gallery
es:Los Sims: Toman la calle (consola portátil) Die Sims brechen aus Les Sims Permis de Sortir (console portable) The Sims Bustin' Out (на портативных устройствах)