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After suffering a [[Wikipedia:1991 Oakland firestorm|fire]] that burned away all his possessions, [[Will Wright]] was forced to find a new home and rebuild his life. It was this experience that inspired him to think of a game that simulates life, linking his ideas with the ''[[w:c:simcity:SimCity|SimCity]]'' series he had developed. In 1993, he proposed the idea to [[Maxis]] but they rejected it, believing that computers at the time could not handle such a game. In 1995, he proposed it again to EA Games. This time, it was accepted. EA Games initially named it ''Project X, ''however for a short while it was called ''Dollhouse Simulator'' but after realizing that it would be hard to market to young males it was renamed to ''The Tactical Domestic Simulator ''and eventually renamed it ''The Sims'' in 1997. Promotions for the game were first seen on the ''[[w:c:simcity:SimCity 3000|SimCity 3000]]'' installation CD.

The player can purchase several objects for Sims such as televisions, showers, beds, and fridges, each of them has a purpose which ranges from fulfilling a certain need or raising a skill or simply being decorative. Each item takes up a number of tiles on the grid and can be rotated to meet the playersplayer's desires. All items are pre-rendered.

The player must make decisions about time spent on fulfilling the needs of the Sims, these are;: [[Hunger]], [[Social]], [[Fun]], [[Comfort]], [[Hygiene]], [[Bladder]], [[Environment|Room]] and [[Energy]]. These needs are filled by activities in the daily agenda of the Sims such as using the toilet and eating food from a fridge. If the simulated humans do not perform the proper amount of maintenance, they will sicken and [[die]]. Not fulfilling these needs has other negative side effects, for example if a Sim has lowered their energy need they will pass out where they stand which will lower their [[comfort]] need, and if they pass out in a swimming pool they will die. Furthermore, Sims need to have [[fun]]; if they don't, the fun level bar eventually lowers and they become depressed, but however depressed they become, they are unable to commit suicide (they are not programmed to do so). They are, however, able to be nasty to other Sim characters by insulting them, slapping them, and even attacking them. This has more to do with their relationship score than their mood, though. Sims in a bad mood are more likely to ignore player input and autonomously seek an activity that will increase their mood. For example, if a Sim's fun level bar is too low, they may refuse to look for a job or pay the bills and instead sit and watch TV.

* ''The Sims'' runs on some Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1 and 10 operating systems despite being unsupported. However, later releases of the base game after the release of ''The Sims: Hot Date'' support Windows XP.

* Some Windows 8/8.1 users have multiple errors with ''The Sims'', such as the game crashing, the [[Create a Sim|Create a Family]] window not appearing and a created family disappearing when moved in. Otherwise, escaping to the desktop will result in glitchy graphics and freezing for all users.

* It is possible to use [http://www.wsgf.org/dr/sims custom resolution] for playing ''The Sims'', however it is considered incomplete and buggy. There is a [http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=15242&sid=9ebca9d3786f9dcc32569141ebb35fdc&start=10 solution] to this, involving tweaking the game data.

* In ''[[The Sims 4]]'' there's a computer game on every computer named "Sims Forever" that contains footage from the original ''The Sims'', with music playing and Simlish language. Mortimer and Bella can even be seen kissing in a hot tub for one scene. It largely uses footage from ''[[The Sims: Vacation]]''.

* ''The Sims'' is the only ''Sims'' game that was not released on [[Origin]].