Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The lo-fi ant, sitcom simulator prototype that convinced Electronic Arts to, God knows how!, raise the billion-dollar thumbs up to an embryonic The Sims 1 dream from Maxis... or, at least, its craziest Will Wright party.

You may fancy exploring specific Sim interactions...

00:00:00 - I. Control panel browsing (scary placeholder face textures!)
00:00:04 - II. *NEIGHBORHOOD MENU*
00:00:09 - III. Scenario/Level Description
00:00:20 - IV. "Free Will" to all but Ross [1]
00:00:25 - V. Edith Bunker environment (Summoning unused Sims)
00:00:52 - VI. "Free Will" to all but Ross [2]
00:01:16 - VII. Ross dials "Friend" (God knows who they are!)
00:01:53 - VIII. Ross plays with fish
00:02:25 - IX. Ross being nice to Sigmund
00:03:03 - X. Mercedes thinks Ross is an ill minded Don Juan
00:04:10 - XI. Ross wanna have an OK lunch but Sigmund forbids him
00:05:01 - XII. *SCENARIO MESSAGE*
00:04:10 - XIII. Ross has some food
00:06:13 - XIV. Ross being nice to Uh
00:06:28 - XV. Ross does the number two
00:06:44 - XVI. Ross takes a nap
00:07:38 - XVII. STUCK NPCS ALERT
00:07:53 - XVIII. Ross takes a bath
00:08:15 - XIX. STUCK NPCS RESCUING
00:08:32 - XX. Duchess uses lamp
00:09:00 - XXI. Ross uses PC
00:09:44 - XXII. Ross dials the ""pizza dude""
00:10:13 - XXIII. The phone is ringing!
00:10:53 - XXIV. Ross boring the artsy girl!
00:10:13 - XXV. The phone is ringing!
00:11:12 - XXVI. Mercy is bored, gives Ross what he wants
00:10:13 - XXVII. The phone is ringing!
00:12:05 - XXVIII. "This moment deserves some music!"
00:12:47 - XXIX. "The girl is mine!"
00:13:25 - XXX. First Kiss
00:13:58 - XXXI. Sedative Romance
00:15:46 - XXXII. Ross meditates his romantic wins at the tree
00:15:52 - XXXII. Ross pisses the tree he meditated at
00:16:05 - XXXIII. We kiss as they sleep!
00:16:32 - XXXIV. Ending

SimAntics is a CISC bytecode language which powers the objects in The Sims 1 and The Sims Online.

Development of SimAntics was coordinated by Jamie Doornbos with the help of Patrick J. Barrett III and Don Hopkins.

For educational purposes

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