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231. Chat Transcripts

Written on Friday 16 January 2004 at 08:59 by ChEeTaH - 9 comments.

The chat from the official site is over for about 8 hours now, and Maxis has already posted the transcript of it. There were many questions and answers as usual, for instance about the recently announced N-Gage version of Bustin' Out:

"SimsBustinOutRoks: N GAGE: Will it be like GBA version?"
"Yes, it will have the same gameplay only with new objects and more mini-games via a cell phone you will have in-game. You will also be able to use the BlueTooth technology to hook up to other players for trading."
"Guest: what was the funnest thing to make in Bustin Out?"
"MaxisScotchmo: The social interactions we're really humorous to make. We shot footage of our animators acting them out for reference. Remember this when watching "pull finger"!"

Of course that are only 2 of all the questions, and there's a lot more to read. Click here to read it all.

232. Bustin' Out on N-Gage

Written on Monday 12 January 2004 at 22:04 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Now Bustin' Out has been released on Consoles and GBA, it's time to look forward again. With mobile phones becoming a new platform for gaming more and more, EA makes the logical step to bring The Sims to your phone. The Nokia N-Gage to be precise. This has been announced in a press release by Nokia. Players will be able to share objects using BlueTooth Wireless technology, and it will come with an "Exclusive N-Gage Arena". Besides that the game will have exclusive objects and mini-games. For more information, click here for Nokia's press release, or here for more information about N-Gage.

233. SimDay [Update]

Written on Thursday 8 January 2004 at 16:12 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This SimDay isn't a very big one, but it's something. It comes with some 'new' screenshots, which have been seen at other sites before. If you still want to see them at the official Sims 2 site, click here. Besides that there's some new info about GameSpot's Designer Diary. If you'd like to know more about that, click here. Finally, there's been a community update again, and for the second time in history The Sims Zone is mentioned in it. It's about the updated Neighborhood Handler and Add-on Handler. Those have been updated last month, adding Makin' Magic compatibility and new features.

[Update 21:40] The official Sims 2 website has also posted an updated Sims 2 fansite kit with a lot of new material again. You can download that from this page. The Console section at the Sims 1 website has also been updated with new walkthroughs for Bustin' Out on the Consoles and the GBA. You can use these if you're stuck in the Bustin' Out mode of the game. That really is all this SimDay.

234. New Bustin' Out Reviews

Written on Tuesday 6 January 2004 at 19:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

In the past week, several gaming sites have posted a review of The Sims Bustin' Out, either on the GBA, the consoles, or both. Here are links to the new GBA reviews:

GameSpy (Score: 4/5)

Gaming Age (Score: B)

WorthPlaying (Score: 7.5/10)
And of course there are also new reviews for the PS2, GameCube and X-Box versions of the game:

GameNikki (PS2, Score: 8/10)

GameNikki (GameCube, Score: 8/10)

Game Revolution (PS2, GameCube, X-Box, Score: B)

GameZilla (X-Box, Score: 3.3/5)

GameZone (PS2, Score: 8.2/10)

Gaming Age (X-Box, Score: C+)

Microsoft X-Box World (X-Box, Score: 7/10)

For more reviews of these games from other sites, including a quote and score, check out our review indexes. Click here for the GBA reviews, or right here for the reviews of the PS2, GameCube and X-Box versions. More review indexes can be found in the Extras section.

 

235. Bustin' Out Cheats Updated

Written on Sunday 4 January 2004 at 23:45 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

The official site has been updated with some more cheats for Bustin' Out: All Socials can now be unlocked, as well as a Team Photo. I've also found some extra codes on several other sources. That means there are now a few alternative codes for the GameCube, and a money cheat for the PlayStation 2 (after a long wait by some of you). Not all of these codes have been confirmed yet, and posting a comment to this news item would be appreciated, so you can help others out. I don't have the game and I'm not able to help much, besides giving the info I post on this site. Here are some links where you can find help with the cheats:

The Cheats page
Previous news post (1)
Previous news post (2)
Previous news post (3)
Official Site's BBS
Cheats at official site

As I said, if you can give any help as well, that'd be appreciated a lot by many people. Please post a comment to this news item if you found more info about a cheat.

236. Help with Bustin' Out cheats

Written on Tuesday 30 December 2003 at 19:55 by ChEeTaH - 10 comments.

Many people seem to be having trouble entering the cheats for Bustin' Out. Some people managed to get it to work though. If you want more details, click here for a previous news post to which many people have replied with details about the cheats on various platforms. The cheats page has also been updated, and you can view that by clicking here.

When entering the codes, remember that they have to be entered very quickly (within 1.5 seconds). You may also want to try in both live and buy (paused) mode, as it seems that cheats work only in either of them. On the PS2, L3 and R3 refer to pressing the analog sticks down, something that not everybody knows. Finally, the cheats are different for every console, so you should make sure to type the correct ones. The money cheat has only been confirmed for the X-Box so far, and not for the PS2 or GameCube.

It's wise to post questions in the comments of this news item. Click here to read them as well. I don't have the game myself and am unable to test the cheats for you. Using the comments you'll be able to reach a lot more people. Of course any feedback, especially if the cheats did work for you, is appreciated as well, by many people. Please post a comment if you managed to get the cheats to work, with details on which console (PS2, GameCube or X-Box) and how exactly you entered them. That will help many people.

237. Sims 2 at Consoles?

Written on Sunday 28 December 2003 at 14:57 by ChEeTaH - 4 comments.

A couple of days ago, this article appeared on the "Console Gaming Network". It wouldn't be special if it didn't mention that The Sims 2 will be made for consoles as well. If it's true, is questionable. The first thing they mention, is that the PC version will be released in January 2004, but the game is probably NOT quite ready then, as Maxis hasn't even finished CaSIE yet, nor have they already decided on some details like the lengths of each age period. It also makes an assumption, which is not too unbelievable:

"Although a date for the console version of the game is not yet set, with the success of The Sims and The Sims: Bustin' Out, it's a given that the Sims 2 will soon be available for the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube."

Console gamers would probably miss stuff like the 2-player and get-a-life modes if The Sims 2 was ported to those consoles. As it's not expandable on consoles as well, it'll be hard to make it real playable (or a big success) anyway. Finally, there hasn't been a press release about a console version of The Sims 2 whatsoever. It's likely that there will be a new version on the consoles, there's not much doubt about that (if not on the current consoles, then on the next generation of consoles, like the PS3, GameCube 2 and X-Box 2 or whatever their names will be)... But it won't be The Sims 2. If you want to read the article after all, click here.

238. Bustin' Out Cheats Confirmed

Written on Saturday 27 December 2003 at 23:36 by ChEeTaH - 4 comments.

After spotting the cheats for Bustin' Out, I've now been able to confirm them. Besides getting help from a few of you (thanks for that), the official site has apparantly also published them right here (with some extra hints as well). That means confirming the cheats for us is no longer necessary. You can see the cheats at this page, with all instructions. Some have been slightly updated now as well, as some appeared to be wrong.

239. Bustin' Out Cheats

Written on Friday 26 December 2003 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 29 comments.

I've just spotted the first couple of cheats for Bustin' Out on the internet, on several sources. However, as I don't have the game (I don't have any of the consoles) I'm unable to test these. Nevertheless, I've put them on this site as several sites gave the same codes. If you can confirm that these codes are correct or incorrect, let us know by e-mailing us. You can find a link on the cheats page itself. If you want to get a lot of money, all objects or unlock all locations on the PS2, GameCube or X-Box, please go to this page to view the cheats.

240. Merry Christmas

Written on Wednesday 24 December 2003 at 02:35 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

On behalf of everybody from The Sims Zone, I want to wish everybody a merry (and white) Christmas. Don't forget about your Sims, but don't spend too much time with them either :-) If you're going to get any presents, let's hope it's Makin' Magic, Bustin' Out or anything else Sims-related. Our 'present' to you are several new extras. The first one is a complete career index of ALL the careers in The Sims 1 and its expansions. You can now get more info about every career in high detail, including job descriptions, requirements, working times, and mood change per hour. And of course the salary... You can get in by clicking here. Some of the careers have been in the index for quite a while, but the last ones weren't added until a few days ago. Besides that, we've finally added a few review indexes, which contain links to many reviews we've found on the internet of the recently released games. Click the names below to go to the index for each game:

• Makin' Magic
• Bustin' Out (GBA)
• Bustin' Out (Consoles)

I want to thank GameRankings, ToTheGame and SimsZone.de for providing the many links to all the reviews. You can always access these review indexes, as well as the career index, through our Extras section.