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751. New poll again

Written on Thursday 9 January 2003 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've added another new poll that we want you to participate in: we want to know how long one session of playing The Sims takes. Do you play just a few minutes a time, or can you spend more than 6 hours in one go playing the game? Let us know, by voting on the right or on this page. Last week's poll had a somewhat surprising result: over 50% of your Sims didn't celebrate christmas. 51.46% (53) of the 103 people who voted said not to have played The Sims during Christmas. 13.59% (14 votes) of the sims didn't even deserve a Christmas celebration, according to their 'gods'. The same amount of Sims had a full celebration though, with cookies, a christmas tree, a fireplace and Santa of course. 12 Players (11.65%) told us that some families celebrated the holidays, but not all of them. The other two results finished together, with 5 votes each (4.85%): "They just got a big dinner or a turkey..." and "Only one family did". Another new poll will be up next week... Until then, there's the new poll mentioned at the start of this post. You can visit the poll archive here.

752. The Sims for Linux + T-Shirt offer

Written on Wednesday 8 January 2003 at 22:46 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

For those who have Linux, TransGaming has an interesting offer. Although this news is quite late (it's a special holidays offer), it still seems to be there. You can buy The Sims - separately from the Mandrake Linux Gaming Edition for the first time. With that, you'll also get a nice TransGaming T-shirt. Note that this only is for the original version of the game, and you need Linux for it to run (it will NOT run on Windows or Macintosh!). Go to this page to order the pack, it costs $34.99. From this page you can also order the Mandrake Linux Gaming Edition which includes The Sims too, as well as other things. Note that the Linux pack is not for those who are relatively new to computers. It's also just a limited time offer, so you have to decide quickly.

753. The 100 most wanted: TSO on 20, SimCity 4th

Written on Tuesday 7 January 2003 at 23:59 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

IGN.com has posted a list of the 100 most wanted games at 3 January 2003. The checked the wishlists of released and unreleased games from the IGN readers, and made lists for each platform. The wishlists were made by readers of IGN using the free wishlist functionality at users.ign.com. Titles from Maxis occur in the lists quite a few times:

PC:
4: SimCity 4
20: The Sims Online
55: The Sims Unleashed
57: The Sims Deluxe
81: The Sims: Vacation
91: The Sims: Hot Date
(Full list)

PlayStation 2:
47: The Sims
(Full list)

754. Maxis Lineup

Written on Saturday 4 January 2003 at 01:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis is going to release quite some games between now and the end of year or next year. It's quite a lineup, and here's a list of games we can expect:

The Sims for PlayStation 2 - GOLD - 14 January 2003

SimCity 4 - GOLD - 14 January 2003

The Sims Online Europe - In Development/testing - January to March 2003

The Sims Superstar (Expansion) - In development - 2nd Quarter 2003

The Sims 2 - Unknown, probably in development - I think 4th Quarter 2003, but don't be sure about that

The Sims on GameCube and X-Box - In development - 2nd or 3rd Quarter 2003 probably, unconfirmed

SimCity Online - Unknown, could be in development - Late 2003 or 2004

Only the first three games are definite, the fourth one (Superstar) is most likely true. The rest are only guesses at this moment. In a SimCity 4 chat it was said that Maxis will announce all their upcoming games between now and the E3 (which will be late May). At the E3 we will probably be able to watch The Sims 2 and The Sims on GameCube/X-box. Information about SimCity Online is only very vague, and it's not even sure if that will ever come.

 

755. The Sims Superstar: more confirmation

Written on Friday 3 January 2003 at 16:43 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

In a German magazine, GameStar, there's a 'nice' piece of information from Will Wright. His new year's resolution is to release a seventh expansion pack (that's including Deluxe probably) for The Sims:

"Nach Die Sims Online wollen wir im neuen Jahr etwas vollig Neues machen. Mir schwebt ein siebtes Addon fr Die Sims vor. Oder ganz anderes: Die Sums, ber das Leben in einem Bienenstock. Oder die Sams: Wesen mit Punkten im Gesicht erfllen Wnsche. Wie? Das gibts schon?"

(Quote taken from SimsZone.de - thank you. If the full post is not show, click "Read More" to see the translation of this quote) Read More!

756. 1,000,000 visitors!!

Written on Thursday 2 January 2003 at 20:11 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

The Sims Zone now exists for more than a year. We've been counting our visitors since 2 February 2002, and had a few milestones since. A mention at the frontpage of the official site gave us a lot of visitors in April. Not long after that, in June, we reached our 500,000 visitors milestone, and now we're starting the year the right way with having reached 1,000,000 unique visitors within one year time. We are proud of that, and of course we couldn't have done it without you. We're now going for the multi-millions, and to do that we will keep providing you with what you've seen here so far. We have a few things which are in development stages at this moment, which you will see here sooner or later this year. Stay tuned to this channel for all that...

757. New poll

Written on Thursday 2 January 2003 at 01:09 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week we didn't add a new poll because of christmas, which is why last week's poll ended up taking two weeks. This week there is a new poll again though, and this time it's about last week. Have your Sims celebrated Christmas? Tell us, by voting on the right, or on this page. And for the last poll's results: most sims go to bed between 9pm and 12am - 76 of 145 votes (50.34%) were for that. With less than half as many votes (35, 24.14%), the option "Between 6pm and 9pm" came second. The other results:

They stay up late, so some time between 12am and 6am - 17.93% (26)

My sims have night-time jobs... They go to bed in the morning (6am to 12pm) - 3.45% (5)

Right after work! (12pm-4pm) - 2.76% (4)

Usually anywhere between 4pm and 6pm - 1.38% (3)

More (and older) polls are in the poll archive.

 

758. Unleashed (Mac) Released

Written on Wednesday 1 January 2003 at 11:40 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A few days ago, just before the end of last year, Aspyr has released the Unleashed expansion pack for the Macintosh. For reviews of the game, please check out our review index. Our own review is still to come very soon, it's been delayed because Andy was busy with Sim Brother and a lot of other things since the game has been released. You will hear about that soon enough..The Macintosh system specifications are:

MacOS 9.2.2 or Mac OS X version 10.1 or later

G3 processor at 233 MHz or faster (450 MHz recommended)

192 MB of built-in RAM (additional 128M recommended if running OSX)

2 MB VRAM (8 MB recommended)

750 MB of additional hard drive space

Quicktime 4.1.2 or later

More information is available here at Aspyr.

 

759. Happy new year!

Written on Tuesday 31 December 2002 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Sims Zone wants to wish everybody a happy new year. Be careful with fireworks, and again, don't forget your Sims. We'll see you again in 2003, with more news, files, other unique things and much, much more. Make sure you come back here the next year though!

Note: Because of Christmas and New Year, the new donation files will be uploaded a bit later than planned. Expect those files soon though, just not 1 January. We apologise for that, but hope it won't stop you from donating. If you donate now, you will get both the files for January and December without any extra fee!

760. Christmas Objects

Written on Tuesday 24 December 2002 at 23:32 by Sumit - 0 comments.

Gifts and decor for everyone! Replace those annoying flamingos with the more seasonal Candy Canes. Also is the New Age Way Lamp which was brougt back from the archives. For ages this lamp's design print layed hidden away in a long forgotten place. Don't forget to pick up a teddy bear or two that have already been released for weeks. Well these things shall bring your sims delight, Merry Christmas and to all a good night.

Pick it up here late shoppers: Christmas Shopping
*Note* The pictures look a bit bad since they only come in such limited quality, so if they look ugly in the picture always remember they look great in the game.