The Sims Mega Deluxe (The Sims / House Party / Livin' Large / Hot Date)

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Life-simulation game with three expansion packs
• Livin' Large adds more than 100 extreme items and some wild new characters
• House Party adds items and design sets for the ultimate theme parties
• Hot Date adds a downtown neighborhood with plenty of dating opportunities for your Sims
• For 1 player

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00022Q1GS
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 25, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,987 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Sims Mega Deluxe combines the award-winning base game, The Sims, with three hugely popular Expansion Packs--The Sims Livin' Large, The Sims House Party and The Sims Hot Date. Assembling a staggering 600 items for your Sims to use the first time you play, there's never been a better time to try The Sims.

The Sims

• Create and control people with the full version of the 92% metacritic-rated game that started it all.
• Completely build and customize your Sims' homes with the game's easy-to-use design tools.
• Choose from hundreds of items to keep your Sims happy including swimming pools, giant screen TVs, and hot tubs.
• Decide what careers they follow, romance they pursue or even when they go to the bathroom.

The Sims Livin' Large Expansion Pack

• Enjoy over 125 additional extreme items like a home chemistry lab, heart shaped bed and crystal ball.
• Meet wild characters like The Grim Reaper, Genie, and Tragic Clown.

The Sims House Party Expansion Pack

• Build the ultimate theme party with Cowboy, Rave and Luau design sets.
• Spice up the party with over 100 extra items like the dance cage, bubble maker and mechanical bull.

The Sims Hot Date Expansion Pack

• Play matchmaker to your Sims and watch the sparks fly or fizzle.
• Take your Sims to the new downtown neighborhood where they'll gossip over candlelit dinners, buy gifts for their dates or just cruise the strip in the hopes of getting lucky.

Additional Content

• Completely customize your Sim's appearance and clothing with The Sims Creator.
• Furnish your Sims' homes with bonus Asian and African decorator themes.

Product Description

The Sims Mega Deluxe bring home the fun and laughter of the Sims games -- hours and hours of fun for an affordable price! Features The Sims Deluxe, Livin' Large, Hot Date and House Party.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Bargain, July 15, 2004

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This review is from: The Sims Mega Deluxe (The Sims / House Party / Livin' Large / Hot Date) (CD-ROM)

If for some reason you don't own The Sims, now's your time to buy it. The Sims Deluxe, includes The Sims and three expansion packs - Livin' Large, House Party, and Hot Date. This is an excellent bargain because for about the same price two years ago, you could only buy The Sims. It's definitely worth the money and you should get a lot of fun out of this game like I did.

In case you didn't know, The Sims is a real-life simulator where you have the ability to create and run your own family of Sims and build and furnish the houses they live in. This game is a lot of fun because the gameplay is virtually limitness - you can do pretty much whatever you want with your Sims - you can give them a great job with tons of money, you can marry your neighbour and start a family, or you could purposely set your house on fire! Anything's possible on The Sims. The object of the game is to keep your Sims' happy, while entertaining yourself as well. There are many household items that you can buy and your Sims can interact with these in their house. Some items, such as refridgerators, showers, beds, and toilets, fill Sims' needs so that they can be in the best mood possible. Your Sims can work and bring home the bacon to buy new things for their home, or they can slack off and watch the unpaid bills roll in!

The expansion packs are as follows:

Livin' Large - The first ever Sims expansion comes with many new items, many decor styles, new skins for your Sims, new career possibilities and a whole lot more. This one's a must for any Sims player.

House Party - Your Sims have the ability to throw parties! Along with many cool new items and skins, your Sims can throw parties that can balloon, or bust, depending or what kind of a good host your Sim is! If your party is good enough, you might get a celebrity over to your Sims' house...

Hot Date - Your sims can finally leave their homes! The new "Downtown" area is a place where Sims can take their dates, eat, shop, or just chill.

All the expansion packs are highly worthwhile, and will extend the amount of things to do on The Sims. The only complaints I have are minor ones - The isometric graphics are a little outdated after 4 years, but they still provide the same fun experience. The sounds remain pretty much the same, except for some new music in House Party and Hot Date (The sim-language rap from House Party is great! (kind of...)

Although this game might not be for everyone, I still highly recommend that you try it out, who knows, it might be for you, it might not be for you, but if it is for you, you'll probably spend a lot of waking hours playing this! You can thank me later.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game!, November 26, 2004

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Sims Mega Deluxe (The Sims / House Party / Livin' Large / Hot Date) (CD-ROM)

As some others have said before, and I must sadly repeat, The Sims 2 that just came out is awesome. But, I think this is a better option for people (like me) that their computer cannot afford to dish out 3.5GB of space on a time killer.

This game is probably all you'll ever need of The Sims, but Unleashed and the other expansions make nice additions to the set. Also, as you may have noticed, you do not need to saturate (sp?) your computer with information with this version of the Sims.

While I have never owned The Sims Hot Date or The Sims House Party, I have heard lots of good critique about it. Mostly the add-ons for this package include more items (Thank you, Livin' Large), the ability to throw parties along with special items for that (Thank you, House Party), and the ability to go Downtown to meet new Sims (Thank you, Hot Date).

This makes a great Christmas gift...although if you ask me, the sooner the better. The Sims is an awesome boredom killer that will provide endless hours of your mother, father, or siblings asking, "Can I use the computer yet?". I've certainly heard it more than enough times.

I really do reccomend this version for those who are devoted Sim fans (like me since I was 9) and that either cannot afford The Sims 2, or do not have enough space to install it.

This game is rated T for some kissing the Sims may do, but relax. Your parents will be hooked up with this game soon enough anyways, and they will pay no notice. Now, I have to get off...my brother is screaming at me that what did I do to his family.

Heh. I can't tell him that I made Angela marry Bob Newbie, can I?

- KarlaBob

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Q&A, September 14, 2005

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Sims Mega Deluxe (The Sims / House Party / Livin' Large / Hot Date) (CD-ROM)

i love sims and right now im going to answer all your sim quations!

Q:is sims deluxe fun?
A:yes it totally is because you get to control someones life and have so many options.like who to date or what to wear or go on a vacation and get married or have kids and flirt and make friends and enemies!

Q:is sim deluxe worth the money?
A:yah it is because you need an original sim to work an expantion and with this deluxe you have the original sim and 2 expantions to play with.

Q:what age is it for?
A:this game is for any age who wants to try out sims. it has nothing bad or sexuall just kisses and if their is something sexuall they wont show it! RELAX its for kids too and for adults.

Q:are the graphics good?
A:the graphics are not great but i dont care and when you play it youll see that there not bad but there not great either!

hope i helped and have a great life! :-)