The Sims (PlayStation 2)

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Hints & cheats

for The Sims (PlayStation 2)
Reviewed by: Andrew Park
Review date: 01/14/03
Release date: 01/12/03

Secrets

Get abducted to increase stats!

Just purchase the telescope and after looking through it for a long time you will be abducted by aliens. If your children get abducted their grades will go up!! When you are returned to earth you your stats will have been rearranged and have been incresed!!

Secret sand sculptures

In order to do this trick, please do the following:
1. Go to buy mode and buy the beach simulator under the misc. menu.
2. Place anywhere and let a child make a pile.
3. After making a big pile, choose 'kick'
4. This will unlock a new sand sculpture.

If you want more unique sculptures, such as castles and turtles, make a big pile again and choose 'kick'

Codes

Cheat Menu and Cheats

To get to the cheat menu, at the main menu screen Simultaneously press all four of the shoulder buttons. From the cheat menu, you can enter the following cheats:

Code Result
FISH EYE; In game, press O to change walls. When the walls are gone, press O again to change to a 1st person view. First Person View
SIMS Unlocks the Play The Sims Mode without going through the Get a Life Dream House.
PARTY M Unlocks the Party Motel two-player game
FREEALL Makes all objects cost 0 simoleans
MIDAS Unlocks all two-player games, all locked objects, and all locked skins

Unlockables

Chapter 1 Unlocks

Code Result
Cook dinner Aromaster Whifferpuffer Gold (Buy Mode)
Fix the TV Chairmaster Vanity Table (Buy Mode)
Borrow $800 from Mom Museum (2 Player Mode)
Find a job Perspiraction Executive Treadmill (Buy Mode)
Get through the house in 24 hours or less Beejaphone Electric Guitar

Chapter 2 Unlocks

Code Result
Clean up the house Maid unlocked
Get promoted to job level 3 Teppan'Yaki Table (Buy Mode)
Get promoted to job level 2 Slurp 'n' Burp Beverage Cooler (Buy Mode)
Fix everything in the house Handyman unlocked
Upgrade house Electronic Insect Control System (Buy Mode)
Complete all goals and move out Frat House (2 Player Mode)

Unlock the criminal career path

In order to unlock the criminal career path in all modes, successfully prevent a thief from getting away in Get a Life mode. It helps to have a burglar alarm system installed.

Code Result
In order to unlock the criminal career path in all modes, successfully prevent a thief from getting away in Get a Life mode. It helps to have a burglar alarm system installed. Unlock the criminal career path

Two-Player Mode Unlock

Two Player Unlock

- At the start up screen press on R1, R2, L1, L2 at the same time to bring up the cheat menu.
- Type in MIDAS and press done.
- Start up ''Get A Life'' mode
- Get into the Hot Tub with the girl
- Press Start
- Choose Quit
- Choose Just Quit
- You have unlocked Two-Player

Code Result
Two Player Unlock

- At the start up screen press on R1, R2, L1, L2 at the same time to bring up the cheat menu.
- Type in MIDAS and press done.
- Start up ''Get A Life'' mode
- Get into the Hot Tub with the girl
- Press Start
- Choose Quit
- Choose Just Quit
- You have unlocked Two-Player
Two-Player Mode Unlock

Chapter 3 Unlocks

Code Result
Get through this level in eight days or less Head in Curio Jar
Greet and give Bobo the bum food The Park (2 player mode)
Throw a raging party The Motel (2 player mode)
Get promoted to career level 5 Master Suite Tub (Buy Mode)
Upgrade your home Tree Swing (Buy Mode)
Get promoted to career Level 4 Strip Poker Table (Buy Mode)

Chapter 4 Unlocks

Code Result
Get promoted to career level 7 Artists Block (Buy Mode)
Upgrade your home Heart Vibrating Bed (Buy Mode)
Throw raging party Club Abhi and Taylor’s Place (2 Player Mode)
Bobo may appear if so greet and feed him The Park (2 Player Mode)
Get through the house in eight days or less Wurl ’N Hurl Jukebox (Buy Mode)
Get promoted to career level 6 Sonic Shower (Buy Mode)

Chapter 5 Unlocks

Code Result
Raise your 2nd baby to kid Sprinkler (Buy Mode)
Get promoted to career level 8 Maid’s House (2 Player Mode)
Get promoted to career level 9 2 swimming Pools (Buy Mode)
If you haven’t already, greeted and fed Bobo the Bum The Park (2 Player Mode)
Get through this house in eight days or less Bearskin Rug (Buy Mode)
Raise 1st baby to kid Beach Simulater (Buy Mode)

Chapter 6 Unlocks

Code Result
Get through the house in eight days or less Rhino head (Buy Mode)
Greet & feed Bobo if you didnt yet The Park (2 Player Mode)
Send both kids to Prep school Meet Major Dormo (Monkey Butler)

Timed Unlockables.

In order to unlock these items, get through the stage in a certain amount of days:

Code Result
Get through Stage One:"Money From Mom" in 24 hours or less Beejaphone Electric Guitar
Get through Stage Two:"Reality Bites" in 4 days or less Highbrau Coat of Arms
Get through Stage Three:"Party Animals" in 8 days or less Head in Curio Jar
Get through Stage Four:"Hot to Trot" in 8 days or less Wurl 'N' Hurl Retro Jukebox
Get through Stage Five:"Who Loves Ya, Baby?" in 8 days or less Bearskin Rug
Get through Stage Six:"The Last Simoleon" in 8 days or less Rhino Trophy

The Park 2-Player Game

In order to get this unlockable, you must greet and feed Bobo the Bum. He doesn't come up to your door by himself, but on stages 3-5, he will walk down your neighborhood a few times a day. With your main Sim, greet Bobo. then, use Feed. Then, you'll pay 20 simoleons to give Bobo a meal and unlock The Park.

Code Result
In order to get this unlockable, you must greet and feed Bobo the Bum. He doesn't come up to your door by himself, but on stages 3-5, he will walk down your neighborhood a few times a day. With your main Sim, greet Bobo. then, use Feed. Then, you'll pay 20 simoleons to give Bobo a meal and unlock The Park. The Park 2-Player Game

Easter Eggs

Make Aromaster Whifferpuff "Gold" last longer.

When in neiborhood mode, if you turn on a Whifferpuff, and evict the person and then join again. The Whifferpuff will still be on and it will last longer.

The Sims CAMEO

Buy any computer and choose"play". Zoom in close to the computer or better yet put in the first person code and look at the monitor. You will see that your sim is actually playing the original Sims for the computer!

Always-On-Duty Monkey Butler

This glitch, or cheat, or whatever you would like to refer to it as, I found very useful. This glitch will involve, 'Meet Major Domo!{$15,000} ', a light (one that hangs from the wall, not on the floor){$85, $110, $135} , and anything that will fit under the light{?} . Now, I did this in the bathroom with a sink and a 'Blue Plate Special Sconce' light {$135}. Buy 'Meet Major Domo!' but don't release him yet. Place the wall light fixture over the other item, and wait for the light to burn out, (or you can put lot of lights over a lot of other items and wait for one of them to burn out). Then, release the monkey butler, he will clean up everything, fix everything, then he will go to the light hanging on the wall, but he won't be able to reach it because of the item on the floor, which blocks his way. So he will stay there trying to figure out how to get to the light, but, as long as you don't move the item under the light, or the light itself, he will stay there. And as soon as something else needs to be fixed or cleaned up, he'll do it. Although this may cause traffic jams when you try and get into the room, I found this glitch very rewarding.

Glitchs

Easy Money

Build a wall and put wallpaper on one side and leave the other side blank. Then select the wallpaper as if you were going to sell it. Switch over to the other side of the wall and sell that. You'll get the money for the wallpaper selected and it will still be there so you can keep selling the wallpaper.