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  • čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
  • The original Sims 1 in its full glory. Took me long enough to track down a physical copy, but it's finally back...
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  • @7ylerD
    @7ylerD Před 2 lety +5998

    6:20 When he threw away that half-eaten hamburger and started crying in the street about being lonely, I felt that.

  • @bigboispyro
    @bigboispyro Před 2 lety +9815

    I dunno why, but being "homeless" in the Sims has always had a certain "test your knowledge" kind of charm that I've liked.

    • @gregorwachter6804
      @gregorwachter6804 Před 2 lety +631

      same for irl homelessness i guess

    • @DBT1007
      @DBT1007 Před 2 lety +283

      And it's one of the challenge scenarios in the sims game
      Rags to Riches

    • @brieoshiro
      @brieoshiro Před 2 lety +404

      It's too easy in 4. Just live in that one "empty" world and harvest the flowers and fruit and grow on your lot. You can sleep on benches, order food from the stalls, and use the public bathrooms. You'll have 20k in no time lol

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 Před 2 lety +369

      @@brieoshiro Sims 4 has no challenge to it at all, honestly aside from the flashiness of it it's the worst of the lot.

    • @christianbennett5542
      @christianbennett5542 Před 2 lety +217

      Try out, reinstall Sims 3, and start a game in Sunset Valley. Create a homeless looking character. Have to buy a lot, but leave there; and go live in Central Park! Make a living off of fishing out of the ponds and selling them in the grocery store, If I remember correctly.

  • @blakewentley
    @blakewentley Před 2 lety +6810

    "The rich get richer and the poor get children or die trying"
    Holy shit, well said

    • @sirmount2636
      @sirmount2636 Před 2 lety +120

      Children are a luxury that the rich can’t afford

    • @thewhitefalcon8539
      @thewhitefalcon8539 Před 2 lety

      Sometimes the rich also get children. Epstein says hi

    • @point-five-oh6249
      @point-five-oh6249 Před 2 lety

      @@sirmount2636 And yet they still need heirs to their legacy. There's basically no 1%'er that doesn't have kids because the enemy of wealth is mortality.

    • @sd7785
      @sd7785 Před 2 lety +316

      @@sirmount2636 Children are a burden the rich don't want

    • @Rudniken
      @Rudniken Před 2 lety +132

      @@sd7785 children are free organs

  • @elijahlupe
    @elijahlupe Před 2 lety +1589

    "Claire the Bear; that ursine burglar who ran like Naruto, face-forward to my trash" is pure poetry. The "cellar door" of the Sims narration

  • @firebert123
    @firebert123 Před 2 lety +2799

    "Keep buying things until you fake yourself into the illusion of a better lifestyle"
    Okay, that hits a little *too* close to home lol

    • @simonmercier6733
      @simonmercier6733 Před 2 lety +51

      I did so much online ordering during the worst of the pandemic when we were confined. Shit was sad lmao

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM Před 2 lety +26

      Replace things with games and you have me.

    • @Takeshi357
      @Takeshi357 Před 2 lety +14

      @@JonatasAdoM Games count as "things"!

    • @YadonTheCat
      @YadonTheCat Před 2 lety +47

      That's the depressing reality of life under capitalism

    • @livedandletdie
      @livedandletdie Před 2 lety +8

      The Reality of Sims is like ours, except there's more fun stuff in the Sims...

  • @Magothys
    @Magothys Před 2 lety +2254

    I did this challenge once years ago, going to $0 by buying hedge plants and removing them. Never thought to use the magic town for the outhouse/sinks/food; I just peed on the ground and went hungry until I could get a phone and order pizza. Two ways to cheese this: you get the full value for items you sell if you sell them before midnight the same day, and the slot machine is a more consistent money maker than the genies. The trick is to buy art you DON'T like and look at it constantly, to bottom out your fun. Using the slot machine with an empty fun meter is a 100% win rate.

    • @dethmaul
      @dethmaul Před 2 lety +116

      What version is this? All that extra stuff wasn't in the original.

    • @miragept
      @miragept Před 2 lety +178

      Sims expansions, this series has a lot of expansion disks.

    • @Beofware
      @Beofware Před 2 lety +97

      I played it as a kid and didn't even know about Magic Town...

    • @SurprisinglyDeep
      @SurprisinglyDeep Před 2 lety +66

      @@Beofware Me too. I only ever played vanilla Sims 1. Never knew about there being magic towns or genies in the expansions.

    • @SmokePudding
      @SmokePudding Před 2 lety +61

      Using the slot machine 0 fun gives a 100% win chance? that's silly lol

  • @frokopop
    @frokopop Před rokem +71

    9:30 The ocean of piss around the genie lamps really highlights the extent of the grind, that's dedication man

  • @XUrbanSimsX
    @XUrbanSimsX Před 2 lety +1890

    Now this is a REAL rags to riches CHALLENGE! I couldn't even imagine attempting this haha!

    • @DustinBarlow8P
      @DustinBarlow8P Před 2 lety

      Would you be interested in rubbing some genie lamps with me?

    • @herpderpy9445
      @herpderpy9445 Před 2 lety +5

      I did something similar with the Sims 3 base game since money was too easy to come by.

    • @names_are_useless
      @names_are_useless Před 2 lety +15

      @@herpderpy9445 I've done the same challenge in The Sims 3. With the Open World nature of the game, I could basically live off Community Lots. Really, no challenge there at all. It's even eaiser if you choose the Kleptomaniac trait: you cant just steal cars and resell them; NPC Sims always have one on them, even if you took their previous one.

    • @MrAbgeBrandt
      @MrAbgeBrandt Před 2 lety +6

      What do we learn? Only magic helps.

    • @norXmal
      @norXmal Před 2 lety +2

      It was a lot of fun, I did it a few weeks ago, if you plan on doing it yourself, I highly suggest using VMware and install it on a XP SP3.

  • @driiifter
    @driiifter Před 2 lety +1883

    The Sims had insane animations for that time, wow, can really see it looking back.

    • @cragnog
      @cragnog Před 2 lety +111

      The cat movements when he pet them really surprised me!

    • @magusperde365
      @magusperde365 Před 2 lety +33

      It has comics sans ms It has comics sans ms It has comics sans ms

    • @jek__
      @jek__ Před 2 lety +19

      @@magusperde365 still better than times new roman

    • @sneezydeezymcdeluxe7015
      @sneezydeezymcdeluxe7015 Před 2 lety +62

      This game is one of the rare ones that actually looks similar to how I remember. Normally old games look absolutely atrocious now.

    • @MirrorHall_Clay
      @MirrorHall_Clay Před 2 lety +29

      @@sneezydeezymcdeluxe7015 I think the fact that it's mostly 2D apart from Sims and other creatures really helped it age well, 2D graphics from that era hold up much better than 3D

  • @DigitalApex
    @DigitalApex Před 2 lety +681

    "I had raised enough capital to fund a couch acquisition" is a string of words my brain had not considered to hear in that exact order. I love your videos, Amphibian.

  • @92Roar
    @92Roar Před 2 lety +471

    An honestly very realistic answer to the question “can you become rich starting from nothing?” “Not without magic, no”

    • @92Roar
      @92Roar Před 9 měsíci +6

      @@jellyfishi_ no argument there, but a safety net as well as a supportive community isn’t “starting with nothing”, I’d argue that’s starting with pretty much everything you could possibly need!
      But don’t think I don’t agree, it’s a fundamental right to have access to clean food and water, and we should do more to support each and every single person, especially when we live in a world of such excess

    • @zoeyrochellezhombie829
      @zoeyrochellezhombie829 Před 6 měsíci

      Or cheat codes

    • @NA-AN
      @NA-AN Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@92RoarI mean, clean is relative. I mean, technically a dehydrating cow corpses is clean, would that make you poors happy? God the comprises we have to make, giving up our cow corpses…
      (By the way that’s a joke, I obviously agree with you but I needed to let this intrusive thought out lol)

    • @92Roar
      @92Roar Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@NA-AN oh mighty noble upper ruling class, the kindest and most benevolent of people, as distinguished by their clear favour of god. To bless us with cow corpses when we deserve to be corpses ourselves, does your kindness know no bounds

  • @AthomewithKaren
    @AthomewithKaren Před rokem +213

    That was SO great! The Sims was the first computer game I ever bought. I went to the shop, said I want a game but I don't know what type. The guy said "I think you'll like this. It only came out today, it's not even on the shelf yet." He was right! I loved it! Did I mention that I was a grown-ass adult and a mother at the time! 😂

  • @DigDowner
    @DigDowner Před 2 lety +408

    "The rich get richer, and the poor get children"... brilliant!

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 Před 2 lety +9

      Dysgenics in a nutshell

    • @niggacockball7995
      @niggacockball7995 Před 2 lety +32

      third world moment

    • @KatAndTheMat
      @KatAndTheMat Před 2 lety +9

      That line is in The Great Gatsby!

    • @DigDowner
      @DigDowner Před 2 lety +5

      @@KatAndTheMat Aha! I already suspected AA is a man of literature...

  • @ruok3351
    @ruok3351 Před 2 lety +2433

    It’s hard to describe the atmosphere and feeling of playing Sims 1. It was incredible and deeply engaging. Sims 4 couldn’t even come close

    • @artemis1993
      @artemis1993 Před 2 lety +311

      IMO Sims 2 was the peak of this franchise. It all went downhill from there.

    • @TheBigBenji890
      @TheBigBenji890 Před 2 lety +64

      @@artemis1993 Sims Bustin Out will forever be my favorite! Such a shame it never got a PC release.

    • @user-nd5wl4jy8w
      @user-nd5wl4jy8w Před 2 lety +96

      The only good thing about sims 4 is the modding community...
      Especially the NSFW ones lmao

    • @sirmount2636
      @sirmount2636 Před 2 lety +216

      @@artemis1993 I liked 3. The ability to leave the house lot & visit the city was wonderful.

    • @MrLoowiz
      @MrLoowiz Před 2 lety +90

      Of course it was, but 90% of what you feel is nostalgia. The first game didn't age as well as the other 3.

  • @nobodycares4321
    @nobodycares4321 Před 2 lety +128

    Sims 1 was the last video game my grandmother got me before she passed away. The music alone still relaxes me.

  • @Th3Unf0rg1v3n95
    @Th3Unf0rg1v3n95 Před 2 lety +17

    The way that Sims 1 showed the framing of the wall before you finished it was such a great touch. Sims has hemorrhaged it's character away since the early days

  • @Dinodan3
    @Dinodan3 Před 2 lety +269

    Over 20 years later and Sims 1 still has one of the best video game soundtracks ever made. Such soothing yet distinct melodies perfectly set the atmosphere of the game. Even though I haven't played the game in years I still listen to its soundtrack. It's nostalgic but so marvelous in its own right that I can't get enough of it.

    • @Roland.Deschain
      @Roland.Deschain Před 2 lety +4

      I still listening to these soundtracks while jogging.

  • @Isamer0
    @Isamer0 Před 2 lety +1210

    I did this once with the hokus pokus dlc. My sim started with a 3x3 „house“ and since he had nothing other to do he became the best magician out there. The house grew around his abilities. This was the most awesome household I ever played and I have to think often about it, even 20 years later.

    • @father_opan4358
      @father_opan4358 Před 2 lety +24

      Sounds really cool! Thanks for sharing!

    • @javierduenasjimenez7930
      @javierduenasjimenez7930 Před 2 lety +14

      Lol, sounds surrealistic

    • @PoptartParasol
      @PoptartParasol Před 2 lety +12

      I'm just gonna... steal this for my own playthrough, thank you ;)

    • @unbothered9646
      @unbothered9646 Před 2 lety +11

      same here, the best family i had with was with a lady with which i tried to master all the magic things, got to the last one where you had to find a black rose i think, but i never achieved it because my sims crashed :(

    • @Alexander-vy6qi
      @Alexander-vy6qi Před 2 lety +10

      sounds like you lowkey wanted to become a magician when you were young. maybe still now.
      maybe that is why this memory stuck with you so good

  • @Spagization
    @Spagization Před rokem +52

    The soundtracks of the sims was level 10000. I miss it so much. So nostalgic. I also remember when gossip was served in the newspaper 😂. If you cheat on your sims, best believe it's gonna be in there.

  • @Prairielander
    @Prairielander Před rokem +26

    Can you imagine driving by this lot everyday and seeing someone on a sofa watching television with a shower stall.

  • @ambiguousamphibian
    @ambiguousamphibian  Před 2 lety +1438

    Took me long enough to track down these discs - should be the start of a lot of nice retro videos, though. It warms me to return to old stuff I grew up with. Thanks for joining me on a trip down memory lane :)
    I've really been burning to play old games. Will come back to indies at some point soon to those wondering, but after I've had my fill of nostalgia. I just bought a copy of Pokemon Crystal yesterday. Money doesn't grow on trees, gentlemen.
    Also that is my hand. Perhaps more hand will be shown later.

    • @hihihi1q23
      @hihihi1q23 Před 2 lety +57

      SHOW FEET

    • @DeepTalksPodcast777
      @DeepTalksPodcast777 Před 2 lety +9

      I really love this idea! Maybe do a 0 to mansion for each different Sims game over time. LoL I'd watch just to listen to your voice and narrative.

    • @ammazkhan7586
      @ammazkhan7586 Před 2 lety +5

      Could you cover Homeworld? I miss that game dearly. One of the original space type games I remember

    • @MAX-ENERGY_5678
      @MAX-ENERGY_5678 Před 2 lety +2

      Always good seeing notifications from you would love more sims!

    • @jamesjarrettt3995
      @jamesjarrettt3995 Před 2 lety

      Why so shorrrrtt

  • @elmadicine
    @elmadicine Před 2 lety +448

    god this stream was hilarious. I was wheeze laughing whenever the repo man would show up but then just zap away a puddle or a pile of genie bills

    • @sideact2044
      @sideact2044 Před 2 lety +2

      Check graystillplays, now thats gold

  • @dragonslaya16
    @dragonslaya16 Před rokem +35

    WHY IS THIS IS THE VAUSH VOD LIST

    • @baphomette666
      @baphomette666 Před rokem +6

      i was wondering the same damn thing LMFAO

    • @scoutbane1651
      @scoutbane1651 Před rokem +10

      Last time this happened he said he fell asleep on his phone while listening to youtube lmao

    • @magic8ball237
      @magic8ball237 Před rokem +6

      LOOL I'm here because of the exact same reason

    • @StrangeMold
      @StrangeMold Před rokem +5

      Probably either V or Tempest/Ryan misclicked and it got automatically added to the playlist

  • @Iasma7
    @Iasma7 Před rokem +18

    Sims 1 nostalgia vibes😭
    Nothing can best my love for this

  • @WarpRulez
    @WarpRulez Před 2 lety +3531

    I suppose The Sims answers one of the core questions of the human condition: Can happiness be bought with money?
    And the answer is yes.

    • @Xeridanus
      @Xeridanus Před 2 lety +61

      Up to about 170,000$ per year. After that it doesn't do jack shit.

    • @jek__
      @jek__ Před 2 lety +37

      After listening to escaped north Koreans talk about how people in NK are happier than people in SK because they aren't as concerned with the modern rat race, I think otherwise. Money buys happiness when you live in a place that trades money for happiness, but not living somewhere like that makes you happiest of all

    • @Xeridanus
      @Xeridanus Před 2 lety +48

      @@jek__ Sure. The North Sentinelese are probably happier too when they don't have to fight off delusional missionaries. But even in our society, money only buys happiness up to the point where all your needs are comfortably met. After that point, it doesn't increase happiness, much to the disappointment of Musk, Bezos and the like.

    • @WarpRulez
      @WarpRulez Před 2 lety +41

      @@jek__ Citation needed.

    • @idkwuzgoinon
      @idkwuzgoinon Před 2 lety

      @@jek__ I bet you pulled that source right out of your ass

  • @occultyouth
    @occultyouth Před 2 lety +583

    I love how this challenge gradually turns into a sober meditation on material goods and the daily conquest for bread. Utterly relatable.

  • @tomcollett1893
    @tomcollett1893 Před 11 měsíci +8

    I remember when I was playing this in 2001, when I was 12 years old, I added a granny to the game and I named her "Ammonia" because I literally thought that "Ammonia" was a given name at the time, having recently read a "knock-knock" joke in a book based around the word. It sounded like a given name that an elderly lady might have. Ammonia ended up dying within minutes of the game, then everyone else died shortly after. It was only a few days later that I was taking this exam at school and I was reading through one of the questions, which featured a diagram in which one of the elements was labelled "pad with ammonia" and I was fighting back a few laughs when I saw that as it was then that I realised the error that I made. I still have a good laugh at that memory, it never gets old!

    • @yeskaitlyn8029
      @yeskaitlyn8029 Před 6 měsíci

      such a cute memory

    • @terminationgamingnation7649
      @terminationgamingnation7649 Před 2 měsíci

      Man that is hilarious 😄 I had to try and read through the whole thing without laughing it really made me laugh in the end though what a wonderful memory
      Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @radamtv4779
    @radamtv4779 Před 2 lety +54

    This game wa so ahead of its time. It's insane. Nostalgia is hitting hard 😭💪

  • @adventuretimefan1100
    @adventuretimefan1100 Před 2 lety +212

    Man, I remember when I used to boot up this old PC in my grandparent's old workplace and just played the sims for hours. Really takes me back

    • @tylertype5443
      @tylertype5443 Před 2 lety +6

      We all lived the same life wtf I did the same thing at my grandparents house lol

    • @jaytee4431
      @jaytee4431 Před 2 lety

      @@tylertype5443 Saaaaaaaaame!

  • @CzlowiekDrzewo
    @CzlowiekDrzewo Před 2 lety +597

    I spent so many hours playing The Sims 1 when I was a kid. Legendary game. Wish it was on Steam.

    • @Napoleon_Blownapart
      @Napoleon_Blownapart Před 2 lety +12

      I think the game is in EA's Origin.
      Aleast SimCity 4 is there

    • @ArtByCiel
      @ArtByCiel Před 2 lety +32

      @@Napoleon_Blownapart On Origin you can only get Sims 3 (+ expansion packs) and Sims 4 (+ expansion packs) - unfortunately no Sims 1 or 2. Just wanted to clarify :)

    • @binetts
      @binetts Před 2 lety +18

      get it for free.

    • @Napoleon_Blownapart
      @Napoleon_Blownapart Před 2 lety +26

      @@ArtByCiel Thats a damn shame.
      Yeah, i would just pirate it then. Pretty easy game to pirate

    • @danitiwa
      @danitiwa Před 2 lety +55

      It’s on most abandonware sites and no longer counts as pirating to download for free because it’s no longer being produced or sold by EA. Go nuts!

  • @arandompasserby7940
    @arandompasserby7940 Před 2 lety +15

    I like how Brian's face says "87" but his hip clothing says "17".
    Not just a ladykiller, but a real fellow kid as well!

  • @GunsNerdsandSteel
    @GunsNerdsandSteel Před 2 lety +562

    Loving the retro games! A trip down memory lane. Also a fierce reminder of how long I've been gaming for 😳

    • @ambiguousamphibian
      @ambiguousamphibian  Před 2 lety +80

      Yeah I feel that - technically most things I grew up with fall into the "retro" category now (20 years or older, at least I think)

    • @ambiguousamphibian
      @ambiguousamphibian  Před 2 lety +72

      Weirdly enough getting sick the other week had me oddly nostalgic - comes on like a wave

    • @Hoffmanjay
      @Hoffmanjay Před 2 lety +16

      @@ambiguousamphibian It's pretty weird to think about, yeah. I've always thought of "retro" as more of an aesthetic or time period, rather than simply referring to the age of a game though. Like, the era of 80's and 90's gaming will always be retro for me, despite other media also aging with it.

    • @Fuchsia_tude
      @Fuchsia_tude Před 2 lety +2

      I grew up playing EGA and ASCII art games like Kroz and games from the Big Blue Disk. 2000 hardly feels retro, yet.

  • @sirflimflam
    @sirflimflam Před 2 lety +188

    Damn, AA, the way you tell this story, it's seriously like you're telling the story of some nameless real person struggling to contend with actual poverty. The genie in particular, felt literally like an allegory for gambling addiction.

  • @simmysommy
    @simmysommy Před rokem +12

    despite the pixel issues from its age, it actually looks really realistic compared to the sims 4 more cartoony style, there's a lot of sim city vibes aswell, nice bit of nostalgia

  • @Fisha695
    @Fisha695 Před 2 lety +45

    Holy crap what a nostalgia trip, put way too many hours into this game way back in the day. The 3 sequels never lived up to how good the first series was IMHO

  • @dbz9393
    @dbz9393 Před 2 lety +71

    Something so magical about Sims 1. I still remember playing this as a child fondly. Sims 1 makin magic was like a complete new game to me. Truly blessed to live in a time when game.developera actually cared about their quality.of their games 🙏

    • @roddbroward9876
      @roddbroward9876 Před 2 lety +7

      Absolutely, Maxis was one of my favorite game developers at the time, they always delivered their games packed with content and gave us a bunch of additional tools and customization options. Will Wright was an absolute genius, it's such a shame that things took the path they did.

  • @criticallol3039
    @criticallol3039 Před 2 lety +179

    You basically made the Sim equivalent of one of those "Do you want to know the secret of how I started from nothing and now look at all the Lamborghini's I own and regularly stand in front of to make videos with to show off all my purported wealth in the hopes of selling you my 'Secret to my Success' book" CZcamsrs

  • @marcos_vipets
    @marcos_vipets Před 2 lety +66

    You're a great storyteller man!

  • @Maloempia
    @Maloempia Před 2 lety +33

    O wow I did not expect to stumble into the most amazing, flawless storytelling I have ever had the fortune being witness of. That was amazing and I loved every second of it.

  • @IsabellaDemarko
    @IsabellaDemarko Před 2 lety +659

    i smiled throughout this entire 10 minutes.

  • @oda_margrethe
    @oda_margrethe Před 2 lety +382

    This is so much more entertaining than I ever imagined it would be.

    • @DustinBarlow8P
      @DustinBarlow8P Před 2 lety +7

      It's also educational! This is a better representation of the impossible task of getting out of being homeless. You could read 100 research papers on the topic and not get anything near the information that this funny video imparted!

  • @DocDocGoose15
    @DocDocGoose15 Před 11 měsíci +5

    This is why I love this channel. The gaming challenges are fun and interesting, but the philoaophical lessons derived from them are even more interesting and can actually be applied to real life.

  • @alli97253
    @alli97253 Před rokem +22

    Oh yay new Vaunch stream

  • @valpcd3092
    @valpcd3092 Před 2 lety +399

    i love how the sims, a 22 years old game, only looks marginally worse than project zomboid

    • @TheDaris36
      @TheDaris36 Před 2 lety +88

      I believe that was on purpose too. Devs were going after that Sims 1 vibe which is partly why the game takes place in the 90’s rather than modern days.

    • @valpcd3092
      @valpcd3092 Před 2 lety +2

      @@TheDaris36 yeah but tbh i would have preferred it to look better ...

    • @Joseph-iw3ek
      @Joseph-iw3ek Před 2 lety +95

      @@valpcd3092 Too much pressure to make games look good these days when the content of the games are nothing to get excited about. Play the game for what it is, not how it looks.

    • @valpcd3092
      @valpcd3092 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Joseph-iw3ek yes I mean that's why cataclysm: dark days ahead and dwarf fortress are amazing and must play games, but somehow I find myself not adhering to these games, probably because the graphics are nonexistent, and this is also probably why I am so hyped about the steam release of dwarf fortress

    • @URAYULI
      @URAYULI Před 2 lety +5

      @@valpcd3092 wdym they both look beautiful

  • @dragonlfwgaming6008
    @dragonlfwgaming6008 Před 2 lety +139

    Fun fact: The saying: "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" actually used to mean doing the impossible. Because you literally cant pull yourself up by your bootstraps. And even with its current usage, many times people use it today still mean that, whether they realize it or not.

    • @nullpoint3346
      @nullpoint3346 Před 2 lety +9

      (Row row, fight the powa!)

    • @von...
      @von... Před 2 lety +9

      ah yes, le narwhale bacons at midnight my fellow le redditor

    • @charlie1234500
      @charlie1234500 Před 2 lety +1

      lmao ok

    • @IsmailofeRegime
      @IsmailofeRegime Před 2 lety +7

      To be fair, I can't recall many people unironically using the term "pull yourself up by your bootstraps." It's more often used by critics. It's similar to how the phrase "trickle-down economics" is rarely used by those identified with the term, much like a socialist isn't likely to describe themselves as advocating a "command economy."

  • @Norabarnacle1922
    @Norabarnacle1922 Před rokem +7

    I absolutely love the scripting of these videos, saturated in wit and dark humour. Love the use of the word ‘albeit’ in a Sims video. Got me hooked, well done

  • @xXMushfaceXx
    @xXMushfaceXx Před rokem +12

    I miss how goofy sims 1 was. Like watching the cotton candy being made 😂 small stuff like that I miss.

  • @CoastalKite
    @CoastalKite Před 2 lety +117

    Entertaining and nostalgic, sure. But that script! WOW! Knocked it out of the park. This is a video essay; a true visual/audio version of The Memory Palace podcast. Well done!

  • @mh3708
    @mh3708 Před 2 lety +34

    More Sims 1 videos, please! The old-tech feel of this game + the incredibly nostalgic soundtrack + your smooth-voiced pontifications on the nature of existence = pure gold.

  • @legomaniac856
    @legomaniac856 Před rokem +16

    WHY IS THIS ON THE VAUSH VODS PLAYLIST???

  • @Hermaphroditious
    @Hermaphroditious Před 2 lety +106

    As a poor child, I only ever had access to "base game" sims. One thing I really want to know is this - would this challenge work with no expansions? while I wouldn't call it "cheating", just being able to jump into a hole in the ground for certain objects seems to go against the spirit of the challenge.

    • @aesthetic3355
      @aesthetic3355 Před 2 lety +15

      Poor child my ass, not even the rich are going to waste 80x the main game price on dlc lmao

    • @s6scha
      @s6scha Před rokem +10

      @@aesthetic3355 yes we are lol

    • @gt362gamer
      @gt362gamer Před rokem +4

      This challenge would be harder without expansions, but I think it's not optimal to spend money on food in the magic town, I think it's better to order pizza from your own lot, for what you don't need any expansion. On the other hand, if you can go to a public lot with TV and a bathroom, it helps a lot, as you can freely watch TV, use the toilet and sink to have decent fun, bladder and hygiene levels.

    • @imaddictedtopoo2185
      @imaddictedtopoo2185 Před rokem +12

      I did it without expansions. I bought trees for 20k then sell them for free. First think I bought after one day of work was wall with telephone to be able to order pizza.

    • @dharmallars
      @dharmallars Před rokem

      @@aesthetic3355 lmao I totally agree! (hastily covers all the sims 4 dlc I own with a blanket)

  • @ArkayeCh
    @ArkayeCh Před 2 lety +82

    Love that you're basically taking us through a nostalgia trip at all the classic games. I haven't touched RCT2 for a few years and your video got me back into it.

    • @rinoz47
      @rinoz47 Před 2 lety +2

      Play it with openrct2

  • @dandcc9192
    @dandcc9192 Před 2 lety +543

    Starting with 0 dollars and in a week he can afford to sleep in a couch. Boomer economics be like.

    • @ShadowlessAsura
      @ShadowlessAsura Před 2 lety +42

      * immediately gets a job*
      Yep that's boomer logic

    • @davefred
      @davefred Před 2 lety +4

      @@ShadowlessAsura Zoomers' just too lazy

    • @elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
      @elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Před 2 lety +10

      @@davefred me when i dont want to endure extremely disrespectful customers and laborous work for a wage that i cant survive on 😴

    • @davefred
      @davefred Před 2 lety +6

      @@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee zoomers when they're told to flip burgers because they have no other qualifications

    • @cacklingcoyote4882
      @cacklingcoyote4882 Před 2 lety

      @@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee .....so you don't do that and just leech off your family instead? Pfft, okay Zoomer.

  • @tropicarls
    @tropicarls Před 2 lety +13

    The music in this game is second to none. Absolutel the BEST soundtrack from ALL the sims games, and all video games. Simply the best OST of all-time.

  • @nyccoyax3831
    @nyccoyax3831 Před 2 lety +13

    that load laughter when sim with low fun is watching a TV is just hilarious :D always loved it

  • @KristenPrater
    @KristenPrater Před 2 lety +93

    Just want to say I've watched the Claire the Bear part like 6 times and I can't stop laughing. The way she tiptoes away in broad daylight during your monologue...

  • @tiredofthecitylife2108
    @tiredofthecitylife2108 Před 2 lety +25

    "THAT CAR! THAT BED! THAT CHAIR!" That was my wife, reminiscing out loud. She doesn't watch CZcams, but she was drawn over to this video, watching from over my shoulder. Well done Brian Ambiguous! You have gained a new fan.

  • @skatblast
    @skatblast Před rokem +8

    Something about imagining this guy carpooling to his job from his plot of land with just a chair is hilarious

  • @candycoated650
    @candycoated650 Před rokem +14

    Omg I loved this sooo much. Sims 1 Is much more satisfying than newer versions. It’s the only one I actually enjoyed playing and the music is iconic.

  • @coyote4326
    @coyote4326 Před 2 lety +27

    "Honey, guess what, I just bought us some land!"
    "We own our own house?!?"
    "Well....."

    • @Agent1W
      @Agent1W Před 2 lety +2

      And Brian Ambiguous had it harder: there was no "Mrs. Ambiguous". In fact, it could be possible that he was divorced AND he lost whatever job he used to have.

  • @shurrackia742
    @shurrackia742 Před 2 lety +28

    Man this has me remembering some goodies from childhood. Sims, SimAnt, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Carnivores.. etc. Too many to list. Oh my god and Zoo Tycoon, man i loved when i was a kid. Wouldn't mind finding a copy of that again sometime. Great Vid !

    • @had_fun_once
      @had_fun_once Před 2 lety +2

      Man, I would love a SimAnt remaster. The theme still plays in my head at the most random of times.

  • @josefaksoy42
    @josefaksoy42 Před rokem +20

    Vaush has good taste, ambiguousamphibian is a great youtuber
    fyi he accidently put this in his vods playlist

    • @alexjames6818
      @alexjames6818 Před rokem +1

      ohhh reading these comments i was like wtf no way this is that guy

    • @VirtualYeti
      @VirtualYeti Před měsícem +1

      🐴

  • @Problematist
    @Problematist Před rokem +17

    My favorite Vaush stream

  • @EdinMike
    @EdinMike Před 2 lety +32

    Even just hearing any of the music from this game brings a smile to my face ! I remember making a playlist and burning it to a CD just to listen to.

  • @Thinkcrown
    @Thinkcrown Před rokem +21

    Vaush your sims hands

  • @PanekPL
    @PanekPL Před 2 lety +18

    I remember setting a challenge for myself in Sims 1 with just the Livin' Large expansion to buy only essentials. This ended up essentially like a trailer in a trailer park, a cramped space with a shower, toilet, a fridge, you get the idea. I started making money by painting and got to the point where all I had to do was create one painting, sell it and I didn't even have to work after a while

    • @azmanabdula
      @azmanabdula Před 2 lety +3

      I did that writing childrens books in sims 4
      We were basically millionaire homeless blokes

  • @landroid5460
    @landroid5460 Před rokem +17

    Why is this in Vaush's stream vods playlist?

  • @juliahope7411
    @juliahope7411 Před rokem +7

    I have just found you and I am obsessed with these nostalgic videos. More please!

  • @geve2619
    @geve2619 Před 2 lety +33

    I really wish the complete collection would appear on Origin or GOG. So many memories. I have, of course, played all the sims up until now but there's something about the original that they're all missing. A special charm that only Maxis could do right.

    • @artemis1993
      @artemis1993 Před 2 lety +1

      Only way to get it nowadays is to pirate it, unfortunately. EA said the Ultimate Edition was a timed-only thing, and will never come back :/

    • @acrabdevis
      @acrabdevis Před 2 lety

      @Slippin jimmy because EA doesn't care about people happynes, and $10 is too little money.
      They won't re release the sims 2 for cheap, giving more reasons to the comunity to shit on sims 4 that nowadays cost over $1000.

  • @TheEraserCrew
    @TheEraserCrew Před 2 lety +20

    Damn, the original sims? My Sister and I used to play this game a ton when we were younger, glad to see you playing it in the strange ways you typically play games

  • @Dappis
    @Dappis Před rokem +22

    Hewwo vaushites

  • @Wek6
    @Wek6 Před rokem +3

    I like how he just keeps walking back into the road, tempting fate or a drunk driver

  • @Jibbzz
    @Jibbzz Před 2 lety +10

    Damn, I remember playing this when I was very young. I'd love to see what wacky philosophical stuff you could get up to in the sims series.

    • @ambiguousamphibian
      @ambiguousamphibian  Před 2 lety +10

      I shed tears at the sight of a CRT monitor now

    • @RevanRA
      @RevanRA Před 2 lety +1

      @@ambiguousamphibian I miss my CRT monitor. 😭

  • @hisammy3969
    @hisammy3969 Před 2 lety +18

    one of my fondest childhood memories was me and my friend trying to recreate the big brother house and all the housemates on this game.

  • @ramahong
    @ramahong Před 2 lety +20

    That's what I enjoyed about the older versions of the sims. There are a lot of mysterious things to discover and many weird unexpected ones as well

    • @zoeyrochellezhombie829
      @zoeyrochellezhombie829 Před 6 měsíci +2

      My favorite was the ability to upgrade the sink simply by pounding on the taps with a hammer.

  • @mitraj7763
    @mitraj7763 Před 2 lety

    I loved this video a lot! I've never played Sims 1 as a kid (I tried to play it now but it was a bit hard to get a hang of it ) but I was impressed by your efforts and the way you succeeded!! Also I can't emphasis on how much I liked your commentary :D

  • @snoopyslu
    @snoopyslu Před 2 lety +32

    This was awesome
    I've been playing the sims ever since the first one came out. I gotta say building relationships were a lot harder or slower than they are now. Its so easy to become friends or love interests. Thanks for popping up on my CZcams this was an unexpected happy memory.

  • @Ahmed-hd4lr
    @Ahmed-hd4lr Před 2 lety +19

    ambiguous’ videos has deeper and more interesting lore than most movies

  • @Juhz0r
    @Juhz0r Před rokem +33

    I'm not sure about this new direction Vaush is taking, but I'll stick around.

  • @klikboers
    @klikboers Před rokem +3

    Never realized it but Sims 1 was when I started to figure out how to do psychopath shit in video games. It all started with that swimming pool ladder. And suddenly I'm butchering dozens of prisoners in their rimworlds to harvest enough hearts to satisfy the desires of a genetically modified cat person dictator

  • @DAvechado
    @DAvechado Před 2 lety +55

    In The sims 1 Weekends dont exist so it can really get pretty repetitive, is one of the major shortcomings of the first game.

    • @reginaldsafety6090
      @reginaldsafety6090 Před 2 lety +13

      True to life!

    • @DAvechado
      @DAvechado Před 2 lety +8

      @@reginaldsafety6090 unfortunately unlike life in the expansion you can take a vacation anytime and stay as long as you want 😂😂

    • @zanderallan4373
      @zanderallan4373 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah that's the thing with me and Sims the jobs aren't actually worth working it's better to paint lol

  • @theintellectualrabbit6828
    @theintellectualrabbit6828 Před 2 lety +30

    "My house become something akin to a bitcoin mining farm albeit with magical spirits."
    No ambiguousamphibian. That is literally how bitcoin mining works.

  • @StephaniesVlog
    @StephaniesVlog Před rokem +15

    This is so ridiculous I love it, so so much. Thank you.

  • @emilytiny8057
    @emilytiny8057 Před rokem +3

    This was so good! I used to love the original Sims so this brought back memories! I never had that portal thing though, I would have loved that

  • @thisisthelukas
    @thisisthelukas Před 2 lety +5

    4:24 Your first possession you CHAIRished? :D

  • @whynotdean8966
    @whynotdean8966 Před 2 lety +10

    3:57 Dude that is the saddest fucking thing I've seen all year. Why did this hit so hard?
    This poor, mentally disabled, homeless dude looking through the glass at his first morsel of food with the excitement of an abused shelter animal, and it's fucking cotton candy.

  • @danieltrujillo2208
    @danieltrujillo2208 Před rokem +1

    I really like this kind of videos. This way gives to the sims more ages from play. Greetings from Colombia, Ambiguous!

  • @hildielover
    @hildielover Před rokem +2

    0:51: *🎶Mr.Ambiguous - Mamamoo🎶 starts playing*

  • @dethmaul
    @dethmaul Před 2 lety +10

    I just looked up the soundtrack recently, that guy did a killer job. Great piano.

  • @ronimolina4701
    @ronimolina4701 Před 2 lety +35

    This brings me so much joy, the music, the town, brings me back to a happier time

  • @tomfarrell835
    @tomfarrell835 Před rokem +25

    Voosh

  • @PotatoBullets115
    @PotatoBullets115 Před 2 lety +1

    I don't think I understood half of those words, but the visuals left some pretty colors for me to look at! 10/10.

  • @pablocassani143
    @pablocassani143 Před 2 lety +19

    The narration made this video amazing. Great storytelling, you deserve all of the success you can get.

  • @harrison7222
    @harrison7222 Před 2 lety +12

    One of the best feelings in the world is grabbing a hot lunch and seeing that there is another video upload from ambiguousamphibian as I start eating.

  • @kaseysmith379
    @kaseysmith379 Před 2 lety +2

    The music gave me the feels. Such good soundtracks in Sims 1 and Sims 2.

  • @pinkycheeks
    @pinkycheeks Před 2 lety

    the build mode music is my alarm sound and i wake up in such a lovely mood!! highly recommend

  • @Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    You can just readily download the Complete Collection online, you didn't have to track down a physical copy xD
    Runs perfectly and there's even a resolution and widescreen patch for the game.

    • @chickennugget6233
      @chickennugget6233 Před 2 lety +3

      Where can I find this??? I am dyying to play this again

    • @Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
      @Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Před 2 lety +19

      @@chickennugget6233 I'm sorry, I wrote a whole breakdown on how to play it but youtube keeps flagging my comment, it's so frustrating.
      Basically, just search for The Sims 1 Complete Collection and the very first result is where you get it. The archive you want is called The_Sims_Complete_Collection_Win_Setup_EN. You'll need winrar to extract it. That page also gives you a full install guide, and even a code which you need. If that code is invalid, look at the comments for an alternative one. After you've got it running, grab the widescreen patch (again first result when you search for it). I hope this helps, sorry I couldn't be more specific but youtube won't let me.

    • @chickennugget6233
      @chickennugget6233 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Thanks so much. I havent done 🥧🐁ing since the early 10s. Seems like not much has changed from your comment!

    • @blowc1612
      @blowc1612 Před 2 lety +1

      @@scrimbim6056 he obviously mean a physical copy.

    • @SvobodovaEva
      @SvobodovaEva Před 2 lety +4

      @@blowc1612 He obviously means legally 😅

  • @CharlieTooHuman
    @CharlieTooHuman Před 2 lety +10

    This game was a big part of my childhood + early teen years. I cherished it so much. Great video, brought back a lot of memories.

  • @Ebstarrunner
    @Ebstarrunner Před 2 lety +1

    This brings me back to playing Sims when it first came out. Then Sims 2. Then downloading mods players made and unzipping them into the files hahaha I was so young.... Thanks for this!

  • @windigo6062
    @windigo6062 Před 2 lety +3

    OMG this is GOLD!!!!! So many memories from the music alone and I can't stop laughing. I came back to comment after watching this a week ago. I will randomly start laughing and this is what pops up in my head!!! 😂😂😂