The Sims Hints & 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:

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!!

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'

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.