I forgot about the panda on the wood bathtub! It's all those cute/quirky touches (to things, and Sims behavior) that made this version so popular.

"Reviving" this post as I have a new addition:
Crepes Suzette and the inside of gelatin!

In case someone wondered what on earth is the picture on mouse pad from cheap Moneywell Computer I finally figured it out! Maybe everybody already knows and I am the last but anyway. If somebody does not know it it is from unreleased Maxis game: SimMars. Apparently they were working on while working on Sims 1 but they later dropped it because of low staff because their main focus was The Sims.

I was so happy when I found the picture in better quality than from the computer texture because there it is too tiny. I searched it not just from pure fan curiosity but I wanted to make my own mouse pad with that picture Now I finally can.

You should put this in the Sims 2 Pictures: Tiny details thread!

I'd wondered about that too! Lol one of the biggest high tech industry buildings in SimCity 3K Unlimited was called the "SimMars Research and Testing Facility" or something... Really wish we could have seen what that game would have been like!

I would have loved it!


Great find on the mouse mat, I always thought it was a scene from spaghetti western!

That's so interesting! From afar it always looked like some kind of desert to me, but I couldn't really understand what it was. SimMars sounds like something that would have been cool. I wish there was a buyable videogame like the ones in the racks for it, that would be nice. :D