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24th Oct 2020 at 1:14 PM
Last edited by ed95 : 9th Feb 2021 at
11:39 AM.
Hi!
You probably already sorted this out yourself, but let's see if I can help you.
Firstly, yeah, discussion of piracy in this forum is not permitted, so you can't get help here about downloading the original Sims. That said, it's also true that the last Sims 1 game released was The Sims Complete Collection, in 2008, and only physically; to date, there are no "online" ways to get the game legally. It is not available on Origin either (in fact, I believe it doesn't even appear there), or even GOG, were you can add it to your game list, but it is not downloadable (in EA's words, the game is "too old". You can read more about it
here). And, as you said, copies of the original game are sparse and insanely expensive.
So... it is actually a pretty interesting debate wether the game is abandonware or not. Technically, it is, since it is out of print, either physically or online; but EA doesn't really want to drop the ball, apparently, and asking about a free download will probably get you a warning in, say, the Offical Forums. So... since the game falls in a "legal void" and EA doesn't really care about it (unless you tell them you have a downloaded copy),
I wouldn't really care if I had one of them. You can always search, too, in thrift stores and apps for the original game and expansions (I recall seeing a copy of Livin' Large here in Spain), and make your little collection, bit by bit.