it is actually a pretty interesting debate wether the game is abandonware or not.
And, as you said, copies of the original game are sparse and insanely expensive. 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'. 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.
You probably already sorted this out yourself, but let's see if I can help you.įirstly, yeah, discussion of piracy in this forum is not permitted, so you can't get help here about downloading the original Sims.
