![A domestic scene from the original The Sims base game. In a kitchen/dining room stocked with middle-tier items, an adult male Sim gives a backrub to an adult female Sim, while a female child stands looking at a baby in a bassinet.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-sims-presskit-screenshot-resized.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS 24 years later, no-one can quite agree on when exactly The Sims actually came out
One year short of the franchise's big quarter-century anniversary, we set out to trace it back to its exact calendar roots.
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![A domestic scene from the original The Sims base game. In a kitchen/dining room stocked with middle-tier items, an adult male Sim gives a backrub to an adult female Sim, while a female child stands looking at a baby in a bassinet.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-sims-presskit-screenshot-resized.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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One year short of the franchise's big quarter-century anniversary, we set out to trace it back to its exact calendar roots.
![The Sims Medieval: Pirates and Nobles contains new story, treasure hunting, birds](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/simsmedpriatesnoble.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Tuesday Shorts - Minecraft Xperia Play, Square Enix rebrand, Majesty iOS](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/20110816shorts.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Friday Shorts: The Second - Shogun nuggets, The National in Portal 2, Mega Man 3, DNF Boobtube, sales](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/kisskiss_SHxY0zR.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![The Sims Medieval Collector's edition announced for Europe](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/rape-incoming.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![The Sims Medieval trailer includes the usual sadistic humour](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/20110207thesimsmedieval.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![The Sims Medieval trailer and screens arrive](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/simsmed.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![The Sims go medieval in spring 2011](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/thesimsmedieval.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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