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The Sims Overtake Myst

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-bought-two-copies-of-each dept.

krugdm writes "Gamespot is reporting that The Sims has now sold 6.3 million copies and has overtaken Myst as the best-selling PC game ever." My Sims lie dormant awaiting a wine that can breath life into them once again. I just have been too busy to reboot.

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  1. Mr. Malda by SquadBoy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here you go. BTW you are most welcome. :)

    http://www.transgaming.com/gamepage.php?gameid=9

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  2. Sims and Wine - just say yes by WillSeattle · · Score: 4, Informative

    Look, you can even buy a distro (Mandrake) where they bundle in The Sims. And the bonus is you can then play Warcraft III when it's released, becuase it includes a sub to transgaming.

    So reboot already. The time for Linux to be the gaming platform of the future is now. Windows is dead, and Bill G is starting to realize this. Good thing he cashed out a lot of money for his (actually good) Foundation.

    Got me The Sims. Gonna get Warcraft III. Need Black and White for WINE next.
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    1. Re:Sims and Wine - just say yes by Lemmy+Caution · · Score: 3, Informative

      Unfotunately, as far as I know, none of the expansion kits works in Wine yet. So you can buy the Mandrake distro + The Sims for Linux (which isn't available without the distro) and play the basic version which has already been out for a couple years - no Hot Date, no Livin' Large, no Vacation, and pay another $60+ for the privilege of doing so. This was true at least as of a month and half ago, when I signed up for Transgaming and was deeply disappointed by that and other aspects of the effort.

  3. Just the game itself... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    13.5 Million if you include the expansions...