6:20 When he threw away that half-eaten hamburger and started crying in the street about being lonely, I felt that.

I dunno why, but being "homeless" in the Sims has always had a certain "test your knowledge" kind of charm that I've liked.

"The rich get richer and the poor get children or die trying" Holy shit, well said

"Claire the Bear; that ursine burglar who ran like Naruto, face-forward to my trash" is pure poetry. The "cellar door" of the Sims narration

"Keep buying things until you fake yourself into the illusion of a better lifestyle" Okay, that hits a little *too* close to home lol

I did this challenge once years ago, going to $0 by buying hedge plants and removing them. Never thought to use the magic town for the outhouse/sinks/food; I just peed on the ground and went hungry until I could get a phone and order pizza. Two ways to cheese this: you get the full value for items you sell if you sell them before midnight the same day, and the slot machine is a more consistent money maker than the genies. The trick is to buy art you DON'T like and look at it constantly, to bottom out your fun. Using the slot machine with an empty fun meter is a 100% win rate.

An honestly very realistic answer to the question “can you become rich starting from nothing?” “Not without magic, no”

Now this is a REAL rags to riches CHALLENGE! I couldn't even imagine attempting this haha!

The Sims had insane animations for that time, wow, can really see it looking back.

"I had raised enough capital to fund a couch acquisition" is a string of words my brain had not considered to hear in that exact order. I love your videos, Amphibian.

That was SO great! The Sims was the first computer game I ever bought. I went to the shop, said I want a game but I don't know what type. The guy said "I think you'll like this. It only came out today, it's not even on the shelf yet." He was right! I loved it! Did I mention that I was a grown-ass adult and a mother at the time! 😂

9:30 The ocean of piss around the genie lamps really highlights the extent of the grind, that's dedication man

Over 20 years later and Sims 1 still has one of the best video game soundtracks ever made. Such soothing yet distinct melodies perfectly set the atmosphere of the game. Even though I haven't played the game in years I still listen to its soundtrack. It's nostalgic but so marvelous in its own right that I can't get enough of it.

"The rich get richer, and the poor get children"... brilliant!

Sims 1 was the last video game my grandmother got me before she passed away. The music alone still relaxes me.

The soundtracks of the sims was level 10000. I miss it so much. So nostalgic. I also remember when gossip was served in the newspaper 😂. If you cheat on your sims, best believe it's gonna be in there.

It’s hard to describe the atmosphere and feeling of playing Sims 1. It was incredible and deeply engaging. Sims 4 couldn’t even come close

Took me long enough to track down these discs - should be the start of a lot of nice retro videos, though. It warms me to return to old stuff I grew up with. Thanks for joining me on a trip down memory lane :) I've really been burning to play old games. Will come back to indies at some point soon to those wondering, but after I've had my fill of nostalgia. I just bought a copy of Pokemon Crystal yesterday. Money doesn't grow on trees, gentlemen. Also that is my hand. Perhaps more hand will be shown later.

The way that Sims 1 showed the framing of the wall before you finished it was such a great touch. Sims has hemorrhaged it's character away since the early days

Oh yay new Vaunch stream

I did this once with the hokus pokus dlc. My sim started with a 3x3 „house“ and since he had nothing other to do he became the best magician out there. The house grew around his abilities. This was the most awesome household I ever played and I have to think often about it, even 20 years later.

Loving the retro games! A trip down memory lane. Also a fierce reminder of how long I've been gaming for 😳

Can you imagine driving by this lot everyday and seeing someone on a sofa watching television with a shower stall.

I like how Brian's face says "87" but his hip clothing says "17". Not just a ladykiller, but a real fellow kid as well!

god this stream was hilarious. I was wheeze laughing whenever the repo man would show up but then just zap away a puddle or a pile of genie bills

I suppose The Sims answers one of the core questions of the human condition: Can happiness be bought with money? And the answer is yes.

I remember when I was playing this in 2001, when I was 12 years old, I added a granny to the game and I named her "Ammonia" because I literally thought that "Ammonia" was a given name at the time, having recently read a "knock-knock" joke in a book based around the word. It sounded like a given name that an elderly lady might have. Ammonia ended up dying within minutes of the game, then everyone else died shortly after. It was only a few days later that I was taking this exam at school and I was reading through one of the questions, which featured a diagram in which one of the elements was labelled "pad with ammonia" and I was fighting back a few laughs when I saw that as it was then that I realised the error that I made. I still have a good laugh at that memory, it never gets old!

Man, I remember when I used to boot up this old PC in my grandparent's old workplace and just played the sims for hours. Really takes me back

I love how this challenge gradually turns into a sober meditation on material goods and the daily conquest for bread. Utterly relatable.

WHY IS THIS IS THE VAUSH VOD LIST

My favorite Vaush stream

Damn, AA, the way you tell this story, it's seriously like you're telling the story of some nameless real person struggling to contend with actual poverty. The genie in particular, felt literally like an allegory for gambling addiction.

i smiled throughout this entire 10 minutes.

Sims 1 nostalgia vibes😭 Nothing can best my love for this

despite the pixel issues from its age, it actually looks really realistic compared to the sims 4 more cartoony style, there's a lot of sim city vibes aswell, nice bit of nostalgia

I spent so many hours playing The Sims 1 when I was a kid. Legendary game. Wish it was on Steam.

i love how the sims, a 22 years old game, only looks marginally worse than project zomboid

This game wa so ahead of its time. It's insane. Nostalgia is hitting hard 😭💪

I'm not sure about this new direction Vaush is taking, but I'll stick around.

You basically made the Sim equivalent of one of those "Do you want to know the secret of how I started from nothing and now look at all the Lamborghini's I own and regularly stand in front of to make videos with to show off all my purported wealth in the hopes of selling you my 'Secret to my Success' book" KZfaqrs

Fun fact: The saying: "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" actually used to mean doing the impossible. Because you literally cant pull yourself up by your bootstraps. And even with its current usage, many times people use it today still mean that, whether they realize it or not.

Holy crap what a nostalgia trip, put way too many hours into this game way back in the day. The 3 sequels never lived up to how good the first series was IMHO

This is why I love this channel. The gaming challenges are fun and interesting, but the philoaophical lessons derived from them are even more interesting and can actually be applied to real life.

Something so magical about Sims 1. I still remember playing this as a child fondly. Sims 1 makin magic was like a complete new game to me. Truly blessed to live in a time when game.developera actually cared about their quality.of their games 🙏

This is so much more entertaining than I ever imagined it would be.

As a poor child, I only ever had access to "base game" sims. One thing I really want to know is this - would this challenge work with no expansions? while I wouldn't call it "cheating", just being able to jump into a hole in the ground for certain objects seems to go against the spirit of the challenge.

I miss how goofy sims 1 was. Like watching the cotton candy being made 😂 small stuff like that I miss.

Entertaining and nostalgic, sure. But that script! WOW! Knocked it out of the park. This is a video essay; a true visual/audio version of The Memory Palace podcast. Well done!

More Sims 1 videos, please! The old-tech feel of this game + the incredibly nostalgic soundtrack + your smooth-voiced pontifications on the nature of existence = pure gold.

The music in this game is second to none. Absolutel the BEST soundtrack from ALL the sims games, and all video games. Simply the best OST of all-time.

Omg I loved this sooo much. Sims 1 Is much more satisfying than newer versions. It’s the only one I actually enjoyed playing and the music is iconic.

Love that you're basically taking us through a nostalgia trip at all the classic games. I haven't touched RCT2 for a few years and your video got me back into it.

"Honey, guess what, I just bought us some land!" "We own our own house?!?" "Well....."

You're a great storyteller man!

Vaush your sims hands

O wow I did not expect to stumble into the most amazing, flawless storytelling I have ever had the fortune being witness of. That was amazing and I loved every second of it.

"THAT CAR! THAT BED! THAT CHAIR!" That was my wife, reminiscing out loud. She doesn't watch KZfaq, but she was drawn over to this video, watching from over my shoulder. Well done Brian Ambiguous! You have gained a new fan.

Starting with 0 dollars and in a week he can afford to sleep in a couch. Boomer economics be like.

Vaush has good taste, ambiguousamphibian is a great youtuber fyi he accidently put this in his vods playlist

I absolutely love the scripting of these videos, saturated in wit and dark humour. Love the use of the word ‘albeit’ in a Sims video. Got me hooked, well done

"My house become something akin to a bitcoin mining farm albeit with magical spirits." No ambiguousamphibian. That is literally how bitcoin mining works.

Damn, the original sims? My Sister and I used to play this game a ton when we were younger, glad to see you playing it in the strange ways you typically play games

Something about imagining this guy carpooling to his job from his plot of land with just a chair is hilarious

0:51: *🎶Mr.Ambiguous - Mamamoo🎶 starts playing*

I really wish the complete collection would appear on Origin or GOG. So many memories. I have, of course, played all the sims up until now but there's something about the original that they're all missing. A special charm that only Maxis could do right.

Even just hearing any of the music from this game brings a smile to my face ! I remember making a playlist and burning it to a CD just to listen to.

Why is this in Vaush's stream vods playlist?

This Vaush stream is the best!

Damn, I remember playing this when I was very young. I'd love to see what wacky philosophical stuff you could get up to in the sims series.

Man this has me remembering some goodies from childhood. Sims, SimAnt, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Carnivores.. etc. Too many to list. Oh my god and Zoo Tycoon, man i loved when i was a kid. Wouldn't mind finding a copy of that again sometime. Great Vid !

that load laughter when sim with low fun is watching a TV is just hilarious :D always loved it

WHY IS THIS ON THE VAUSH VODS PLAYLIST???

Just want to say I've watched the Claire the Bear part like 6 times and I can't stop laughing. The way she tiptoes away in broad daylight during your monologue...

I remember setting a challenge for myself in Sims 1 with just the Livin' Large expansion to buy only essentials. This ended up essentially like a trailer in a trailer park, a cramped space with a shower, toilet, a fridge, you get the idea. I started making money by painting and got to the point where all I had to do was create one painting, sell it and I didn't even have to work after a while

This is so ridiculous I love it, so so much. Thank you.

That's what I enjoyed about the older versions of the sims. There are a lot of mysterious things to discover and many weird unexpected ones as well

GENIEius video

This was awesome I've been playing the sims ever since the first one came out. I gotta say building relationships were a lot harder or slower than they are now. Its so easy to become friends or love interests. Thanks for popping up on my KZfaq this was an unexpected happy memory.

I like how he just keeps walking back into the road, tempting fate or a drunk driver

I have just found you and I am obsessed with these nostalgic videos. More please!

3:57 Dude that is the saddest fucking thing I've seen all year. Why did this hit so hard? This poor, mentally disabled, homeless dude looking through the glass at his first morsel of food with the excitement of an abused shelter animal, and it's fucking cotton candy.

In The sims 1 Weekends dont exist so it can really get pretty repetitive, is one of the major shortcomings of the first game.

Never realized it but Sims 1 was when I started to figure out how to do psychopath shit in video games. It all started with that swimming pool ladder. And suddenly I'm butchering dozens of prisoners in their rimworlds to harvest enough hearts to satisfy the desires of a genetically modified cat person dictator

Hewwo vaushites

ambiguous’ videos has deeper and more interesting lore than most movies

one of my fondest childhood memories was me and my friend trying to recreate the big brother house and all the housemates on this game.

The easiest way to start with $0 is to romance Bella Goth, then Mortimer *might* die in a fire or drown in a strange pool that someone forgot to install a ladder in. Boom! Move in with the now sad and newly-widowed Bella Goth and you have all you need in just a couple days. It also helps if you make your character a normal-ish person and not a complete psychopath.

I really like this kind of videos. This way gives to the sims more ages from play. Greetings from Colombia, Ambiguous!

This brings me so much joy, the music, the town, brings me back to a happier time

Gosh dangit, every video of his starts off feeling like a motivational philosphical treatise on how to feel better about existing, and then the ending is always something like "magic," or "cheating." It really hooks you in but the payoff is never what you're looking for haha

love the fight club esque monologue beginning at 6:41

I loved this video a lot! I've never played Sims 1 as a kid (I tried to play it now but it was a bit hard to get a hang of it ) but I was impressed by your efforts and the way you succeeded!! Also I can't emphasis on how much I liked your commentary :D

I just looked up the soundtrack recently, that guy did a killer job. Great piano.

4:24 Your first possession you CHAIRished? :D

Something about the delivery of "it's simply that broken" always gets me

I don't think I understood half of those words, but the visuals left some pretty colors for me to look at! 10/10.

The narration made this video amazing. Great storytelling, you deserve all of the success you can get.

I remember my mom coming home with the original one day (before the expansions), creating our family, and the first thing my sim dad did to inaugurate our new virtual household was to grace the porcelain throne. Ah, the nostalgia and memories of a time long past, how bittersweet.

This was so good! I used to love the original Sims so this brought back memories! I never had that portal thing though, I would have loved that

The music gave me the feels. Such good soundtracks in Sims 1 and Sims 2.