Spore is a simulation game created by Will Wright that allows players to control various life forms from the cellular to the galactic level.

If you relished the feeling of complete control of building a city in SimCity, then you will doubtless enjoy the experience of building a life in The Sims.

Though not as polished as it could have been, SimCity 4 is still a complex and detailed strategy game that can entertain you for hours on end.

The Sims 2: Pets is an expansion pack focused on pets.

SimCity 3000 is a stable, attractive, finely balanced game with just enough new features to satisfy veterans of the series.

The Sims series returns with the next incarnation of the popular life-simulation game.

The Sims 2: Open for Business is the third expansion to the virtual-life simulation, The Sims 2. Now you can create a business and have your Sims be the boss.

The Sims Bustin' Out makes good, solid improvements over its predecessor and stands on its own as a great version of The Sims for consoles.

Your Sims are now young adults leaving home to live out their college fantasies. In the first expansion to The Sims 2, you can immerse them in college life as they become the "big Sim on campus.

If you've ever enjoyed The Sims at least a little, you'll probably find Unleashed to be a worthwhile add-on.

This is the most popular sim of all time, cranked up to a high-tech gloss and packaged with all the popular expansion sets.

The Sims 2 Nightlife is the second expansion to Sims 2, Maxis' life-simulation game. Let your Sims experience a night on a town that's rife with night-dwelling creatures, including vampires.

House Party's new features, which focus primarily on social interaction, enhance the basic game considerably, since they let you throw wild parties and make building houses even more enjoyable.

Hot Date's real additions are its expanded social options and its new downtown area, both of which make an already-interesting game even more fun to play.

The Sims 2 Seasons gives your Sims the chance to experience activities through all seasons, with new weather, new objects and new clothing.

Livin' Large adds more of the same to The Sims: more character skins, more career paths, more home furnishings, and more of the original game's quirky, sarcastic humor.

Vacation breathes enough life back into The Sims to make it interesting again, though it's really at its best when used with other expansion packs.

This compilation includes The Sims and The Sims: Livin' Large expansion as well as a new Sims creator tool and other new features.

Superstar adds lots of interesting and challenging new stuff that should keep any fan of The Sims busy for some time.

While some of Makin' Magic's more-colorful additions seem a bit out of place, this final expansion pack adds plenty of new things for you and your sims to do.

Though not as polished as it could have been, SimCity 4 is still a complex and detailed strategy game that can entertain you for hours on end.