I was part of the dev team at Griptonite for this game. It was a special experience at the time, just like it is now seeing that it didn't fade away after all these years. Thanks for keeping it alive!!
That's awesome! Did you also work on Sims Urbz in the City? I had no idea until this video that it's based on the same engine. I honestly might go play it since Urbz was one of my all time favourite games! I've played it so many times.
I was a programmer for this game, early in my career, and we worked sooooo much overtime. But honestly it was a labor of love, I have so many great memories of that dev team (some of us still work together!). Getting emotional reading all the great comments, thanks so much for making this video!
You guys really created something special. Of all the amazing GBA games out there, I get the urge to revisit The Sims Bustin' Out and The Urbz more than anything.
My sister and I were obsessed with this game, we each had our own copy. I also love the console version and both versions of the Urbz. I downloaded an emulator on my phone to replay this game recently because I lost the cartridge when I was a kid 😢
English is not my first language and I really didn't understand it that well when I was playing this as a kid, but I very much still enjoyed playing this game! This was by far one of the longest and most complex games I've played on the GBA, I could only imagine how many thousands of man hours it took to get this game together, from the different sections of the town, to the dialog, and storyline. Thanks so much for this game! it was a significant part of my childhood. I also enjoyed playing the sims 2 on the PSP just as much, if you guys got to work on that as well!
@@jugggy3rd the DS urbz is great too. It's basically the GBA version but with a few more characters, extra content and a whole new area to explore. The console urbz was a real stinker though yeah.
I'd recommend also checking out the gba version of Sims 2. Same devs, similar gameplay, and some returning characters. It's not as good as Bustin Out and Urbz imo but it's still worth playing.
I hope there's a game out there like this. I've been searching everywhere for this but there's just none other than urbz which I've finished a hundred times.
Bustin Out was a cult classic at my school because they hadn't blocked a GBA emulator site from the school Chromebooks, and everyone found Bustin Out and loved it. It's such a good game. Don't think anybody finished it
I never knew about this game and expected it to be lame, but honestly it seems like one of the best Sims games ever. A neighbourhood with a whole storyline and completable quests and even a twist at the end? Modern Sims games have almost none of that, apart from the occasional dlc.
Honestly this, The Urbz (GBA/DS), and Sims 2 (GBA) are all fantastic games that are worth trying out and all have the incredible writing that makes them great. Best Sims game I'm not sure though, Sims 3 is a very serious contender for the best.
Pretty much all of the spin off titles had a story mode plotline. And to further add to that, each different version of the game on a different platform had it's own plotline and gameplay.
The Sims bustin' out had one of the best storylines in any Sims game ever. It was full of SO many good side quests, you could buy yourself a miniature llama and ride a scooter everywhere. Daddy big bucks was my favourite character!
AA: "Your quest ends in a fantastic way that invites more questions than it answers, which is really great worldbuilding at it's finest." *Character climbs into rocket and flies away as people watch* Ephram Earl in the background: **Epileptic Seizure**
Ched R Chase is an amazing name. It alludes to the cheese that he uses to make the pizza, but also makes reference to his endless desire for money, as well as being a call put to the famous Chevy Chase of white chicks fame.
@@MNewton not by itself, but it is part of many cheese blends used on pizzas. It doesn't melt as well and lacks the elasticity of cheeses like mozzarella or provolone, so I wouldn't recommend using just cheddar on pizza.
Oh man, I want to play this game now. I feel like the developers of the sims are really able to go wild with the dialogue in the small spin-offs that they know won't be as big as the main titles. The Sims Medieval is genuinely one of my favorite sims games because of this. Kind of grindy, but so silly.
I did actually play this masterpiece on an n-gage and some soundffects haunt me to this day. the stress from these minigames has not left me and fills my nightmares.
@@TimTime10 Yeah, my mom had a phone-shop and we got them for free because they had been display phones and would be thrown out anyways. I got some tomb raider game I never quite figured out, bubble bobble and pandemonium (I think that's the title, don't quite remember) - I sucked at all of them.
1:06 God, the way you grab that cartridge is both incredibly funny and cute, like delicately handling a beautiful memory. This is the kind of content I'm suscribed for
I LOVED this game! My sister's already used all three save slots and I was afraid to overwrite them, so I played it FOR WEEKS without turning it off and just plugging my GBA in at night! I MASTERED the fishing mini game, and it was my moneymaker till the end. I was SO proud of myself when I finished the game, and witnessed the reveal of being an alien. 10/10 in terms of memory, but I haven't played it in so long so I can't vouch for how incredible it actually is.
Please do more of these games. Sims had a fantastically unique approach to making console games of a PC dominant franchise and I love the nostalgic trips back to it
Bustin Out and Urbz from GBA and NDS are by far the best Sims ever made. I still have fond memories of them and their amazing soundtrack, and feel the need to replay them. When I think of GBA, I remember Golden Sun, The Sims, Pokemon and Mario & Luigi
Busting Out is my favorite GBA game ever. I still listen to the soundtrack from this game to this very day! The spooky "abandoned shack" song unironically goes hard. And the country cafe song just makes me laugh out loud every single time I hear it. I love everything about this game and I think I'm gunna need to give it a replay sometime soon to refresh those happy nostalgic memories .:)
I had no idea there was a Gameboy version of Bustin Out. They did it very well and I would have liked to play that version. I never had a handheld game of any kind. Thank you for showing the game and going over it, it really looks like a blast.
I didn't realize the GBA version was just like the Urbz one. Like the Urbz DS version was exactly like this but a different story. I played Bustin Out on PS2 so I just assumed it was like a weird port, but it's really not. Bustin Out PS2 is nothing like GBA. Same with Urbz on PS2/GC it's nothing like the GBA version.
@@Eventide215 it would be really fun to revisit it if you still have the game and Gameboy but I know many people have upgraded since then to newer devices. It feels so recent, it's weird sometimes when you realize how fast time went by.
@@barkergirl33 It's very easy to emulate. And even when people upgrade they typically keep the older things. I have an old working GBA but not the game.
@@Eventide215 Interesting, I don't know much about the GBA (or any of the handheld devices), always wanted one. Maybe you'll come across the game sometime. The gameplay looks pretty fun but I can definitely say I wouldn't have known it was a version of Bustin Out if I saw it, I'm surprised they didn't label it better. Maybe a licensing thing. I'm rambling, sorry, thanks for the info. :)
Sims Bustin' Out, on the GBA and the PS2, were some of my favorite games. I still think about them from time to time, and wrapped up with the "sequel" Urbz: Sims in the City for the DS, it was just lovely. So glad to see you play this!
You pick the best songs from the OST!! The nostalgic safe space and hilarity you provide with your Sims videos has been getting me through a really difficult time in my life. They always brighten my day. Thank you! You should cover the Sims 2 on DS, or Will Wright’s game theory and more about the origins of the Sims and the Maxis team. Seems like a cool, quirky group that made such interesting and unique work for kids and adults alike.
You have become one of, if not my favorite RUclipsr. I've never thoroughly enjoyed video after video this consistently with any other RUclipsr. From your wordplay, to the video quality it's just... Quality content. Exceptional work my guy.
This reminds me of another Sims GBA game. I think it was the Sim 2 port for GBA which you are secretly filming this weird town for a reality tv show, and I remember the game could be arbitrarily hard, but had some fun mini games and was not bad looking graphically for the GBA (I might be misremembering, I had this game like 16 years ago.
That was Strangers in Strangetown. You're an actor working for Daddy Bigbucks. The writing in all the GBAs were what really sold it, that and the music in dusty hoggs bike shop in Urbz, so catchy.
@@billpost4205 I remember that they packaged it as Sims 2, but maybe my memory is shot, but thank you for getting the name for me, that game was really fun.
@@Radnugget You're right, it was just called Sims 2 and that was the story of the Gameboy version. The DS version was also in Strangetown but you ran a hotel instead.
God, what a wonderful combination of beautiful script writing and bizarre sight gags. Also, I sincerely pray that you venture into the The Sims 2: Castaway for the DS. What an absolute fever dream of game mechanics and story.
Omg i had forgotten about that one! I loved exploring and collecting everything. It was made for other consoles too. Which also reminds me of the Sims Stories spinoff series, where they tried to make versions of the main sims 2 games into rpgs? Castaway was one of the stories.
There was another The Sims game on the GBA, which was about your character being in like a TV show featuring an entire town. That was another good one, along with this. AA should also replay that one.
@@sharpenednoodles Lets be real, everything should feature Daddy Big Bucks in some point or another. The fact that he didnt make his way into the modern games is both a mistey and a crime against nature.
Bustin' Out was a class game, as was Sims 2 on the DS (even more eccentric than Bustin' Out, with it's cow-cult and alien autopsy scenes), I remember playing both of these as a 20-something, then my much younger cousin playing too, and then my dad nabbing the console off me to play it himself and enjoying it just as much as us: it's a sign of a good game to have 3 different generations enjoy something like that.
Gotta say, i LOVE your sims videos! I’ve always had a morbid curiosity for this series, but have never been able to truly let myself wild out in the games and do some crazy shit. It does always make for some great youtube content, though!
Oh man I had completely forgotten about this game. I remember having so much fun playing and beating this game as a kid. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!
Did you ever play Urbz on DS? It was just like this. I never knew the GBA version of Bustin Out was like this format. Honestly this video made me curious to go try it.
@@edwingonzalez7691 "Grind for cash and to spend a ton of time with it" ..it's a video game.. that's literally the entire point. To spend time with it and enjoy it.
YES! THIS GAME IS A MASTERPIECE!!! What a wild trip. Urbz on the DS (its sequel) and Sims 2 PSP were also chef's kiss. These portable Sims games were so creative and bizarre, I cherish them.
Damn I was so hyped for this game on GBA when it came out and it didn't disappoint. This and even more Urbz on the GBA re two of my all-time favourite video games. I play URBZ now and then and it still hold up
Fun Fact: This game has a sequel..! It's called The Urbz: Sims in the City! It has ports on both the original GBA and a DS version with bonus content when you have both the original game and it's DS sequel inserted!
Man I love the sims urbz. I played the ds version a lot and in uni i found out that the console version was comppetely different when i was talking to my friend.
Man I absolutely love this game. It was actually my first introduction to the Sims. Like you I had to make do with these weird ports as a kid, but I'm so glad I did. I really wish we could get a new game in the series of this style. Griptonite Games were truly gifted devs.
Man, I LOVED that game as a teenager! Great graphics, fantastic soundtrack, and wacky gameplay. Truly an underrated gem on the GBA! Thanks for the memories.
I had Urbz: Sims in the City on DS and it seems the that game and this share all the same assets. Same characters, same music, same mechanics too. Crazy to see there was another Urbz that I had no idea about.
This game is forever linked to high school memories for me. My friend and I would sit on the bus playing this every day back and forth from school. Sharing hidden shops and items, good times. Even if it's not the best, I still go back to run through it from time to time. Awesome to discover two great videos talking about it.
@@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579 I actually STILL have it somewhere! I know that many people hated that thing but truth to be told - I really liked it ^_^ This... strange piece of phone has special place in my heart.
Gotta say, this was certainly an interesting video to watch, as someone who played the PS2 version of the game, it's a completely different concept and story in it's entirety, so learning about it was certainly fun. Keep up the good work and enjoy your trip to your family, hope you and they are all doing well.
I actually loved this game. I wish EA would do more story-based Sims' games again... but they're probably too busy making boatloads on Sims 4 expansions.
Oh man, Sims games on GBA were amazing way back in the day. The programming behind them still fascinates me. Urbz was, and probably is one of my favourite games ever. Loved the video.
I was literally thinking about if someone made a revisit to those gba games, I was recently playing Urbz but Bustin' Out is good too I appreciate all the Urbz music in this video ! love ur videos
loved this video even if i never played bustin out!!! your editing and comedic timing is always spot on, as well as the music and editing !! great work :3
I love it when a seemingly simple game just whacks you with an incomprehensible twist out of nowhere. A lot of indie games in the early 2010's liked to do that, and it was honestly my favorite.
Always love your work. You have a bizzarre talent of evoking a strange warm feeling in your viewers. A charm that comes from a quaint style of wackiness. The name 'ambiguous amphibian' captures this very well. Keep being awesome.
i was absolutely in love with sims urbz on the gba and still play it to this day, over and over, but didn't give bustin out much of a chance for some reason, i totally will now. thank you :D
This was the first GBA game I ever played, and possibly because of that fact still one of my favorites. Glad to see that it's finally getting some positive coverage. Or really just any coverage at all. So many people seem to just dismiss these versions without even trying them because they can't imagine how they could possibly make a Sims game work on the GBA. I hope you'll get around to talking about the other Sims GBA games. I think the Urbz absolutely perfected everything that this game had going while trimming out some of the weaker elements. The Sims 2 on the other hand really dropped the ball in terms of gameplay (specifically the conversation system), but still had writing of a similar quality to those previous 2 games. Overall I think it equals out to a great trilogy that I always try to recommend to anyone looking for underrated GBA games.
I like this game. I also like the GBA version of The Urbz. There are lots of stuffs in this game. Surprisingly, those games aren't bad. I had fun playing them
I played this and Urbz for many many hours of my childhood! You just inspired me to dig out my old copy, maybe now in my older, more wizened age I can actually do well at the drink sliding job. I was always awful at that job.
thank u for showing me this i would have never known this existed and that i WANT IT !! i’ve been replaying my childhood favorite sims castaways for the ps2 and have now realized i’m just obsessed with these one-off stories that were never ported to pc
I remember getting this as a Christmas gift at a family gathering on Christmas Eve with a bunch of extended family that I didn't want to socialise with, so I hid from my loud annoying cousins in the vacant room that my aunt sometimes rents out on the first floor of her townhouse to play this game.
Those christmas childhood memories are so strong. I still remember most of mine, especially when I got amazing games to play and gave excuse to hide away from rest of the family.
I never played this game, but I remember my cousin (who also owned Urbz and that was the first ever 'Sims' game I played) owning it and letting me watch her play it, but I never got to see the ending! I love that loads of the characters here are also in the Sims 2 DS game which I constantly played as a child, and recently played again when I found my DS out of the loft. Full nostalgia is hitting here from seeing Misty Waters, Dusty Hogg and Giuseppi Mezzoalto also included in this game.
It's crazy to think that I've had a PC for almost 11 years now... I've been trying to scrounge all my old consoles, but sadly, most aren't in working condition anymore, so it's really nice to be able to see some of those old games played at least! Immulators dont really have that same feel. Your dialouge makes it all that much better!
I loved this and the gba version of Urbz, I sank so many hours into both and now replay them every couple of years. Literally the best games on GBA, no doubt.
It’s really cool watching your videos on the Sims GBA games while I’m replaying the Sims 2 on my DS. I didn’t know all these characters had this lore and were in others games!
This video magically appeared on the front page for me and I instantly subscribed. I remember absolutely adoring both this game and the sequel. I really hope you end up doing The Urbz at some point. The DS version was my preference but either version would be sick!
I loved this game sooooo much as a kid, it's so good. I played this in German and the names and dialogue were very fun and witty too. And the soundtrack was great as well!
Man remember this game I played it when I was little so this video has brought back some good memories, so thank you Ambiguous for bringing up some lost cherished memories.
I LOVE SIMS BUSTIN OUT!!! I quote Nora Zeal Ott’s “huh?” and “UGH!” literally daily. This game is so fun and the music is such a bop. And the mini games!! Tbh one of the best Sims spin-offs of all time.
🙌🏾 I am so hyped to have found this video/channel. I lost ALL my GBA ROMs in college(2016) right before Nintendo smote coolroms and the others out of existence. GBA Sims was a goat'd experience to me as a kid. Super cool to see a deep dive on it.
I didn't have this one as a kid but I did have Urbz on GBA and adored it. Finally picked up Bustin Out on GBA a few years ago at a used game store and it was like meeting a long lost relative for the first time
thank you for the shout out here king - loved the video
Love your stuff my friend :) Means a lot - keep it up!
Your retrospectives and hidden gems videos are the best !
Kisses from France !
I don’t think know what what I do is
Oh yea ma’am I was
wtf minimme refrence in my ambigous amphibian!??
I was part of the dev team at Griptonite for this game. It was a special experience at the time, just like it is now seeing that it didn't fade away after all these years. Thanks for keeping it alive!!
That's awesome! Did you also work on Sims Urbz in the City? I had no idea until this video that it's based on the same engine. I honestly might go play it since Urbz was one of my all time favourite games! I've played it so many times.
Thank you for making an absolutely horrifying childhood survivable.
Without people like you, I wouldn’t be here man.
Oh Jack, I'm both saddened and happy that we were able to build something to help you through some tough times. All the best my friend!
@@mikewilcox5811 Thanks again, and have a good one friend.
want a job?
I was a programmer for this game, early in my career, and we worked sooooo much overtime. But honestly it was a labor of love, I have so many great memories of that dev team (some of us still work together!). Getting emotional reading all the great comments, thanks so much for making this video!
Thank you for making this classic.
If only you could have made a third one…
this game holds a very special place in my heart, thanks for your work
You guys really created something special. Of all the amazing GBA games out there, I get the urge to revisit The Sims Bustin' Out and The Urbz more than anything.
My sister and I were obsessed with this game, we each had our own copy. I also love the console version and both versions of the Urbz.
I downloaded an emulator on my phone to replay this game recently because I lost the cartridge when I was a kid 😢
English is not my first language and I really didn't understand it that well when I was playing this as a kid, but I very much still enjoyed playing this game! This was by far one of the longest and most complex games I've played on the GBA, I could only imagine how many thousands of man hours it took to get this game together, from the different sections of the town, to the dialog, and storyline. Thanks so much for this game! it was a significant part of my childhood. I also enjoyed playing the sims 2 on the PSP just as much, if you guys got to work on that as well!
I always loved that the ports of the Sims were story-driven to make up for the lack of detail that the hardware allowed for.
I also love how they're all different. Especially Sims 2, where every version was a completely different game.
The GBA version of Urbz was great. Honestly wish we'd get more story focused Sims titles again. They were some of the best ones.
@@Mooncubus Yes. Like the pets one on DS (I think) where you run a pet spa. It was rad. You got to collect all kinds of pets
@@Mooncubus the sims 2 on ps2 was so fun
I loved Sims 2 on Gamecube quite a lot
Took a brief pilgrimage to visit some family - back to make some vids again - hope you enjoy :)
I eat toothpaste
I certainly will
Bustin’ out with the ol’ family eh? :D
I’m a Jew
Bustin out my guts
I miss ‘The Sims Bustin’ Out’ and ‘The Urbz’. The story progression was incredibly entertaining.
I wanted to get a similar game on Switch but I can't fnd any ! It's maddening. If anyone has recommendations, please comment.
i love it too! but the gba versions only, there is a ps2 urbz and it is not the same at all :(
@@jugggy3rd the DS urbz is great too. It's basically the GBA version but with a few more characters, extra content and a whole new area to explore. The console urbz was a real stinker though yeah.
I’m busting out too 😩😩😩😩
I'd recommend also checking out the gba version of Sims 2. Same devs, similar gameplay, and some returning characters. It's not as good as Bustin Out and Urbz imo but it's still worth playing.
It’s actually one of my favorite games on the GBA!
The urbz It's actually a banger
This and the Chamber of Secrets game which was done in sort of Final Fantasy style.
@@ledumpsterfire6474 yes. And castle vania
I hope there's a game out there like this. I've been searching everywhere for this but there's just none other than urbz which I've finished a hundred times.
Bustin Out was a cult classic at my school because they hadn't blocked a GBA emulator site from the school Chromebooks, and everyone found Bustin Out and loved it. It's such a good game. Don't think anybody finished it
SAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣
it was hard to finish. i remember being at the public library with my gba looking up how to beat it
@@JoltYourLife bruh, its impossible
I've played this game in 2008, almost finished but sadly my n-gage phone was stolen, so I can't finished the game 😔
@@doraluffy damn im so sortyyyy😮💨
I played the hell out of this game when I was a kid. Hitting me with a wave of nostalgia today.
Me too bro
I never knew about this game and expected it to be lame, but honestly it seems like one of the best Sims games ever. A neighbourhood with a whole storyline and completable quests and even a twist at the end? Modern Sims games have almost none of that, apart from the occasional dlc.
Honestly this, The Urbz (GBA/DS), and Sims 2 (GBA) are all fantastic games that are worth trying out and all have the incredible writing that makes them great. Best Sims game I'm not sure though, Sims 3 is a very serious contender for the best.
@@Taenarius sims 2 for the psp is also very good!! that's my personal favorite
With this you get a fully developed and finished Sims game on launch, with no paid DLC and honestly it's better than Sims 4
You're missing out! I really wish they'd bring back this format for handheld games. A game on the switch could be nice.
Pretty much all of the spin off titles had a story mode plotline. And to further add to that, each different version of the game on a different platform had it's own plotline and gameplay.
The Sims bustin' out had one of the best storylines in any Sims game ever. It was full of SO many good side quests, you could buy yourself a miniature llama and ride a scooter everywhere. Daddy big bucks was my favourite character!
AA: "Your quest ends in a fantastic way that invites more questions than it answers, which is really great worldbuilding at it's finest." *Character climbs into rocket and flies away as people watch*
Ephram Earl in the background: **Epileptic Seizure**
Ched R Chase is an amazing name. It alludes to the cheese that he uses to make the pizza, but also makes reference to his endless desire for money, as well as being a call put to the famous Chevy Chase of white chicks fame.
Would this be an example of the rarely seen triple entendre?
Does one put cheddar cheese on pizza though?
@@MNewton maybe on pizza dough?
@@malcontender6319 double double?
@@MNewton not by itself, but it is part of many cheese blends used on pizzas. It doesn't melt as well and lacks the elasticity of cheeses like mozzarella or provolone, so I wouldn't recommend using just cheddar on pizza.
I replay Bustin' Out at least once every 2 years. It's definitely one of my all time faves.
That guillotine in Uncle Hayseed's house when he gets robbed by Guiseppi always sent the younger me chills to the spine lol
me too!!! the music was scary too
Oh man, I want to play this game now. I feel like the developers of the sims are really able to go wild with the dialogue in the small spin-offs that they know won't be as big as the main titles. The Sims Medieval is genuinely one of my favorite sims games because of this. Kind of grindy, but so silly.
Same, I wish it got a sequel.
I did actually play this masterpiece on an n-gage and some soundffects haunt me to this day. the stress from these minigames has not left me and fills my nightmares.
You had an n-gage? What other games did it have?
@@TimTime10 Yeah, my mom had a phone-shop and we got them for free because they had been display phones and would be thrown out anyways. I got some tomb raider game I never quite figured out, bubble bobble and pandemonium (I think that's the title, don't quite remember) - I sucked at all of them.
@@MissyChiyo I'd excpect something like bubble bobble, but tomb raider? Quite the game to fit in a half-phone half-game system from back in the day.
@@TimTime10 check out The Roots: Gates of Chaos. I hope they somehow remaster/remake it for modern-day smartphones...
@@nigrum_angelum6655 That's honestly kind of amazing.
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God, the way you grab that cartridge is both incredibly funny and cute, like delicately handling a beautiful memory. This is the kind of content I'm suscribed for
I LOVED this game! My sister's already used all three save slots and I was afraid to overwrite them, so I played it FOR WEEKS without turning it off and just plugging my GBA in at night! I MASTERED the fishing mini game, and it was my moneymaker till the end. I was SO proud of myself when I finished the game, and witnessed the reveal of being an alien. 10/10 in terms of memory, but I haven't played it in so long so I can't vouch for how incredible it actually is.
I remember being shocked and impressed by the brilliance of this game. I think this is some of the most depth I've ever seen in a GBA game.
Please do more of these games. Sims had a fantastically unique approach to making console games of a PC dominant franchise and I love the nostalgic trips back to it
Bustin Out and Urbz from GBA and NDS are by far the best Sims ever made.
I still have fond memories of them and their amazing soundtrack, and feel the need to replay them.
When I think of GBA, I remember Golden Sun, The Sims, Pokemon and Mario & Luigi
Man I remember completing The Sims Bustin Out. Can't believe I played that game so much as a kid.
Busting Out is my favorite GBA game ever. I still listen to the soundtrack from this game to this very day! The spooky "abandoned shack" song unironically goes hard. And the country cafe song just makes me laugh out loud every single time I hear it. I love everything about this game and I think I'm gunna need to give it a replay sometime soon to refresh those happy nostalgic memories .:)
I had no idea there was a Gameboy version of Bustin Out. They did it very well and I would have liked to play that version. I never had a handheld game of any kind. Thank you for showing the game and going over it, it really looks like a blast.
I didn't realize the GBA version was just like the Urbz one. Like the Urbz DS version was exactly like this but a different story. I played Bustin Out on PS2 so I just assumed it was like a weird port, but it's really not. Bustin Out PS2 is nothing like GBA. Same with Urbz on PS2/GC it's nothing like the GBA version.
@@Eventide215 it would be really fun to revisit it if you still have the game and Gameboy but I know many people have upgraded since then to newer devices. It feels so recent, it's weird sometimes when you realize how fast time went by.
@@barkergirl33 It's very easy to emulate. And even when people upgrade they typically keep the older things. I have an old working GBA but not the game.
@@Eventide215 Interesting, I don't know much about the GBA (or any of the handheld devices), always wanted one. Maybe you'll come across the game sometime. The gameplay looks pretty fun but I can definitely say I wouldn't have known it was a version of Bustin Out if I saw it, I'm surprised they didn't label it better. Maybe a licensing thing. I'm rambling, sorry, thanks for the info. :)
there's an N-Gage version too with exclusive content apparently.
The Pictochat part brought a huge smile to my face. Such a small spot but it was a huge part of my childhood
He chose this game because his “pilgrimage” to family was actually space travel and this was his only way of breaking the news
Sims Bustin' Out, on the GBA and the PS2, were some of my favorite games. I still think about them from time to time, and wrapped up with the "sequel" Urbz: Sims in the City for the DS, it was just lovely. So glad to see you play this!
These two games made my childhood honestly. They were just so 👌👌👌
You pick the best songs from the OST!! The nostalgic safe space and hilarity you provide with your Sims videos has been getting me through a really difficult time in my life. They always brighten my day. Thank you! You should cover the Sims 2 on DS, or Will Wright’s game theory and more about the origins of the Sims and the Maxis team. Seems like a cool, quirky group that made such interesting and unique work for kids and adults alike.
i second this!! Sims 2 on DS is so good and will wright is a gem
You have become one of, if not my favorite RUclipsr. I've never thoroughly enjoyed video after video this consistently with any other RUclipsr. From your wordplay, to the video quality it's just... Quality content. Exceptional work my guy.
This reminds me of another Sims GBA game. I think it was the Sim 2 port for GBA which you are secretly filming this weird town for a reality tv show, and I remember the game could be arbitrarily hard, but had some fun mini games and was not bad looking graphically for the GBA (I might be misremembering, I had this game like 16 years ago.
That was Strangers in Strangetown. You're an actor working for Daddy Bigbucks. The writing in all the GBAs were what really sold it, that and the music in dusty hoggs bike shop in Urbz, so catchy.
@@billpost4205 I remember that they packaged it as Sims 2, but maybe my memory is shot, but thank you for getting the name for me, that game was really fun.
Ah childhood. There was so much wackyness in that game that was only ever half explained, then usually never went back to.
@@Radnugget You're right, it was just called Sims 2 and that was the story of the Gameboy version. The DS version was also in Strangetown but you ran a hotel instead.
I love this game so much, the weird humour seemingly resonated too since they’ve done a small 3-game series around it.
God, what a wonderful combination of beautiful script writing and bizarre sight gags.
Also, I sincerely pray that you venture into the The Sims 2: Castaway for the DS. What an absolute fever dream of game mechanics and story.
Omg i had forgotten about that one!
I loved exploring and collecting everything. It was made for other consoles too.
Which also reminds me of the Sims Stories spinoff series, where they tried to make versions of the main sims 2 games into rpgs? Castaway was one of the stories.
Would love seeing that. I enjoyed that game so much
You just unlocked a whole set of memories for me, holy shit. Now I have to go watch gameplay videos
There was another The Sims game on the GBA, which was about your character being in like a TV show featuring an entire town.
That was another good one, along with this. AA should also replay that one.
Yeah that was the Sims 2 GBA, also featuring Daddy Big Bucks
@@sharpenednoodles Lets be real, everything should feature Daddy Big Bucks in some point or another. The fact that he didnt make his way into the modern games is both a mistey and a crime against nature.
Legends say he escaped the video game world and forsaken it for the real world. Some say he lives amongst us to this very day.
As someone who frequently comes back to the Sims 2 for DS, I had no idea that it took so many of its characters from this game! Very cool
Dusty Hogg and Misty Waters really took me by surprise! I loved the DS game so much as a kid!
Do you mean Sims Urbz?
@@Kampfrattex3 No, there really is a Sims 2 on DS. It's about running a hotel in the Strangetown desert.
@@cet1r1z1ne oh yes I remember that! Thank you
Man I remember my sister playing this game and teaching me where all the cool stuff was on this. The nostalgia is absolutely real.
I love these videos, always a blast from the past, like I used to love Sims 2 on PS2 because you could do split screen
Bring back diagonal split screen
And the direct control of your sims was a great feature and needs to be brought back in 4 especially with first person
Holy cow, you unlocked a whole portion of my memory that I didn't even realize was there! Wow that was a wonderful trip down memory lane. Well done!
Bustin' Out was a class game, as was Sims 2 on the DS (even more eccentric than Bustin' Out, with it's cow-cult and alien autopsy scenes), I remember playing both of these as a 20-something, then my much younger cousin playing too, and then my dad nabbing the console off me to play it himself and enjoying it just as much as us: it's a sign of a good game to have 3 different generations enjoy something like that.
Your absence was truly missed! So glad I found your channel recently , I live for your sims videos! The ones you did on Spore are a treasure as well.
My favourite sims game of all time! Please cover The Urbz on gba too!
This was actually my introduction to the Sims, and I STILL replay it to this day. I really enjoyed the storylines of the GBA ports.
Gotta say, i LOVE your sims videos! I’ve always had a morbid curiosity for this series, but have never been able to truly let myself wild out in the games and do some crazy shit. It does always make for some great youtube content, though!
I completely forgot about this game! Thanks for the nostalgia, so many memories throughout what you shared.
Oh man I had completely forgotten about this game. I remember having so much fun playing and beating this game as a kid. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!
Did you ever play Urbz on DS? It was just like this. I never knew the GBA version of Bustin Out was like this format. Honestly this video made me curious to go try it.
@@Eventide215 Go for it. It's kind of a precursor to The Urbz, be prepared to grind for cash and to spend a ton of time with it.
@@edwingonzalez7691 "Grind for cash and to spend a ton of time with it" ..it's a video game.. that's literally the entire point. To spend time with it and enjoy it.
I loved this game so much! Thanks for this walk through memory lane!
YES! THIS GAME IS A MASTERPIECE!!! What a wild trip. Urbz on the DS (its sequel) and Sims 2 PSP were also chef's kiss. These portable Sims games were so creative and bizarre, I cherish them.
Damn I was so hyped for this game on GBA when it came out and it didn't disappoint. This and even more Urbz on the GBA re two of my all-time favourite video games. I play URBZ now and then and it still hold up
Fun Fact: This game has a sequel..! It's called The Urbz: Sims in the City! It has ports on both the original GBA and a DS version with bonus content when you have both the original game and it's DS sequel inserted!
Yeah amphibian already did a video on it
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The one AA did is completely different from the version of the Urbz handheld game.
Man I love the sims urbz. I played the ds version a lot and in uni i found out that the console version was comppetely different when i was talking to my friend.
Man I remember this game so fondly. I was so sad when i finished it but I spent so many weeks playing it that it will never not be good.
I love how all of the Sims games always manage to be so wonderfully ridiculous in their own unique way.
Man I absolutely love this game. It was actually my first introduction to the Sims. Like you I had to make do with these weird ports as a kid, but I'm so glad I did. I really wish we could get a new game in the series of this style. Griptonite Games were truly gifted devs.
this is still one of my favorite games to day
Man, I LOVED that game as a teenager! Great graphics, fantastic soundtrack, and wacky gameplay. Truly an underrated gem on the GBA! Thanks for the memories.
I had Urbz: Sims in the City on DS and it seems the that game and this share all the same assets. Same characters, same music, same mechanics too.
Crazy to see there was another Urbz that I had no idea about.
This game is forever linked to high school memories for me. My friend and I would sit on the bus playing this every day back and forth from school. Sharing hidden shops and items, good times. Even if it's not the best, I still go back to run through it from time to time. Awesome to discover two great videos talking about it.
OMG we used to play this game with my bro FOR HOURS on my N-Gage. Ah... good times... ♥
You actually had one?! Can i have your autograph?
@@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579 I actually STILL have it somewhere! I know that many people hated that thing but truth to be told - I really liked it ^_^ This... strange piece of phone has special place in my heart.
Your speech mannerisms are just calming and chill. Welcome to my background noise list ^_^
(I had an N-Gage and loved it)
"Who remembers N-gage?"
Well, who remembers Sims 3 medieval for ancient java brick phones?
You had to be desperate to play those java phone games. Little more than a step up from playing a tiger handheld.
Gotta say, this was certainly an interesting video to watch, as someone who played the PS2 version of the game, it's a completely different concept and story in it's entirety, so learning about it was certainly fun.
Keep up the good work and enjoy your trip to your family, hope you and they are all doing well.
How many ways do you want to display your sims games?
AA: YES
EA was a port monster in the early 2000s.
Your content is absolutely amazing. The way you form sentances and phrases is absolutely hypnotizing :)
I actually loved this game. I wish EA would do more story-based Sims' games again... but they're probably too busy making boatloads on Sims 4 expansions.
Oh man, Sims games on GBA were amazing way back in the day. The programming behind them still fascinates me. Urbz was, and probably is one of my favourite games ever. Loved the video.
I was literally thinking about if someone made a revisit to those gba games, I was recently playing Urbz but Bustin' Out is good too
I appreciate all the Urbz music in this video !
love ur videos
loved this video even if i never played bustin out!!! your editing and comedic timing is always spot on, as well as the music and editing !! great work :3
That opening really put a smile on my face. You're a national treasure Amphibian.
I love it when a seemingly simple game just whacks you with an incomprehensible twist out of nowhere. A lot of indie games in the early 2010's liked to do that, and it was honestly my favorite.
Always love your work. You have a bizzarre talent of evoking a strange warm feeling in your viewers. A charm that comes from a quaint style of wackiness. The name 'ambiguous amphibian' captures this very well.
Keep being awesome.
Thank you for bustin out this video. Sims Urbz and Bustin' Out were definitely some of my favourite games growing up!
Love this dive into obscure Sims games. 😅🙏 If anyone enjoys these, I have to recommend the absolute weirdness that was The Sims 2 on PSP also.
i was absolutely in love with sims urbz on the gba and still play it to this day, over and over, but didn't give bustin out much of a chance for some reason, i totally will now. thank you :D
0:01 Specially the limits of greediness
This was the first GBA game I ever played, and possibly because of that fact still one of my favorites. Glad to see that it's finally getting some positive coverage. Or really just any coverage at all. So many people seem to just dismiss these versions without even trying them because they can't imagine how they could possibly make a Sims game work on the GBA.
I hope you'll get around to talking about the other Sims GBA games. I think the Urbz absolutely perfected everything that this game had going while trimming out some of the weaker elements. The Sims 2 on the other hand really dropped the ball in terms of gameplay (specifically the conversation system), but still had writing of a similar quality to those previous 2 games. Overall I think it equals out to a great trilogy that I always try to recommend to anyone looking for underrated GBA games.
I like this game. I also like the GBA version of The Urbz. There are lots of stuffs in this game. Surprisingly, those games aren't bad. I had fun playing them
I loveee Bustin out. Loved the urbz too… all of them were prime story lines. Sims for ds was a cool concept too
I live under an extremely French rock for the last 60 years in Tennessee, and even I know of the Sims
This and The Urbz are some of my favorite GBA games.
he's bustin out bustin out
I played this and Urbz for many many hours of my childhood! You just inspired me to dig out my old copy, maybe now in my older, more wizened age I can actually do well at the drink sliding job. I was always awful at that job.
EA GAMES CHARGED EVERYTHING
As always, the commentary brings a smiles to my day - Thanks again :D !!!!
You have no idea how glad I am you covered these gems. This and Urbz were my go to Gameboy back in the day.
thank u for showing me this i would have never known this existed and that i WANT IT !! i’ve been replaying my childhood favorite sims castaways for the ps2 and have now realized i’m just obsessed with these one-off stories that were never ported to pc
I remember getting this as a Christmas gift at a family gathering on Christmas Eve with a bunch of extended family that I didn't want to socialise with, so I hid from my loud annoying cousins in the vacant room that my aunt sometimes rents out on the first floor of her townhouse to play this game.
Those christmas childhood memories are so strong. I still remember most of mine, especially when I got amazing games to play and gave excuse to hide away from rest of the family.
I never played this game, but I remember my cousin (who also owned Urbz and that was the first ever 'Sims' game I played) owning it and letting me watch her play it, but I never got to see the ending!
I love that loads of the characters here are also in the Sims 2 DS game which I constantly played as a child, and recently played again when I found my DS out of the loft. Full nostalgia is hitting here from seeing Misty Waters, Dusty Hogg and Giuseppi Mezzoalto also included in this game.
My sister and I played this for HUNDREDS of hours as kids. Nobody else I knew our age even knew about it. Love to see you do a video on this!!
It's crazy to think that I've had a PC for almost 11 years now... I've been trying to scrounge all my old consoles, but sadly, most aren't in working condition anymore, so it's really nice to be able to see some of those old games played at least! Immulators dont really have that same feel. Your dialouge makes it all that much better!
The Sims Bustin' Out & The Urbz on GBA are the greatest games of all time. They live rent free in my head. Actual masterpieces.
You know it's fantastic editing when the cuts and zooms alone are enough to draw laughter.
I loved this and the gba version of Urbz, I sank so many hours into both and now replay them every couple of years. Literally the best games on GBA, no doubt.
It’s really cool watching your videos on the Sims GBA games while I’m replaying the Sims 2 on my DS. I didn’t know all these characters had this lore and were in others games!
This video magically appeared on the front page for me and I instantly subscribed. I remember absolutely adoring both this game and the sequel. I really hope you end up doing The Urbz at some point. The DS version was my preference but either version would be sick!
I loved this game sooooo much as a kid, it's so good. I played this in German and the names and dialogue were very fun and witty too. And the soundtrack was great as well!
Great video, can't wait to see you talk about Urbz on the GBA next! Hope you had a great holiday weekend
Man remember this game I played it when I was little so this video has brought back some good memories, so thank you Ambiguous for bringing up some lost cherished memories.
I LOVE SIMS BUSTIN OUT!!! I quote Nora Zeal Ott’s “huh?” and “UGH!” literally daily. This game is so fun and the music is such a bop. And the mini games!! Tbh one of the best Sims spin-offs of all time.
🙌🏾 I am so hyped to have found this video/channel. I lost ALL my GBA ROMs in college(2016) right before Nintendo smote coolroms and the others out of existence.
GBA Sims was a goat'd experience to me as a kid. Super cool to see a deep dive on it.
I’ll never know how you’ll hit the nail on the head with nostalgic games I never even knew I played.
I didn't have this one as a kid but I did have Urbz on GBA and adored it. Finally picked up Bustin Out on GBA a few years ago at a used game store and it was like meeting a long lost relative for the first time