The Sims Online™ (PC) Rating: Teen: Comic Mischief, Mature Sexual Themes, Mild Violence Status: Available Price: $9.99

In this massive and never-ending online world you become a Sim - choose your role and find your destiny.

Build a network of friends to enhance your power, wealth, reputation and social standing. Create crazy locations or hold wild events to entertain others. Or explore the neighborhoods around you and meet scores of Sims along the way.

Features

• Get Real...Ridiculous
  Create and customize your Sim to be just like you - or like someone else. Who do you want to be? Be a peacemaker or a pest, a recluse or a rabble-rouser.
• Build a Home and a Livelihood
  Build your dream home, the trendiest boutique, or the hottest neighborhood hangout around. The Web's the limit in this user-created, online Sim world.
• Be Roommates and Partners
  Develop a network of friends, go into business with your housemates, improve the neighborhood, or open a hoppin' club.
• Speak for Yourself
  Meet, flirt and get to know other Sims through live text chat, secret instant messages and a wide variety of animated gestures and actions.
• Life is What You Make It
  Let your imagination run wild. Choose your online role and play your way in this unpredictable, infinite, online world. The Sims Online - where real life is stranger than fiction.
• AOL subscribers get an additional 30 days free for a total of 60 days of game time. (Please see registration process for details)

Monthly Subscription is $9.99
FIRST MONTH FREE
Credit Card is required to register and play
Payment methods include credit card and Game Time Card**
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE SIMS ONLINE INCLUDING TERMS OF SERVICE AND GAME AVAILABILITY CAN BE FOUND AT
www.thesimsonline.com
EA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE SIMS ONLINE SERVICE AFTER 90 DAYS NOTICE.

The Sims Online is a live game you play via the Internet, allowing you to play with thousands of other users. AN INTERNET CONNECTION IS REQUIRED TO PLAY. Internet service providers usually charge a monthly fee to provide this access. ELECTRONIC ARTS CHARGES A MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION FEE FOR THIS ONLINE PRODUCT, separate from your Internet access charges. The first month of this fee is included in the purchase price of this package. You must provide a valid credit card to register and play.

** After your first month you can use your credit card number to buy more time, or you may purchase The Sims Online Game Time Card at your local retailer or through www.store.ea.com. Online gameplay and use of a Game Time Card subject to The Sims Online User Agreement and Terms of Service. For the current monthly rates and other details, see www.thesimsonline.com. YOU MUST BE 13 + TO REGISTER

Additional month subscription offer available only to AOL Account holders in good standing when offer is redeemed. To redeem this offer, purchase The Sims Online and use your AOL screen name during registration and/or contact Electronic Arts Customer Service before expiration of your first month's subscription. Offer will be forfeited if not redeemed before expiration of your first month's subscription. You must provide a valid credit card to register and play. Unless you cancel your account, your credit card will be billed when the free subscription period expires. EA.com billing policies apply. See the The Sims Online User Agreement upon registration and EA.com Terms of Service at for details.

Offer limited to one per AOL ScreeName. Valid only in North America for new subscriptions to The Sims Online game. Offer may not be combined with any other discount or promotional offer, exchanged, redeemed for cash, sold, or transferred. Customers are responsible for applicable sales tax. Offer void where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. For current subscription fees, terms of service, and game availability see www.thesimsonline.com.

System Requirements

• Windows XP/ME/98 (Windows NT/2000/95 not supported)
• 500 MHz processor (700 MHz recommended)
• 128 MB RAM
• 4x CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive (24x recommended)
• 1.6 GB hard disk space
• 2 MB video card (8MB video card recommended)
• Sound card, keyboard, mouse
• 28.8 Kbps or faster Internet connection required (DSL, cable modem, or other broadband connection recommended)
• Note: This game requires an Internet connection and charges a monthly fee payable by credit card or pre-paid game time card (sold separately)