Lord, how this terrified me when I was younger

[pirate_wolf_12]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4djJULQHnR0

That music that played when you got robbed, fired or a raccoon appeared. When I first played (I must of only been seven or so) it scared me so.

[Tempscire]

Haha, I knew it was going to be that music as soon as I read the thread title! I remember reflexively tensing up when I heard that music only to be all relieved/angry when it was only the dumb raccoon. :giggler:

[zorba2357]

If you never clean it up - I wonder How Many piles of trash that annoying little racoon can pull out of the trash can? Seems like he pulls more trash out of there than ought to be in there.

[pirate_wolf_12]

Apparently a raccoon appearing on your lot is the equivalent of being fired or being robbed. So, listening to it again, what's with the sound effects in the music? The flies and vulture. It's as if my Sim had died lost in a desert.

[RowenaLupin]

They put a lot of oomph into the Sims 1 soundtrack.

[Saturnfly]

Lmao. xD I love that little tune, you never know what's about to happen.

[Katya Stevens]

Jeez, that still makes me tense up when I'm playing the game with the sound on.

[gazania]

It used to drive me crazy. At first, I was such a Sims noob that I had no idea that could be only a raccoon. I'd look all over for this imaginary burglar, and couldn't find him anywhere!

Yes, Sims 1 is still emblazoned deep in my mind. I saw a TV show the other day with one of the pieces playing in the background, and I suddenly exclaimed, "That's SIMS 1 music!" Great. I forget where I put my keys, but still remember that tune!

[JustTheDoll]

That sound used to and still does sometimes scare the crap out of me. o.e
I'd be looking all over the place to see what had happened ♥

[zorba2357]

Lately I hear that music around midnight, but can't find any burglar, racoon, skunk, ghost, nothing ?

My sim did get burglarized the other night though, The funny thing is she's in the criminal career track herself! :rofl: The burglar took a big painting off the wall. She has the burglar alarm so he , or she (I can't even tell) got caught.

The policewoman had no police car, just a stick. The burglar sticks their hands in the air and marches off the lot all stiff. I think that's kind of funny. My sim slept through the entire event!

The burglar approaching the lot:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2wh3442.jpg

The perp march:

http://i48.tinypic.com/mb4q69.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/34h70rc.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/154uk3c.jpg

:lol:

[The SimWhisperer]

It's still creepy!!

[Peni Griffin]

Sometimes that music would play inappropriately and I'd be all disappointed. I liked getting the burglar, because I had my burglar alarms on the outside walls near each exterior door, which meant the burglar didn't get a chance to steal anything and the sim got the reward for capture without the offsetting expense of rebuying the stolen item.

[colazocker13]

I used to turn off SFX just because i was so scared of the music.

[jessicakneesocks]

i miss this! i wish it wasn't so darn expensive for mac!

[PolterGeist44]

Oh damn, it used to scare the shit out of me too.

But the tune that plays when a fire starts was way more worse.

[Laxley]

I thought 'I don't remember this bit of music', so I followed the link. I very quickly remembered the music and my blood went cold. This music still terrifies me.

I also used to be scared of a lot of the calls you'd get. "They're coming soon. Maybe you should think twice about opening the door." It took me until playing the Sims 3 when I'd look something up that I learned those were prank calls!

[VerDeTerre]

I never considered it scary which leads me to wonder at what age is it scary/not scary?

[Peni Griffin]

That would depend on the person, not the age.

[MarylenaSTAR]

YES!! OMG i remember just sitting there as a 7 year old playing sims

BOOOM creepy music (my sim overslept and missed work)
God scared the daylights out of me i was literally shaking for 10 minutes....

[VerDeTerre]

That would depend on the person, not the age. I would argue that only because younger people lack the experiences of older people who have lived through Hollywood type "terror" music and effects and seen that characters are ok, or they've been able to separate themselves from fictional characters. Very young people are more open to suggestion. On the other hand, I agree that some individuals would be more sensitive to this type of drama than others.

It's hard to remember how I felt hearing that music, at first. I think it set me off, initially, and then I got used to it pretty quickly. I loved it when there was a burglary because it usually meant compensation from the insurance company and the police in an amount that exceeded the cost of the item stolen, nothing like real life, of course. That was a great help to my families just starting out.

When pets came out and that music played over and over for the raccoon, I got annoyed. It didn't mean more money, it meant lost sleep which impacted job performance and the opportunity to earn promotions.

[zorba2357]

There ought to be a can of spray that gets rid of that Racoon! And I want to see it slink off the lot with it's tail between it's legs.

[original-title]

I thought 'I don't remember this bit of music', so I followed the link. I very quickly remembered the music and my blood went cold. This music still terrifies me.

I also used to be scared of a lot of the calls you'd get. "They're coming soon. Maybe you should think twice about opening the door." It took me until playing the Sims 3 when I'd look something up that I learned those were prank calls!

I played Sims 1 as a kid and I agree, those prank calls scared the bajeezers out of me! I used to take them seriously in-game and whenever someone came to the door I thought "MAYBE I SHOULD JUST IGNORE THEM!!!!!!" :lol:

[Peni Griffin]

Dogs get rid of the raccoon. It's a real incentive to get one.

[VerDeTerre]

Sometimes strays would also go after the raccoon, which is something I only found out recently since I usually put up the "no pets" sign on most properties. For a poor Sim family that hadn't adopted a dog yet, it was another strategy. If your Sim had Simoleons, he could call animal control and they would take that pesky pesk away. Of course, it always came back! If someone in the household didn't need to sleep, they could also chase it away.

More often than not, using the cheat "move_objects on", I would delete that trash thief!

[StardustX]

I thought 'I don't remember this bit of music', so I followed the link. I very quickly remembered the music and my blood went cold.
lol, Me too.

That brings back so many horrible, terrifying memories. ;-;
It came out when I was 7... I'm almost 19 now and that still scares the hell out of me when I hear it.
*rocks in corner*

[SVN_Gaming]

Omg, this music still scares the shit out of me, lol! That's why I always turn the volume down when it becomes dark and I refuse to get my Sim a job! :faceslap:

[Toadychan]

UGH, YES. XD My fear of that sound is so deeply rooted I only stopped being so afraid of nighttime in Sims 2 this last year! I hated it so much. I still get panicky with a burglar in Sims 2, though... again, all because of the psychological damage this did to me, hahaha.

[GlorianaGlowbee]

The two sounds that can make you soil yourself and experience a low-grade heart attack in front of your computer?

1. Sims 1 warning music.
2. Windows Critical Error sound effect.

[Concerta]

omg that always scared me...that and the tragic clown...the tc scared me so bad that I even stopped playing for awhile until I realized how to make him stop coming around ROFL.

[Alliteration]

I swear to god, little me had nightmares involving this music.

In my defense I was six or something.

[Java3]

I used to be really scared of this music. I still kind of am. Well, it makes me tense up. (When I haven't heard it for a bit.) What really irritates me is the broken object/ruined relationship noise. It sometimes happens and I'm like "WHAT HAPPENED?!?!? WHERE IS IT?!?!?". (Although now I think it's also jealousy music.)

Although, not as much as I was irritated when the burglar music would play due to a raccoon coming on the lot, and then it going off immediately.

[Mr. Newbie]

In the times I've played the original Sims, I have never had a burglar yet I have had the raccoon. I purposefully turn down the speakers at night to AVOID the burglar music. I wonder why DOES the raccoon have the burglar music assigned to it? Did they want to scare kids or was the raccoon based off the burglar NPC? Hm.