Sims 2 unlockables on PS2, Xbox, and GameCube

In The Sims 2 on PS2, Xbox, and GameCube, you unlock new lots, objects, clothes, and recipes. You earn aspiration points from the wants of your Sim to unlock them. A cheat code also unlocks each group at once.

The console game came out in North America on October 25, 2005. Maxis made it, and Electronic Arts published it. It is a different game from The Sims 2 on PC. The PC cheats in our Sims 2 cheat code list do not work on a console.

The cheat code lists of the console game name these groups of unlockables:

We could not open a page that lists each unlockable object by name. The Sims Wiki and StrategyWiki have pages for the console game, with the lots of story mode. Both sites blocked our tool, so we do not copy names from them here.

Fulfill the wants of your Sim. Each want fills the aspiration meter and gives aspiration points. A fear that comes true takes points away. Spend the points on rewards.

Gold wants and Platinum wants

Story mode uses two special kinds of want, the PS2 review on Darkzero says:

1. Complete Gold wants. Each Gold want moves you forward in story mode.
2. Complete a set number of Gold wants. This unlocks a Platinum want.
3. Complete the Platinum want. It stays with your Sim until you complete it. When you complete it, new locations open.

Wikipedia also says that you need aspiration points to complete story mode. So the points do two jobs. They buy rewards, and they move the story forward.

What do reviewers say about the rewards?

Darkzero says that most of the rewards are “unnecessary items that are of little worth”. Game Over Online says that some wants are strange. One reviewer got the want “pick a fight with the neighbor”. When the Sim made up with the neighbor, the game took the points back.

Worthplaying says that story mode “holds players’ hands throughout the game”. It calls story mode “a walkthrough with a definite end to the game”. Free play has no set end.

Yes, but not with one code. First enter the Cheat Gnome code during play. A gnome, the Plumb Bob Trophy, then appears on the lot. Then enter one code for each group: objects, fashions, recipes, and lots.

1. Load a lot in story mode or free play.
2. Enter the Cheat Gnome code for your console.
3. Enter the code for the cheat that you want.
4. For money, lots, time, and skills, select the gnome. Then pick the option, such as “Give Simoleons” or “Unlock All Locations”.

These are the codes on the Cheat Happens pages for each console:

Which codes do the sources disagree on?

• GameCube, all objects: Cheat Happens gives B, X, Down, Left, Up. Other cheat sites give Z, X, Down, Left, Up. Try both.
• Xbox, Cheat Gnome: Esports.net gives the last button once as Black and once as Back. Cheat Happens gives Black.
• Full motives on PS2 is Up, Circle, Up, Right, L2. We did not find this code for Xbox or GameCube on a page that loaded.

A Sim voice tells you that the title screen code worked. The Esports.net list matches the PS2 and Xbox codes for objects, clothes, and recipes.

Are there other ways to unlock everything?

On PS2, CodeBreaker devices and the PCSX2 emulator use raw codes. Almar’s Guides lists codes named “Unlock All Catalog Objects”, “Clothing Catalog”, “Unlock All Lots”, and “Unlock All Lot Shopping Items”. These need the cheat device or the emulator, not only the controller.

Story mode and free play share one save on the PS2 memory card, two PS2 reviews say. You cannot keep a story mode Sim and a free play family side by side in that save.

Darkzero says that to start a free play family, you must delete the story Sim or not save. Game Over Online says that you cannot try both modes and switch without a restart. So choose the mode before you save.

We found no page that says if cheat unlocks stay after you load the save again. If an item is missing after a load, enter the codes again.

The game is nearly the same on the three consoles. The differences are the graphics, the load times, and the cheat buttons.

All three have local split-screen play for two players. All three let you control your Sim directly with the stick, or with the PC style point-and-click menu.

On all three, Sims can marry, but they cannot have children. Only elders age. The PC game has full aging, from baby to elder.

Is The Sims 2 on Nintendo DS, GBA, or PSP the same game?

No. Each handheld version is a different game, Wikipedia says. The GBA game is set in Strangetown, with goals like a reality TV show. On the DS, you run a hotel in real time. The PSP game starts when your car breaks down in the Strangetown desert. The cheat codes above are for the PS2, Xbox, and GameCube only.

Two earlier Sims games came to consoles too. Read about The Sims Bustin’ Out and The Urbz: Sims in the City.

In The Sims 2: Pets on console, you unlock pet colors, markings, collars, and new Sims. You also upgrade the town square with Pet Points.

On PC, Pets is an expansion pack. On consoles, it is a stand-alone game. It came out on PS2 and GameCube on October 17, 2006, in North America. A Wii port came on June 12, 2007. The platform list has no Xbox.

• Earn Pet Points when you fulfill the wants of a pet.
• Spend Pet Points to upgrade the town square. This adds businesses and objects.
• Spend Pet Points on codes that unlock secret items.

The town square has only pet businesses. Wikipedia says the game is a “more advanced version” of the 2005 console game. Its Metascore is 68 on PS2.

Cheat sites list a separate Cheat Gnome code for Pets. We could not open those pages today, so we do not print the code here.

For the next console Sims game, a survival game from 2007, read our guide to The Sims 2: Castaway.

Yes, but only on old hardware. EA has not re-released the console game. You need the disc and a PS2, an Xbox, a GameCube, or a console that plays those discs.

• Xbox: The Sims 2 is on the list of original Xbox games that play on the Xbox 360. It is not on the list for Xbox One and Series X/S.
• GameCube: The original Wii plays GameCube discs. The later Wii Family Edition and the Wii Mini do not.
• PS2: Use a PS2. We did not confirm the newer PlayStation models in a source that loaded.

In January 2025, EA re-released The Sims and The Sims 2 on PC. The stores are Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the EA app. This is the PC game, not the console game. Nintendo Life said the re-release is “exclusive to PC for now”. Read our Sims 2 Legacy Collection guide for that version.

The PC version does not have the console unlocks. On PC, career promotions unlock career rewards. If you play on PC, you can also find your Sims 2 save files.

Is there a newer game with the same feel?

This is the LifeSim blog. LifeSim is our game. It is free, with no ads, no subscription, and nothing to buy. It plays in a browser at play.lifesim.com and on iPhone.

You live one life, day by day, in a real city on a 3D map of Earth. The people talk back in their own words, and they remember you. LifeSim does not have the unlock goals or the Cheat Gnome of The Sims 2. It does not read a console save. To start, read how to play LifeSim.

• The names of each unlockable object, outfit, and recipe in the console game.
• The names of the story mode lots, and the Gold wants of each lot.
• The aspiration point price of each reward.
• If cheat unlocks stay in the save after you load it again.
• If the Xbox hard drive avoided save problems that PS2 and GameCube players had.
• How you unlock fashions and recipes without cheats.
• The Cheat Gnome code of The Sims 2: Pets on PS2, GameCube, and Wii.

We opened the pages in the sources list on November 11, 2026. We did not play the game for this post.

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• Wikipedia: The Sims 2
• Cheat Happens: The Sims 2 (PS2) cheats
• Cheat Happens: The Sims 2 (Xbox) cheats
• Cheat Happens: The Sims 2 (GameCube) cheats
• Esports.net: The Sims 2 cheat codes
• Almar’s Guides: The Sims 2 (PS2) CodeBreaker codes
• Darkzero: The Sims 2 (PS2) review
• Game Over Online: The Sims 2 (PS2) review
• Worthplaying: The Sims 2 (GameCube) review, December 2005
• Wikipedia: The Sims 2: Pets
• Wikipedia: List of Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360
• Wikipedia: Backward-compatible games for Xbox One and Series X/S
• Wikipedia: Wii
• Nintendo Life: The Sims 1 and 2 have returned, but not on consoles (January 2025)