# The Sims Bustin Out for Gamecube question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-bustin-out-for-gamecube-question/270969 "2004-10-25T01:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-bustin-out-for-gamecube-question/270969/1 "2004-10-25T01:26:37Z")
I’m not sure if this is MPSIMS or Cafe Society, but here it is- move if you will! I bought this game (I’d rented it a lot last year and finally got around to buying it) and I’m trying hard to get the cheat codes I found online to work. Has anyone successfully done this? I’m referring to cheats like this: [http://www.acheatcodes.com/cheatcodes/site/search/9021/Game%20Cube/Sims%20Bustin](http://www.acheatcodes.com/cheatcodes/site/search/9021/Game%20Cube/Sims%20Bustin)’%20Out,%20The "[Gnome Cheat] - Pause time, then Press Down, L, Z, R, Left, Right. A gnome should appear near the house that your Sim is at. Select it for 10,000 Simoleons. " I mean, I don’t get it. You can’t pause time, first off. If you hit the “L” button, it pauses as long as you hold it, but there’s no pause button that you can toggle on and off (I don’t think). I’ve tried this combo a thousand times to no avail. It seems to be the key to getting all the other cheats to work, and I like my sims to live the good life and have all of the luxuries of life. So can someone spell this out to me like I’m 5 years old or what? Little help here? Anyone? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-bustin-out-for-gamecube-question/270969/2 "2004-10-31T13:34:32Z")
Can I bump this just once? I did search with no luck, but I’m dying to get this to work for me. Anyone? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![ShockingAlberto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@ShockingAlberto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShockingAlberto)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-bustin-out-for-gamecube-question/270969/3 "2004-10-31T13:48:36Z")
While I don’t know the specific answer to your question, maybe [GameFAQs](http://www.gamefaqs.com) can help? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-bustin-out-for-gamecube-question/270969/4 "2004-10-31T14:12:24Z")
I don’t have Bustin’ Out and so I’m just assuming that it’s the same as for the earlier console game, but the manual for The Sims (Game Cube) says Pause = Start button. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-bustin-out-for-gamecube-question/270969/5 "2004-11-01T04:22:39Z")
> [@ShockingAlberto](#): > > While I don’t know the specific answer to your question, maybe [GameFAQs](http://www.gamefaqs.com) can help? That might very well have helped- they show the code I’m trying to get working with a different step to it- perhaps I’ve been trying it incorrectly all along. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-bustin-out-for-gamecube-question/270969/6 "2004-11-01T04:24:28Z")
> [@cazzle](#): > > I don’t have Bustin’ Out and so I’m just assuming that it’s the same as for the earlier console game, but the manual for The Sims (Game Cube) says Pause = Start button. > > Hope this helps. That’s what I thought, too- but the start button goes into a “save game/options” mode on this particular game. You can stop gameplay that way, but it’s not really a pause. The only pause is if you hold the L button, as far as I can see. So crazy, these cheat things! I just want lots of Sims money! ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-bustin-out-for-gamecube-question/270969/7 "2004-11-01T04:31:59Z")
Don’t have the game. However, I did check the link you posted. > [@](#): > > Pause the game in bustin out mode _Note you have to be at home_ I guess it means you have to pause it in “_bustin out mode_”? Whatever that means. And you have to be at home. Does that help? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-bustin-out-for-gamecube-question/270969/8 "2004-11-01T07:20:25Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Zette** _ > > I’m not sure if this is MPSIMS or Cafe Society, but here it is- move if you will! It’s better suited for [**Cafe Society**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=13). I’ll move it for you. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sims-bustin-out-for-gamecube-question/270969/9 "2004-11-01T15:04:53Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#): > > Don’t have the game. However, I did check the link you posted. > > I guess it means you have to pause it in “_bustin out mode_”? > Whatever that means. > And you have to be at home. > > Does that help? Nope- I tried it and tried it. The thing is, there’s no “pause”. You are either in full play mode or in a menu options mode. You can only pause momentarily when you push one button and hold it. Crazy!