Alien abduction
Buy the telescope and use it for too long. Your Sim will be abducted and disappear. It will reappear some hours later, with different stats.
All objects are free
Hit L and R together on the main menu to bring up the cheat menu. Then type in FREEALL.
All two player games,locked items, and skins
Hit L and R together on the main menu to bring up the cheat menu. Then type in MIDAS.
Attack a Sim
Insult a neighbor or your roommate until their name is down to -100. Then, go outside and display the action options (where you can choose to kiss, hug, insult, slap). You should now be able to attack the person. Do this about three times. Your roommate will have had enough and pack up and leave for good.
Borrow $800 from Mom in Get A Life Chapter 1
Go to buy mode and sell anything that is not a necessity, until you are over $800.
Change clothes faster
When a Sim puts up the curtain to change, press L to pause the game. They will change, but time will freeze.
Criminal career
All you have to do is when you see a robber call the police immedietly and when you catch him the officer will say you have caught the robber sim and they will keep the stuff he took and gave you money and it will say congratulations you can now choose the criminal career check newspaper.
Easy skills
Evict a family. When this happens, their moods go up immediately after you move into another house. Once you get in a house, study, work out, etc. Also, if your energy or any other stats get low, evict yourself from the house. Reenter the house and all your stats will be renewed.
Getting money after missing work
If you miss work one day, do not answer the phone. Instead, wait until the next caller, who should call in later. They will give you some money.
Keep child home from school
If you do not want your child to go to school and do not want to keep hearing the bus honk every few seconds, just let your child stand in the middle of the road where the bus waits everyday. Then the bus will not appear, and your child will not go to school.
Keep guests from leaving and improve your social status
Throw a party. When your guests arrive, have them go inside your house. Pause game play and enter build mode. Wherever there is a door going outside, replace it with a wall. Resume the game. Since they cannot leave, they will stay and have a raging party. You can now talk all you want with your guests and they will not leave, eventually even marrying someone. You may also want to buy some beds in case they get tired.
Keep Major Dormo longer
Call Major Dormo, then put a fence around his tree house after he leaves it. He will remain with you much longer, but will still eventually disappear.
Not an Important CHeat
When you are on the menu, bring up the cheats then type MOON, it will make the menu darker, to undo this type NoRMAL.
Place wallpaper or carpets faster
Hold L1 or R1, then press Square.
Regain needs
Skip work every other day, to the point where they call you but you will not get fired to regain your fun and social levels. While you are home, call over some friend(s) and play pool or a cooperative game. Additionally, you can use the Wiffer Puffer Gold to recover a certain part of your needs, such as comfort, fun, etc. according to the one you use. This is especially useful near where you read or work out. Also, make a Sim touch the Bug Zapper. It gives them extra energy.
To get a First-Person View
Press L + R on the Title Screen and then type 'FISH EYES'.
Zombie Sim
Kill a Sim and wait for the Grim Reaper to appear. Plead for his or her life. The Grim Reaper will either ignore your plea, turn your Sim into a Zombie, or revive your Sim. If your Sim was revived, kill him or her again, then try again. The outcome is random. Note: Do not save the game if the Grim Reaper kills your Sim. Reload the game and try again. Zombie Sims do not have any features different from normal Sims other than a green color.