This guide tells you a lot of the information about the game itself even with information on how other Sims react to your actions. I play this game in stages and it's nice to have this guide to help me discover hidden items that you are supposed to search for or who to talk to accomplish certain things.

This book had enough information to help me learn the best way for me to play the game.

Now for the only thing I found lacking was a bit more description or hints for what is best to have or sell once you've completed skills, etc.

There are certain things that once you acquire them you'll want to have in all of the houses such as the Miss Gyrotic, the Gourmet stove and Hellagraphix (all items that have to be unlocked). Once you have these items it makes pleasing your Sims much easier.

Luckily this guide tells you were those items are and how to gain them.

For a game guide I find this one very thorough and I'm glad I have it to go with my game.

I highly recommend it if you own or are planning on buying the Sims Bustin out game. Also even if you just rent it it's worth the $12 for the book

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An Excellent Guide  Dec 29, 2004
I purchased this guide day-before-yesterday at my local Wal-Mart, and I must say that I am incredibly satisfied. The guide provided a quick and easy tutorial for the game. This guide tells you how to improve your relationships with Sims, it includes a guide for the GBA version of the game as well as the GCN-PS2-XBOX version, a dizzying catalog of every object in the game, detailed descriptions of jobs and careers, and practically everything else that you need to know! A special section for GCN-GBA connectivity adds to the value. All in all, a must-buy if you are getting the game.

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Sims Bustin' Out  Feb 02, 2004
I would deifinitely recommend this game to anyone who isn't video game whiz. It has many, many helpful hints, tips, and strategies. To make a long story short, this book has been extremely helpful to me, and will be very profitable to all you Sim lovers out there!

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If You are New to the Sims, this book is a BIG help!  Aug 19, 2004 By chapelnyc "chapelnyc"
If you have never played the Sims' games, for computers or consoles, then this book will be quite helpful. The little instruction manual in the book was NOT good. This guide helps get you on track!


Sims Bustin Out Strategy Guide  Dec 10, 2007 By Jeff Carter
This stratgy guide is a must if you play this game.It has details on every career path,pictures and details of every NPC Character Sim and Objects,all unlockables and what you have to satisfy to get to each location.The guide is wrong about one thing thou.It says you can marry an Npg sim.You can't.You can only marry a sims on free street 1,2 or a sim you create on free street 3 to marry.Once you open up free street to visit you can visit them and either get up to relationship or freindship status with them then leave and call them and invite them over but make sure you put a phone in their house so you can call them.If there is a paticular sim you like in bustout mode you want to marry you can create one in free mode to look like him or her.That's what I did.I created one and made her look like Goldie one of the Npg sims but getting back to the guide this is a must have it will make the game a lot easier.If you don't have this guide you can get them used thru one of the sellers here.

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