Starting the game

Highlight the "The Sims DJ" icon in the games menu on your phone, and press "OK." A screen will appear giving the option to play with the sound on or off (sound can also be turned on/off in the options menu). Select Yes or No to proceed to The Sims DJ splash screen. Press any key to begin the game.

Menu

• Continue - Continue a game in progress, saved from a previous session.
• New Game - Start a new game.
• Options - Press "OK" or select to toggle on or off "Sounds" and "Vibrate".
• Help - Display detailed instructions about how to play the game.
• About - Display legal info, customer service and copyright information.
• More Games - Find more EA Mobile games for your phone.
• Exit Game - Return to the main game menu on your phone.

How to Play

After launching the game, you will be introduced to "The Guru" DJ DeeJay who will help start you on your way to becoming a DJ superstar.

Studio:
Make your own music by mixing a wide selection of samples in the Studio. In the studio, you combine 4 different tracks (Bass, Drums, FX1, and FX2) to create your own unique songs. Press up or down to choose between the 4 different tracks. Press left or right once you're in the track to choose between the different samples. Samples come from different genres (Pop = Pink, Rock = Red, Hip Hop = Yellow, World = Green, Dance = Purple, Techno = Blue).

Press OK/5 to select a sample and listen to it. De-select a sample and press OK/5 to stop it from playing. Once you have samples selected in all 4 tracks, you're ready to lay down your mix by hitting the "record" button on the right softkey.

Green Simoleon symbols next to the song names represent song cost and difficulty ranging from 1 to 3. More expensive tracks are more difficult to record in the Mixing Game but garner more Simoleons when played at a Venue.

Mixing Game:
In the Mixing Game, lay down the tracks you chose in the Studio. You'll have to play through each of the 4 samples you chose to pay down your mix. In the Mixing Game, notes from your sample will start rotating around the record. When the note enters the beat zone attached to the record needle, press the OK/5 button to lay it down. Hitting multiple notes in a row will give you a "Chain Bonus" that raises your waveform bar to Platinum level quicker. If you see a long bar, you need to hold OK/5 and release it when it ends.

You'll be judged on how many notes you hit by the corresponding waveform meter on the right (Perfect = Platinum, Good = Gold, Poor = Vinyl). The better the quality of a recorded track, the more Simoleons you'll make in the Venues and the more likely discerning Sims will dance for it.

Mix Library:
The Mix Library is where you store the mixes you've recorded and choose mixes to take to the Venues. Use up/down to scroll to different mixes and OK/5 select to choose the mix. After a mix is selected, you can Remix it to try for a better rank, delete it to remove it from your library, rename it, or check/uncheck it to add the song to your crate.

Available spots in your crate are shown in the upper left hand corner next to the work "Mix" (i.e. 3/12). Additional mix slots can be purchase from the local DJ shop.

Track quality is represented by the Vinyl, Gold, and Platinum records in the upper right hand corner. Genre of tracks is represented to the right of the mix.

Venues:
In the Venues, your goal is to play mixes to get the 4 Sims in the queue above the DJ deck to dance. Choose mixes that match the genres/color the 4 dancers want to hear (i.e 2 Pop and 2 Rock Sims will want to hear a song with 2 Pink and 2 Red tracks in it). To scroll through the available mixes in your DJ crate, press left/4 or right/6.

Important information including Song Name, current dance floor goals, and Simoleon intake will appear in your deck's digital readout.

Crossfade into new songs to earn extra Simoleons. Press OK/5 when the two cross fade bars are directly over one another to succeed at crossfading and earn bonus Simoleons.

To access any talents or items purchased at the DJ Shop press up on the directional pad. Scroll through these by pressing right and left on the directional pad. To activate talents/Items press OK/5.

Venue goals are located in the upper left hand corner and can represent dancers or Simoleons. Passing venues will earn you fame and allow you to play better and more difficult clubs.

Controls

Please Note: Controls may differ across handsets.

• Listen to what club owners say to find out when genres work best at getting Sims on the dance floor


• Combine multiple genres in a song to get up to 4 different Sims dancing at one time


• Purchase additional song slots at the DJ Store to increase the number of songs played at the clubs


• Use the items purchased in the DJ Store to change the Sims in the queue to match your song genres


• Get Extended Sets and extra Simoleans by playing songs after the club goal has been reached