The Sims 2: Pets, a 2006 GBA life sim by Maxis and EA, lets you nurture cats, dogs, and exotic pets while managing a Sim’s life in a vibrant town. Selling ~300,000 copies, it’s a 2025 X retro favorite (,).

The .gba ROM (~8 MB) features charming 16-bit visuals and upbeat music, running smoothly on emulators like VisualBoyAdvance, mGBA, or RetroArch on PC, Mac, or Android. Legally download The Sims 2: Pets GBA ROM by dumping your cartridge with GBxCart RW (~$50,). Avoid illegal ROM sites like EmulatorGames.net due to malware and EA’s copyright rules (). Buy Sims 2 Pets cartridges (~$10–$40 in 2025 on eBay) for legal dumping or play on Analogue Pocket. Pamper pets legally at Gigarom!