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Game Information
- Platform: Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me
- BBFC Rating:
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features
- Build - Plan and place rides, shops, sideshows and a host of other features
- Visit - Check your park out in realistic first person mode
- Ride - Experience your fantastic creations in person!
- Employ - Hire front-line staff, then fire them if they're not up to the job!
- Adjust - Tweak the performance of your rides and shops
- Research - Bring in the boffins to invent even better attractions and facilities
- Postcards - Send snapshot pictures of your park to your friends, anywhere in the world!
- Online - Publish your park online and visit other people's parks - all over the world!
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Ever fancied being the owner of an Alton Towers or Disney World from the comfort of your own home? Well with Theme Park World you can be! The aim of the game is to build your dream park and keep it running, dealing with the day-to-day trials and tribulations of keeping the rides working and the punters happy. Strategy is all important here--place your burger stand too close to a rollercoaster entrance and the riders will stagger off the attraction and become "unwell" all over the floor. Too much salt on your chips and not enough fizzy pop results in parched visitors who vote with their feet and don't come back--this is not a game for those who like action fast and furious and pick up a game for a quick five minutes now and again.
The user interface is a joy to use, making Theme Park World easy to play; in tutorial mode an interesting park advisor pops up to give tips on what needs to happen, where and when. But it's in the rollercoaster design phase that things get interesting. Lay out the track for your ride in full 3-D, then alter it in differing ways to produce a killer ride: corners can be banked, straights raised and lowered and sections can be added and removed to create the kind of white-knuckle ride Walt and Mickey would be proud of. Then, using the game's first-person mode, check it out from the front seat to get the impression of being there.
Successful park management results in golden tickets being awarded. Collect enough tickets and you can progress to bigger theme parks, each of which presents a unique challenge. The long-term attraction of this game is doubtful, and only significant playing will reveal whether the whole procedure will become a little samey, but for a break from the traditional arcade-style fare usually associated with consoles, Theme Park World holds bags of promise and is a worthwhile investment. --Isabelle Thomas
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
If you have played the new RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 then you will find that ideas have been taken from this game.
This game was released in 1999 and in my opinion I thought the graphics were fantastic, others don't seem to agree. This game has 3D-graphics and they are truly good, 3D acceleration had only just really been brought in to graphics!!! I disagree with other reviewers and I think the gameplay is fast, I only have a 500 MHZ processor and in todays standards thats terrible but back then it was super-fast!!! Minumum processor speed for this game is only 200 MHZ do I don't know how it is slow on anybodys computer!
This game was rivals with the original RollerCoaster Tycoon which was released that same year, in graphics this game beat it but not in all of the gameplay. Gameplay as I have said is fast but you only get 4 parks, apposed to 20 or so. But each park in this game is unique and I think thats really cool. There is:
Lost Kingdom
Halloween World - My favourite!!!
Wonderland
Space Zone
The first parks are unlocked for you, Lost Kingdom and Halloween World, but you have to get 3 keys to unlock Wonderland and 5 for Space Zone (Please Note: 3 golden tickets=1 key).
You can ride the rides!! That is the idea Frontier took when making RTC3!!! In ways the graphics are similar too.
I don't really like the Sold-out-sales stock because I think the cover is rubbish and every time you want to play the game the installer pops-up even when it is installed!
1 year later in 2000 Theme Park Inc was released, the sequel to Theme Park World and the last in designer series of Bullfrog's games and their last game ever for PC. Sadly EA shut Bullfrog down mid-time 2004! This is why you MUST buy this game.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Theme Park World is a game of fantasy theme parks. You make rides like dino bounce( bouncy castle but on a dinosaur). It is fun collecting golden keys to open new parks for attracting lots of visitors or completing a challenge. This game has got quite good graphics for its age. You have to make sure you get mechanics and guards on duty to protect your shops and repair rides.
The ability to ride your own rides once you've made them and make your own rollar Coasters with loop the loops, this is a very enjoyable thing to do. You also have to manage the parks's finnaces, taking out loans for new rides and controlling the ticket prices.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Theme park world had me playing over and over again,I played this game for over 4 hours on the day I got it!!
I think this game is worth the 4.99 that I brought I for, any higher I wouldnt have got it! WHY? The reason is whenever i try to go into full stimulation mode, it just crashes onto my desktop,and my computer was just updated to XP a few weeks ago! so if you you are considering buying theme park world, please do if you REALLY REALLY REALLY want it, otherwise spend your dosh on something that wont crash!!
I think this game is worth the 4.99 that I brought I for, any higher I wouldnt have got it! WHY? The reason is whenever i try to go into full stimulation mode, it just crashes onto my desktop,and my computer was just updated to XP a few weeks ago! so if you you are considering buying theme park world, please do if you REALLY REALLY REALLY want it, otherwise spend your dosh on something that wont crash!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
ok!
I started playing this theme park game a few days ago and i'm finding it really good you always have lots to do and lots to take care of, there are lots of rollercoasters to put in... Read more
Published 7 months ago by bubblyjubbly
Awesomeness
This is a great game! I played this 10 years ago as a child and was obsessed by it - in the sanest possible way! Read more
Published 7 months ago by a customer
Thank you
The game was delivered quick. And payment was simple and easy.
There were no issues. And I enjoyed the product.
There were no issues. And I enjoyed the product.
Published 9 months ago by Kirsty
Wont Work on Windows 7
Hi
bought this to try a bit of RnR stress release at weekends!!!
it wont work on windows 7 and i could not even get it to work on my old XP laptop service pack 3
bought this to try a bit of RnR stress release at weekends!!!
it wont work on windows 7 and i could not even get it to work on my old XP laptop service pack 3
Published 9 months ago by Gary Johnson
Theme Park World PC Game
I really like this game but have not been able to play this copy that I have purchased due to computer trouble =(
Published 18 months ago by Anen
Review from a 19 year old's perspective.
Does this ever happen to you? Sometimes, it just falls into your lap and other times it's a fight-to-the-death trying to remember? This is what Theme Park World is. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Randomtbh
didn't work on my vista
I brought this game because I remembered how much fun it was when I used to play it, unfortunately my computer was not compatible, so I didn't manage to get past the island screen. Read more
Published 22 months ago by N. York
Classic game let down by it's buggyness
I played this game back when I was little and although I remember enjoying it, I never really could understand it fully. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Borry
a classic game
a classic
good quality fun
(too old for a full review)
good quality fun
(too old for a full review)
Published on 23 Sep 2008 by CjW
ADDICTIVE!!!!!
My friend has this game and every time i go to visit we play it.it's the best pc game ive ever seen and im gonna buy one right now. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2008 by celtic_ghirl
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