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Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania Add On

by Microsoft
Platform:   Windows Me / XP / NT / 98 / 2000
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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  • Platform:   Windows Me / XP / NT / 98 / 2000
  • Media: Video Game
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Product Features

  • More than 20 new marine animals including: bottlenose dolphin, killer whale, giant squid and great white shark
  • Create your own customized killer whale and dolphin shows! Amaze audiences as your featured stars tail-walk, flip, spin, play with balls and perform other unique tricks!
  • Add exhibit tanks, animal toys, aquatic themed buildings, and fun new attractions such as the boat ride and shark tunnel. Guests even swim with the dolphins!
  • 10 new scenarios put your Zoo Tycoon skills to the test!
  • Fun and easy tutorial lets you plunge into the game right away.

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  • ASIN: B00006B0JV
  • Item Weight: 141 g
  • Release Date: 15 Nov 2002
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,915 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
Here's good news for animal lovers: another expansion pack for Microsoft's Zoo Tycoon. Marine Mania lets you build a water park like Sea World, complete with your own dancing penguins, bottle-nosed dolphins or your own version of Shamu the Killer Whale.

The expansion fits right into the existing core gameplay of Zoo Tycoon: you manage your park, listen to your customers, plan the layout well, listen to your "specialists" (zoo keepers) for the right mix of exhibit size and food for your various critters and watch everyone enjoy the park. Add an amphitheatre to any pen and you've got ample seating for a show. There are 20 marine animals (from jellyfish and sperm whales to orcas and great white sharks) and some animals double as terrific entertainers (dolphins, orcas, etc).

Once again, you can always mix animals, and of course the only violence comes from mixing carnivores with the gentler fishes. But Marine Mania is as kid friendly as ever, so the best you get is some thrashing during a Great White feeding frenzy, rather than red-tinted waters. Drop a human in the pool and they simply swim out. Darn. Keeping with the kid friendly theme the game also features an encyclopaedia entry on each critter, which makes the gameplay almost as educational as a trip to a real water park.

The only problems are the game engine and graphics. Microsoft targeted low-end computers, which is fine, but as time goes on each expansion pack looks more and more behind the times. The animations in Marine Mania are simple and quickly become boring to watch and that's something you should never have to say about a shark feeding frenzy or dolphins performing tricks. Still, the expansion is an absolute must for fans of the original game. --Andrew S Bub

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With new attractions and exhibits you can create your own customized shows, and with more than 20 new marine animals your guests will be mesmerized! You'll make a huge splash by adding killer whales, manta rays, and other exciting marine animals to your e

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Does it live up to Dino Digs, or pass it?, 19 Nov 2002
First impressions of this game were....WOW!! You can do so many things with the new additions to Zoo Tycoon, and, unlike Dinosaur Digs, it's not simply a lot of new animals in existing pens with bigger fencing. Not that I'm knocking Dino Digs, but the new tanks are great - you can build sea or salt water tanks for your new marine animals, and you can also build show tanks for five show animals such as dolphins, Orcas and Great White Sharks. Apparently, although I'm not that good yet, you can now add water tank swimming areas to your polar bears' or crocodiles' exhibits.
Another plus: you can FINALLY tell your maintenance workers where to go! Or at least, what to do.
One problem: this game seems to make it much harder to earn money. Your guests seem to be much more fickle, and the tanks are so expensive you are twiddling your thumbs for months just to build one exhibit.
Keep your eyes open for the bonus "animal" Microsoft have given you which you must discover for yourself whilst decorating your marine tanks. That's all I'm going to say about it! :-)
Last of all, just WHO thought up these new CD grips in the Microsoft boxes? Nearly had heart failure just trying to extricate the CD!
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Aquatic fun, 22 Nov 2002
By J. Kinnear (England) - See all my reviews
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Marine Mania is the second expansion pack for Microsoft's Zoo Tycoon game, following Dinosaur Digs.
This expansion lets you add aquatic life to your zoos, including dolphins, manta rays, jellyfish, otters, orcas and Great White Sharks. You can now also put on shows for your zoo guests, which let your animals perform tricks in front of audiences.
There's also a selection of aquatic themed buildings and attractions including an Aquarium, and swim-with-dolphins attractions for the guests.
If you enjoy the scenario games, there's also a handful of new challenges, each increasing in difficulty as before.
Marine Mania makes the game even more unlimited, and a lot more fun. It's definitely worth checking out if you own Zoo Tycoon, or if you like playing sim/management games.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars cool game (a must get), 31 Jan 2004
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the zoo tycoon marine mania add on pack has absoloutley no downsides, as it is the best Pc-cd rom ever made and the fact that you can make the killer whale shows, and the dolphin shows, and not forgetting the great white shark shows, makes it a stunning game.With some of the best graphics in the world, this fantastic game will go far!!!!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Zoo Tycoon
Ever since I bought this game I played it constantly, building new zoos and unlocking new animals as the game continued. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great game with tons of replay value
Zoo Tycoon marine mania is a game where you get to control all sorts of water animals for example dolphins, sharks, Orca, Humpback whale and more. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2005 by luvlifetoomuch

4.0 out of 5 stars Great!
This extension pack to Zoo Tycoon makes the game much more interesting and fun to play. You can have show tanks to perform tricks with cheers and claps from the audience. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2005 by cathy_coconut

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Enjoyable
When i first got this game i thought it was fantastic, great new animals, new tanks and some great new fun places for the customers to visit. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2005 by S. White

4.0 out of 5 stars What Fun!!!!
This game is so much fun, It takes a while to get the hang of spreading your spending, so your money lasts, but once you've got the hang of that, it's just fun. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2004 by Richard Tudor`

4.0 out of 5 stars A good add-on
I liked this add-on. I like the fact that you can tell the maintenance people what they have to do. The trampled terrain is now highlighted. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2003 by J. Charlesworth

5.0 out of 5 stars Marine Mush!
Marine Mania is the best of all the zoo tycoons.
You have so much freedom to choose what you would like in the zoo. Read more
Published on 26 May 2003 by ncurry8

4.0 out of 5 stars If you liked zoo tycoon, you must get this add on!
This game is really fun and with over 20 new animals like sea otters,orcas,great white sharks and more and you can hold your own marine show with orcas and more. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2003 by K. Goulding

5.0 out of 5 stars The New Expansion For Zoo Tyccon
Marina Mania is here and is ready for you to plunge into the game straight away as there are some tutorials to get the basics of building a sea world. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Zoo Tycoon: Marina Mania
This is the new expansion for Zoo Tycoon. In this expansion you are able to add to your zoo marin animals including; Great White Shark, Gaint squid, Bottlenose Dolphin, Killer... Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2002

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