Theme Park (PC)

Theme Park marked a turning point in Sim game design. It combined the detail and complexity of other titles (however it mercifully allowed you to scale down the depth of the simulation ) with cute and colourful graphics, humerous animations and a slightly bizzare Barclays Bank sponsership to creat one of the most enduring and sucessful Simulation brands ever. Your goal is to conquer the world of theme park management by building fantastic parks in locations all over the globe. To do so you must provide rides and attractions for your paying customers, setting ticket prices and entrance fees for everything within the garish walls of your park. A shrewd ...

I am sure most of you are familiar with this game. This game was the first of its kind to appear on the market - and very quickly got a great reaction and reputation from its customers. I first played this game on the MegaDrive, and I thoroughly loved it. I had never really seen anything like it before, and it was refreshing to find a game different to Sonic, Mario, etc. and in my opinion gave birth to future games such as Theme Hospital and Rollercoaster Tycoon. The aim of Theme Park, is basically to conquer the world and become the greatest Theme Park Manager in the world. This is no mean feat however, and also will take a long time. You ...