Theme Hospital

Very nice game

In late 1990s I was cursing the game because I always got stuck in the second level. Nowadays I can't stop grinning while curing the weirdest hilarious diseases and enjoying a solid management simulation. Graphics and sounds are outdated and did not age well without any question but the music is still enjoyable. The core mechanics of a management simulation are present and appropriate for the time this game was released. Humor is a major feature in this game and now, about 20 years later, I even understand it. The game comes with a pre-configured DOSBox provided by GOG which makes the game work flawlessly in Windows 10. DOSBox itself can be easily tweaked by editing the config files. I highly recommend this game because it provides on-the-spot gameplay, a unique setting and - most important - does not take itself too seriously.

The game works great on Linux. You can install and play trough Wine or natively on Linux with the CorsixTH open source engine (corsixth.com) with many enhancements. The game is still a lot of fun.

There's not much I can add to the overall sea of compliments that are given towards this game, it's an entertaining monument to Bullfrog games before they were entirely eaten by EA. It's basically the same idea as Dungeon Master except rather than build a dungeon kill heroes, you're trying to build a hospital and keep people alive enough so you can charge them. The humor is the same dry British flavor that gets channeled into Monty Python and digestive biscuits and makes the game so much more entertaining than you'd expect. It's worth the price, full or not.

Back to the days when Bullfrog came out with great games like Syndicate, and Theme Park, this was a true milestone. It's a cross between a real simulator and a 'cartoon-styl' one, but above all it's FUN to play. Some millennials may find the graphics a bit 'old', but I bet they'll have fun playing this game even today.