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Theme Hospital

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Theme Hospital
Description
It's a matter of laugh or death in Theme Hospital™, another installment of the Theme series. Design, maintain and manage a hi-tech hospital facility, making the most of limited resources and turning cures into cash. The Grim Reaper stalks the corridors, the ill have some very odd ailments, and the s...
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Product details
1997, Bullfrog Productions, ...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 2 GB HDD...
Time to beat
26.5 hMain
29.5 h Main + Sides
38 h Completionist
30.5 h All Styles
Description
It's a matter of laugh or death in Theme Hospital, another installment of the Theme series. Design, maintain and manage a hi-tech hospital facility, making the most of limited resources and turning cures into cash. The Grim Reaper stalks the corridors, the ill have some very odd ailments, and the staff want to play doctors and nurses together. No matter how you look at it, you're in control of a very sick hospital.

If there is one word that describes Theme Hospital then it has to be “hilarious.” Almost everything in this game is made with great dose of humour. You might think that someone's illness is not a laughing matter but wait till you see a patient with KingComplex dressed as Elvis or serious case of Hairyitis caused from prolonged exposure to the moon. Finding treatments for such diseases is a part of your job, but there’s no prescription to cure the insanity that may result from trying to figure out those cures. You start off small with an empty building, a few doctors, a general diagnostic, a pharmacy, a reception desk, and a few other necessities. From there it’s up to you to move your way up in the health care industry.

A hospital simulator is not something you might consider a good theme for a game but the guys from Bullfrog Productions were famous for creating innovative and fun titles from the craziest idea--and Theme Hospital no exception. This game is a piece of art and definitely the best “hospital” simulation so check it out. Our diagnosis: fun!

  • Polished & detailed management sim with extra helpings of crazy.
  • Hilarious humour will accompany you throughout the entire game, in this strange hospital of yours there is always something weird and funny going on.
  • Be everything the national health care system shouldn't be; there is no place for mercy and altruism in this game - you can’t buy yourself a new car with that, can you?

Multiplayer is available only over LAN.

© 1997, 2012 Electronic Arts Inc.

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Minimum system requirements:

ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY

ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY

This game is powered by DOSBox.
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
26.5 hMain
29.5 h Main + Sides
38 h Completionist
30.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Release date:
{{'1997-03-31T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
166 MB

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svenska
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What improvements we made to this game:
Update (13 November 2024)
  • Validated stability
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
  • Verified Cloud Saves support
Internal Update (21 March 2019)
  • Added Cloud Saves functionality
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Posted on: October 30, 2021

artnoir6

Verified owner

Games: 37 Reviews: 3

Frozen

Ok, it worked fine with the splash screen and different resolutions and so on. Got past the games splash page, setting down a new hospital. Done a room or two but then suddenly all of the in game button STOP working. I can't hire a nurse, or a doctor, or a groundskeeper for that matter. I can't even press ESC because nothing happens. BAD PORT. The game itself as I remembered it was very fun back in the days when I was 14 so I was disgruntled then and I am still.


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Posted on: April 15, 2012

gas.gas

Verified owner

Games: 406 Reviews: 46

Not exactly my kind of managerial

The game is quite good overall, anyway i prefer managerial games that allow the player to have more freedom, and more customization if possible. The game is divided in levels, every level has his own requirement to be beaten, like reputation, cash, or other stats, when you meet the criteria you must leave the scenary and start from scratch another one more difficult. (you can go on with the same hospital for a while but its pointless). Every level you got 1 hospital to start with, its empty but you cant edit or rebuild the hospital walls or doors, you just can build inside. Every time you change hospital you have to rebuild again the same rooms you had before, recruit the personnel and/or train them etc. Just every level adds a couple of new rooms and a couple of new issues like infections, emergencies or earthequakes etc to make things more difficult. In my opinion this game is overall quite good but i dont like so much the fact you need to follow exactly the path defined by devs, going on with those levels restarting every time. Also its a bit confusing compared to other similar games about following and read the graphics / sheets to keep track of the cash flow and other statistics. Another aspect i dont like much is the fact there are events that seems to be just random to add some challenge. Overall for 6 euros its a deal, but i have the opinion many other managerial out there are a lore more appealing then this one, at least for my taste.


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Posted on: October 20, 2013

Biij

Verified owner

Games: 12 Reviews: 1

Full of bugs

I played this game from years ago, so I wanted to try it again. Only problem is that it won't let med play. I can start it, but after choosing option when starting a new game, I can't do anything. The mouse disappears and the only thing I can do is press "Esc" and go back... I remember the game was awesome though, so this is really annoying :(


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Posted on: October 20, 2012

Sindroid

Verified owner

Games: 11 Reviews: 1

Great, but cannot save...

I love this game. Played it alot back in the 90´s. However, You can´t save in this game. Everytime you relaunch the game, the save is gone. Fix please..


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Posted on: November 18, 2012

MrCloud42

Games: 38 Reviews: 1

Best Bullfrog game out there!

By far the best Bullfrog I played next to Theme Park...


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