Theme Park

This game oozes atmosphere - the sound of kids cheering, chanting, coughing combined with the tick tick tick of your roller coaster, the merry-go-round's dingy tunes - it all adds up to create a very warm and inviting game. The goal is to create a successful theme park but even when you're not building and waiting for money to roll in, the game is a joy to behold. Little cleaners brushing away garbage, entertainers giving little umbrella's as it starts to rain, technicians putting up scaffolding when a ride breaks down. It's very visual and cute and while the game isn't as deep as Roller Coaster Tycoon, it has spades more soul. It's cartoony and cute and even though it's not a die-hard strategy game, it's perfect for beginners - great to give to your kids or to play if you like to get away from long lists of numbers for a while. The end result is 2 thumbs up - way up!

Unfortunately this classic game has been ruined by the fact that it does not seem to function properly. When buying stock for the shops, (sometimes) it depletes immediately, as if it has been sold but without adding any funds to your account. This enables you to go bankrupt very quickly. Another fault I have noticed is getting game over at the end of the year despite having tonnes of money, a valuable park etc.

Now maybe back then it was good. Even trough the whole idea of the stock market was? I mean I don't get it. Who cares about stocks? What about competition, oh we remember all those amusement park builders and their competitor AI? No we don't. And what about those unsattisfied costumers who don't find anything to eat or to drink even trough there are several food and drink stands. Why is the food no good or the drink not? Maybe I could provide better drinks but if I only have shit like the amount of coffein in the cocoa (which is rediclues) or the amount of sugar in the ice, and there are not even any burger huts at the start so I don't know what to do about them. Seriously is allot sugar good or just a bit? No Seriously! You can't just asume one or the other you need to provide some feedbak what costumers like, if you make super sweet stuff in germany this wouldn't work because we often half the sugar while in other parts like australia and usa they often quadrouble the sugar. So which is better less or more? Same with caffein germans need allot while americans need just brown water. And with an interface that doesn't let that much room. I mean you could probably get into this shit and it would be alright I guess but why? It was a shallow game back than, hindered by experience mostly so it was probably one of the best of the time and today it just plain sucks. I rather would replay the later Theme Park games as those where more fun. Or Rollar Coaster Tycoon if I go for a more Simulation like experience. This game has nothing more to offer. But I would say if you want something need for your genesis you can grap yourself a cartridge it is pretty good for that.

it's a good thing that you've adapted a theme park game for new os, now please a theme park world would be great (all my childhood ahah)

Was excited to play this after many years. Unfortunately crashes quite often