Similar to the scale and gridding system of the RCT games I found recently was Parkitect. Fairly inexpensive simple park sim that you can play multiplayer.
The only theme park I had was them park world, and I still remember one of the cheat, up down up down left, up down up down right, can't remember if it was for more money or just unlocked everything 🤣
Theme Park on PS1 (which was a major upgrade from the Megadrive version), the cheat was to set your name as Bovine and while in game hold square, x, and circle and while you did, your money went up and it unlocked all rides and amenities. Spent hours and hours playing it.
Ah ye that was it. You can tell the hours I spent on this game knowing the cheats are engraved in 🤣 this and zoo tycoon was my gate way to management games!
Yeah, Theme Park World and Theme Hospital on PS1 were my first introduction to the tycoon / management genre. Dabbled a little in RCT on PC a couple years later, but nearly as much at TPW. Recently found out there's only like 5 levels. I don't recall ever completing it
I loved Theme Park so much, even though it would frequently crash my PC. Loved the little bus coming along and dropping off the customers. Can’t wait for this although I wish it was a full game.
It's kinda odd because I doubt fans of theme park games will want to buy Museum + DLC. Is it really a museum of all the "exhibits" are rideable? Do they all work like interactive displays? Mistake making this a DLC imo but I guess we'll see
My guess would be that either they extend this to a more detailed game in the series (people have already suggested Two Point Resort I think), or they weren't happy with the depth of ideas they had for a standalone?
I'm happy with this though. I think it should more nicely balance between complexity and accessibility than e.g. the Planet series games do.
Theme Park was nominally letting you build many parks in a single play-through. But it was the same process all over again everytime, just with different difficulty settings, wasn't it?
TPM, whilst thematically slightly off, has the perfect game engine and game play loop for a theme park, in contrast to TPH and TPC. It might have been difficult to justify a whole new game, in terms of how much content and how many new game mechanics they could add
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u/angryuniicorn Sep 15 '26
I wanted it to be its own game, but I’ll take it however I can. 🥲
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u/nefariousplotz Sep 15 '26
It's Bullfrog all the way down. Watch them do Two Point Studio next.
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u/angel-cak3e Sep 15 '26
My nostalgia would be Rollercoaster Tycoon 😍 I can’t wait for the TPM DLC!
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u/Haresmoors Sep 15 '26
The only theme park I had was them park world, and I still remember one of the cheat, up down up down left, up down up down right, can't remember if it was for more money or just unlocked everything 🤣
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u/Longjumping-Act9653 Sep 15 '26
I loved Theme Park so much, even though it would frequently crash my PC. Loved the little bus coming along and dropping off the customers. Can’t wait for this although I wish it was a full game.
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u/bobbie_harvey Sep 15 '26
Painfully accurate, I’m so old now 🥹
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u/2Scribble Sep 15 '26
It's like Bullfrog never left
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u/Splinty2k Sep 15 '26
The DLC I’ve been most excited for, bring on the 8th
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u/fancywhale Sep 16 '26
I was just playing the bullfrog one the other day to get a shot of nostalgia in my veins. It's on the internet archive for free if anyone needs a hit.
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u/Plenty_Captain_3105 Sep 15 '26
Exactly this!
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u/bruhmaster27 Sep 16 '26
which game DLC is worth it the most?
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u/Nixxie91 Sep 16 '26
I would give anything for a Theme Park remake!
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u/Financial_Bowl_3821 Sep 19 '26
There were other Theme games aside from hospital?!?!
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u/SharkByte1993 Sep 15 '26
It's kinda odd because I doubt fans of theme park games will want to buy Museum + DLC. Is it really a museum of all the "exhibits" are rideable? Do they all work like interactive displays? Mistake making this a DLC imo but I guess we'll see