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Product Description
It's your zoo and you're in charge! Uncage your imagination as you build the most fun and beautiful zoo ever. Keep the animals happy and your guests will go ape. Now you can monkey around with all three popular games - Zoo Tycoon and expansion packs Marine ManiaTM and Dinosaur Digs - for a "thrillogy" of fun!
Features:
- Play with all of your favorite land, aquatic, and prehistoric animals.
- Zoo Tycoon Strategy Guide (electronic on CD-ROM - Learn fascinating animal facts.
- More than 100 animals in total.
- Over 500 objects including exhibits, attractions and animal toys.
- 30 challenging scenarios, test your inner zookeeper.
- Interactive tutorials and easy-to-learn gameplay.
- Bonus Endangered Species Theme Pack.
System Requirements:
- Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
- Graphics card: 32MB - INTEGRATED GRAPHICS CHIPSETS & LAPTOPS ARE NOT SUPPORTED.
- System Memory: 128 MB
- Processor: 233 MHz or higher
- Free Hard Disc Space: 1.4GB.
- Requires: DVD-ROM drive
- DIRECTX 8.1 or higher
- Sound Card: DX compatible
Amazon.com Review
An insidiously addictive simulation game, Zoo Tycoon allows players to create their own zoo, but not just any zoo. It's completely free-form: Start with fences for your exhibits, then pick animals and give them toys, foliage, and anything else you want. For your customers, you can lay down paths to lead them around, then add food stands, amusement rides, even maps and trash cans. Not sure what you need? The zoo advisors will tell you how to make the animals happy, and the customers themselves will tell you what they're looking for, be it snacks, more animals, or anything else. There's also a vast amount of background information on each critter--its diet, its habitat, etc.--which can be useful when you're adding a macrauchenia or a Loch Ness Monster. In all, you can choose over 100 animals, plus countless habitat and park embellishments.
What makes Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection especially compelling is its inclusion of the expansion packs Marine Mania and Dinosaur Digs, so you can add dolphin shows to your zoo, or even a T-Rex or wooly mammoth. Be sure to maintain those worn-out fences, though, or you could have big trouble on your hands.
Zoo Tycoon is a great game for kids because while they'll have terrific fun crafting the zoo of their dreams, they'll also get a reality lesson about what customers want, and how their choice of expenditures ultimately affect the bottom line (that nacho stand sounds tasty, but is it making money?). If you've made a good zoo, customers will be happy, and the money will roll in. And it's also the kind of game grown-ups can enjoy, because there are so many possibilities. Be wary, however, of trying to sneak in 20 minutes of play before bedtime because you'll probably stay up a lot longer than you planned. (Ages 7 and older) --David Horiuchi
Pros:
- Great game for kids and parents to play together.
- Endless replay possibilities
- Educational value in its animal information and "real world" economics
Cons
- Sometimes tiresome trying to get an animal's exhibit just right
- How much free time do you have to spare?
- Start out with the original Zoo Tycoon -- you'll have total control over a zoo, and create the animal displays that will impress and amaze people
- Create concession stands, take care of the animals and handle problems like escaped lions -- all while balancing the book & trying to turn a profit. It's fun AND challenging!
- Take it a step further with the Marine Mania expansion pack -- all-new exhibit materials, building and attractions for creating a beautiful aquarium display and dolphin show
- Dinosar Digs gives you the chance to create your own dinosaur park -- bring T-Rexes and brontosaurs to life and keep them from eating the customers
- Also comes with the Endangered Species Theme Pack, featuring a dozen unique animals, 40 objects, and 3 new scenarios -- plus bonus animals available for download
Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection Reviews
Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection Reviews
| 235 of 240 people found the following review helpful  3 in one and even more fun, By This review is from: Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection (CD-ROM) Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection is the video game my daughter was waiting for.A quick overview: In the original Zoo Tycoon, you are in control of a Zoo building scheme, similar to other "tycoon" games on the market. The original game had many animals and features, and allowed you to solve problem scenarios and create you own free form Zoo. However, I thought the original Zoo Tycoon had rather limited selections for the money. In the first expansion pack, Zoo Tycoon Dinosaur Digs, they went a little way to solving the limitations by giving you Dinosaurs to create your own version of "Jurassic Park". It also added (finally!) some themed concessions to make your Dino park even more of a time travelling adventure. But, it too was fairly expensive for an expansion. In the second expansion pack, Zoo Tycoon Marine Mania, "Sea World" type attractions were added, along with some new theming concessions and other things that went a long way to solving... Read more 123 of 130 people found the following review helpful  Kids are STILL playing this, By "homeschoolmomof5" (Federal Way, WA USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection (CD-ROM) We bought Zoo Tycoon and the expansion packs Christmas 2002 and our two sons (ages 9 and 7) are still spending lots of time with it. Without adult help they figured the game out and can win every scenario, although sometimes they like to let the dinosaurs out "just for fun" or create a "realistic environment" by putting bluefin tuna in the shark tank or lions in with the wildebeest.The starter game isn't as much fun without the marina mania pack. The dinosaur digs pack is sort of bare bones, pardon the pun. All together it's given us a good year of entertainment. 37 of 37 people found the following review helpful Creative, moderately challenging, and tons of fun!, By Monika "equestrienne_23" (Davis, California) - See all my reviews = Fun: This review is from: Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection (CD-ROM) This is definitely one of the most addictive games I've played in a while. That's not always such a good thing, being a full-time college student. I remember way back in elementary school I was enthralled with a game called Dino Park Tycoon, but could never find it for sale anywhere and therefore could only play it at school. When I recently found out about Zoo Tycoon, I couldn't pass it up! This is a great game for kids and adults alike. If you buy it for your children, beware: YOU may end up spending quite a bit of time with it as well. It took me a few sessions to learn all the ropes, but once I did, I lost an entire Sunday playing.There are two different types of game to choose from: Scenario Games: These start you out with a predetermined lot size on which to build your zoo, and a set amount of money with which to do it. In addition, you are given a list of specific goals and a time period in which to complete them. These games end when the time is up, and... Read more |
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