Build your own wondrous Theme Park and fill it with thrilling rides to make it the most fun in the world.Build your own wondrous Theme Park and fill it with thrilling rides to make it the most fun in the world.Build your own wondrous Theme Park and fill it with thrilling rides to make it the most fun in the world.
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- TriviaTheme Park was originally going to be a Disney Land game but that was scrapped when they decided they would lose too much control over the development of the game's content.
- Quotes
[animated intro sequence - A living room. A man and a woman are watching TV. A dog lies on the floor. Apart from the blue sofa with a Midland Bank logo and an advert for the same company on the TV, everything is in black and white. A boy enters]
Boy: Dad, I'm really bored.
Advisor: [in colour, on the TV] Bored? Hey, you there!
Dad: Eh?
[the green suited, top hat-wearing man materialises out of the TV and into the living room. The dog barks]
Advisor: Good day to you! Please don't be afraid. I'm the Advisor, and I'm here to take you to a magical land. You first, lad.
[he points his cane at the boy and the boy vanishes]
Advisor: Friends can come too.
[he vanishes the dog]
Advisor: And even grown ups.
[he vanishes the parents]
Advisor: Oh, I almost forgot. You too.
[he turns to the viewer and points his cane, the screen fades to white. Cut to the family and the Advisor at entrance of a theme park. Everything has gone from black and white to colour]
Advisor: Roll up, roll up, for the greatest show on Earth!
[a pathway rolls out like a carpet and trees land in rows beside it]
Advisor: Go!
[a kiosk in the shape of a cola cup lands. 4 propeller planes appear. The family and the Advisor go for a flight in them. Then a Burger-shaped kiosk lands, then a chair swing ride. Then it cuts to a roller coaster, which the family goes for a ride in. The ride is mostly shown in a POV shot and finally the roller coaster goes down a hole and the Theme Park title screen is revealed]
- Alternate versionsThere were two versions of Theme Park sold for Amiga computers. One was an AGA version of the game with 256 color graphics and was pretty much the same as the PC version. The other version was a trimmed down version for non AGA stock Amigas like the A500.
Unfortunately, this game has not aged well for me. The interface is so convoluted and really doesn't add to the enjoyment of the game. Having to order stock in all the time is the most annoying mechanic. Building multiple of the same ride gets quite boring fast.
It was obviously a revolutionary idea at the time but they made a lot of necessary changes to later entries to the series. It should be a 1* for gameplay but it gets an extra 1* for nostalgia and significance.
- NuclearNinja
- Apr 2, 2024
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