Prerelease:Theme Park (DOS)
This page details pre-release information and/or media for Theme Park (DOS).
A number of changes were made to Theme Park during its development, including the scrapping of multiplayer mode and 3D isometric view.
Changes
A number of changes were made, as shown by magazine previews:
A very different interface, and items can be seen on pavements.
(Source: Edge issue 4 page 40)
This seems to show characters not seen in the final game.
(Source: Edge issue 4 page 40)
The adviser's speech bubble is not present.
(Source: Edge issue 9 page 34)
Different wall, ride entrance, and a mass of rocks.
(Source: Edge issue 9 page 35)
Totally different.
(Source: PC Gamer issue 1 page 20)
A 3D isometric view. This was "too restrictive".
(Source: PC Gamer issue 1 page 21)
Different ride entrance and visitors.
(Source: PC Gamer issue 1 page 22)
Riding in the middle of a lake.
(Source: PC Gamer issue 1 page 22)
At one point, the player was supposed to be in the rôle of a nephew who had inherited a large sum of money from his aunt, to be used on "building the world's biggest and most profitable theme park".[1]
Multiplayer mode was dropped shortly before release due to time constraints,[2] and thugs could have been deployed to other parks.[3]
References
- ↑ Theme Park. Prescreen. Edge. No. 9. Bath: Future plc. June 1994. pp. 34, 35. ISSN 1350-1593.
- ↑ Geoff Keighley. The Final Hours of Black & White. GameSpot. p. 19. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ↑ Theme Park. Computer and Video Games. No. 151. Peterborough: EMAP. June 1994. pp. 28–31. ISSN 0261-3697.
