Theme Park (DOS)

Theme Park
Developer: Bullfrog Productions Publisher: Electronic Arts Platform: DOS Released internationally: 1994 This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article This game has a notes page This game has a bugs page

To do: This game was rushed, so there are some unused graphics lying around. Extractor + info here.

Theme Park is exactly what it says on the tin: a theme park simulation and management game. It was very popular in Japan, perhaps in part due to its bright, colourful graphics.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Notes

Bugs

Unused Graphics

There are portrait graphics for a handyman wearing a blue uniform in the game's files. These can be seen in some pre-release screenshots, but it's not known what this character would have done. The icon is present in both the low and high-res graphic files.

Debug Menu

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Can these menus be activated?

There appears to be a debug menu in lang0-0.dat, and appears to contain functions such as deleting people and forcing the end of the year. There is also a cheat menu that seems to have add money and remove money options. These menus appear alongside the normal in-game menus (Park, Options, and Display). Also in the menu data are 'Scroll Only' and 'Turbo Mode', apparently leftovers from the demo versions.

Regional Differences

To do: Show screenshots of the Midland Bank and Japanese versions of the transactions screen for comparison. And what about the American version?

There are some minor differences between the English and Japanese versions. The UK version is sponsored by Midland Bank and has its logos, such as in the transactions screen. The Japanese version has a generic transactions screen instead.

To do: Check the Japanese version of the game itself. It might not use katakana for the ride names and the info in the cited sources might apply to other versions.

The Japanese names of certain shops, rides, staff, and items are not the same as the English ones after translation:

• Snakes And Ladders - スネークスライド (Snake Slide)
• Rubber Tubing - ウォータースライダー (Water Slider)
• Merry-Go-Round - コーヒーカップ (Coffee Cup)
• Observatory - プラネタリウム (Planetarium)
• Race Car Ride - ゴーカート (Go-Kart)
• Big Dipper - ウッドコースター (Wood Coaster)
• Plane Flyer - ジョイプレーン (Joy Plane)
• Cowboy Acts - ウエスタンショー (Western Show)
• Medieval Acts - コロシアム (Colosseum)
• Flight Sim - バーチャルフライト (Virtual Flight)
• Big Time Fries - ビッグフライポテト (Big Fry Potato)
• Pokey Cola - ドンキーコーラー (Donkey Cola)
• Novelty Shop - バラエティーショップ (Variety Shop)
• Saloon - ビアハウス (Beer House)
• Toy Land - トイザマス (Toys A Mas)
• Gift Shop - キャスルギフト (Castle Gift)
• Gun Shoot - ラッキーショット (Lucky Shot)
• Race Track - ダービーメダリオン (Derby Medallion)

Handymen are also referred to as "Sweepers" in the Japanese version. Squid Man is called "Martian". The Outhouse and Boggy Crapper are called "Poor Toilet" and "Standard Toilet", respectively.

Revisional Differences

The CD version features a slightly longer intro (a couple of small bits were left out of the floppy version), as well as the ability to "ride" certain rides. The CD version also has a Sound Blaster AWE32 option for the music. The floppy disk version does not.

HORZA Codes

In addition to the standard codes giving money and access to all items, having the nickname 'HORZA' also enables the initiation of goods and staff negotiations at any time by pressing 8 and F8 respectively.