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LGR - Theme Hospital - DOS PC Game Review

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Bullfrog's Theme Hospital is like no other management sim you have ever played. Well, except for maybe its predecessor Theme Park. Still, nothing like a little bloaty head and slack tongue to start the day off right!
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I forgot to add that the last official patch for the game added multiplayer capability. Serial and modem connections allow for two players to compete in building the best hospital while competing against two computer-controlled hospitals, while the IPX/SPX option allows up to four players to compete against each other on a network for the best hospital.

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@Dr-retro
@Dr-retro 10 жыл бұрын
I loved this game so much as a kid! It made me want to become a doctor! Now that I am a doctor, I'm a bit dissapointed I've never had any transparant or bloated head patients :(
@hoxatron6024
@hoxatron6024 7 жыл бұрын
I am veri random repl i 2 comment.
@waffleless
@waffleless 6 жыл бұрын
Sorry, the comment I made years ago was invisible, so I have to do it again: Maybe you just overlooked all the transparent patients, seeing as how they are, you know, transparent.
@jesselindsey9760
@jesselindsey9760 6 жыл бұрын
How appropriate that your comment about transparent people wasn't able to be seen.
@jusesjimmybars
@jusesjimmybars 6 жыл бұрын
it made me want to be a doctor too! my parents couldn't afford college though, so now i just sell crack to children.
@jesselindsey9760
@jesselindsey9760 6 жыл бұрын
You know what? That's practically prescribing drugs. You're basically a doctor, when you think about it.
@blankbanz
@blankbanz 9 жыл бұрын
Bullfrog was killin it back in the days
@mokdis00
@mokdis00 4 жыл бұрын
indeed they were. I was blown away by Syndicate as a kiddo'.
@__Mr.White__
@__Mr.White__ 4 жыл бұрын
No they were not. They made good games.
@tnfsgsalternateaccount7613
@tnfsgsalternateaccount7613 4 жыл бұрын
@@__Mr.White__ "killin it" means they were really good
@__Mr.White__
@__Mr.White__ 4 жыл бұрын
@@tnfsgsalternateaccount7613 ohh
@azizabdul8914
@azizabdul8914 3 жыл бұрын
and now they're killed off
@HoLDoN4Sec
@HoLDoN4Sec 5 жыл бұрын
i love how two-point hospital feels so much like a true spiritual successor for Theme Hospital. damn i miss bullfrog games, they had sick games back in the day...
@mullaoslo
@mullaoslo Жыл бұрын
It was made by the same guys they just don't have the theme hospital name anymore..even the annuncer lady is the same in both games
@MiskonceptioN
@MiskonceptioN 11 ай бұрын
​@@mullaoslosadly she's not. Two Point Studios confirmed as much on their Twitter. They wanted to find the original voice actress but couldn't hunt her down, so the new one is a soundalike
@chuchubit
@chuchubit 8 жыл бұрын
I am horrified by where you placed that general diagnosis room!
@Vojingamer
@Vojingamer 8 жыл бұрын
#OCDintensifies
@restlessfrager
@restlessfrager 6 жыл бұрын
Ocd is just in yer heads.
@jojolafrite90
@jojolafrite90 6 жыл бұрын
Reality is just in your "head"...
@jakejutras2733
@jakejutras2733 6 жыл бұрын
restlessfrager OCD is not something "just in peoples heads" you ignorant fool.
@Rockzilla1122
@Rockzilla1122 6 жыл бұрын
Jake Jutras well, it actually is. all mental issues are lol
@VJ4rawr2
@VJ4rawr2 3 жыл бұрын
Damn. This video is amazing. I'm watching this after Two Point Hospital and loving every second. You did a great job with this.
@wellsjaxton5570
@wellsjaxton5570 3 жыл бұрын
instablaster...
@Lunchpacked180
@Lunchpacked180 10 жыл бұрын
there were cheats for this game, but if you used them, the hospital announcer would warn everyone that you were a cheater over the PA system, each time.. which is brilliant, as it shames you into not cheat :P
@kyle-os3wh
@kyle-os3wh 7 жыл бұрын
Lunchpacked180 Or it makes you want to cheat more so you could appreciate the cleverness of this awesome game.
@davidturbo8566
@davidturbo8566 6 жыл бұрын
I loved this game , but I was never good at it...
@EvilHomer86
@EvilHomer86 5 жыл бұрын
Warning, The hospital administrator is cheating!
@mayaparamita2254
@mayaparamita2254 5 жыл бұрын
Shame.. Shame.. Shame..
@jjjnettie
@jjjnettie 4 жыл бұрын
Dial 24328 then click green button, on the fax machine, then shift c for cash, control shift c for all treatment and diagnosis rooms.
@stephenwakeman3074
@stephenwakeman3074 9 жыл бұрын
Yay for the old, ridiculously large but awesome PC game boxes, you can smell the nostalgia!
@snetmotnosrorb3946
@snetmotnosrorb3946 6 жыл бұрын
Ridiculously? I say they are absolutely essential
@mokdis00
@mokdis00 4 жыл бұрын
makes me wish I had kept some of mine from back in the day.
@cachotognax3600
@cachotognax3600 8 жыл бұрын
Come on you are missing the most important feature: you can kill rats roaming in you hospital with your cursor! and if you kill a lot you get rewarded with a bonus stage of rodent massacre!
@Santiago-Farrell
@Santiago-Farrell 7 жыл бұрын
a good strategy is to cover the rat hole with something, that way you get less rats. you need to make a cleaner hospital btw
@olafmuller4506
@olafmuller4506 6 жыл бұрын
Roberto De Gasperi isn't here an achievement for that? Hahahaha!
@AdamMGTF
@AdamMGTF 4 жыл бұрын
I don't think this was on the early games. I remember playing it on ps1 years after playing it on Windows... And remember thinking "oh my god. You can shoot the rats!"
@halwakka504
@halwakka504 4 жыл бұрын
@@AdamMGTF Yea you could shoot the rats in early versions.
@TheSmart-CasualGamer
@TheSmart-CasualGamer 4 жыл бұрын
I actually never knew that. Thanks!
@MookiePlays
@MookiePlays 9 жыл бұрын
Funny story about this game, back when I was living in the UK, when I was maybe 8/9 we used to have 'Toy Days' on the last day of school before the summer holidays started, and each of us could basically bring in a toy or whatever and we'd spend the day just playing, and one year I decided to bring in Theme Hospital and have the teacher install it on the big Interactive Whiteboards they have in schools, a lot of fun was had that day
@neamhdhlisteanach6720
@neamhdhlisteanach6720 6 жыл бұрын
yup.. we called it Golden time
@anikaalferink5531
@anikaalferink5531 6 жыл бұрын
Do a review on 'Two Point Hospital', its very much a Revamp of 'Theme Hospital' and I'd like to know your take on it.
@icameisawicringed6644
@icameisawicringed6644 3 жыл бұрын
I think Two Point Hospital is in the mould of Sim Hospital rather than Theme Hospital. It's too serious, with real ilnnesses etc. You feel like a hypochondriac after playing for an hour, like is my heart rate normal, oh god have I got kidney stones, etc.
@BigmanDogs
@BigmanDogs 3 жыл бұрын
@@icameisawicringed6644 I think you are mixing up two point hospital with another game. Two point hospital is basically a theme hospital sequel.
@icameisawicringed6644
@icameisawicringed6644 3 жыл бұрын
@@BigmanDogs Aye
@icameisawicringed6644
@icameisawicringed6644 3 жыл бұрын
@@vilegrog Is that in a DLC or something? When I saw it, it was like open heart surgery etc.
@icameisawicringed6644
@icameisawicringed6644 3 жыл бұрын
@@vilegrog Okay, the review I watched didn't say that, I will take your word for it. Maybe I will check it out again, though I already have Theme Hospital so why bother.
@tmdcbass
@tmdcbass 7 жыл бұрын
There was SO MUCH humour in this game. I absolutely loved it.
@Snackies
@Snackies 8 жыл бұрын
PLEASE DO NOT DIE IN THE CORRIDORSSS
@Daxter250
@Daxter250 4 жыл бұрын
warning, this is a warning!
@marquissimmons5053
@marquissimmons5053 8 жыл бұрын
To be honest this is probably the best free game I've gotten on Origin with that whole On the House feature.
@sosomadman
@sosomadman 5 жыл бұрын
All bullfrog games are free, the company has been out of business for 4 years so there classed as freeware.
@kajetankesicki8011
@kajetankesicki8011 Жыл бұрын
@@sosomadman GOG has the legal rights to this title I believe.
@NaraKwonPoD
@NaraKwonPoD Жыл бұрын
@@kajetankesicki8011 This is true but so was their comment at the time. It used to be freeware but now since GOG has gotten the right to sell it, it no longer is.
@ProtoMario
@ProtoMario 12 жыл бұрын
I bought this game at a swap meet 15 years ago for 3 dollars.
@Cenot4ph
@Cenot4ph 7 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites at that time, Bullfrog was an excellent studio untill it got taken over by corporate
@tmdcbass
@tmdcbass 7 жыл бұрын
I spent most of my teenage years playing Syndicate (not Syndicate wars) on my Amiga 600. Those were the days.
@TheDefiningAwesome
@TheDefiningAwesome 8 жыл бұрын
I remember buying theme hospital years ago from my local GAME shop, costing me a tidy £1 :3. It was a really fun game, I'll have to revisit it.
@lukeowen4989
@lukeowen4989 6 жыл бұрын
"Billy Savile OBE would like to visit your hospital." Yeah no thanks "Billy".
@laurabadcredit
@laurabadcredit 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@paulgraves1392
@paulgraves1392 7 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you about the staff management in this game. They will always demand pay rises and will not stick with their designated room which is a serious problem when a patient needs to see a specialist. Ever since I started playing this as part of a Let's Play I'm doing, I've found that the staff seem to be programmed to hate their jobs- regardless of their skill level and how well paid they are. I decided to a test on this by creating a staff room that much more closely resembled an Arcade. The doctors I had onboard quickly ignored their duties, leaving many patients in the reception either vomiting or dying from negligence.
@SusCalvin
@SusCalvin 2 жыл бұрын
There was an option in a menu to make staff assignments stick, where they would stay in their assigned rooms. Otherwise the staff AI will try to man rooms in demand by drawing on idle doctors or doctors from less busy rooms. You can adjust a slider for how much tiredness staff accumulate before heading to the nearest staff room. I found that overstaffing works. Exactly one staff per room means little when a third of the goobers are on break, a few surplus reserve doctors help if you can afford it. Staff always have a little job satisfaction drop over time. You could go through the staff menu and bump it up with a one-time cash bonus to prevent the demand for a wage increase. It can be a bit tedious, but even several pages of staff is easy to judge. Startopia had the same deal where you had to scroll through the staff menu and check off which ones needed a cash incentive. Working in cramped little offices without a potted plant or heating, or having tiredness build up, drops it faster. The more overworked staff are, the longer time they spend in the staff room getting their tiredness down. And the longer they have to walk to get there, the longer their total time off work becomes. Sometimes it's more efficient to set up a couple new staff rooms in a huge, sprawling hospital than to have one huge, central arcade. This is a game about managing flow and how much time people waste walking from one end to the other.
@davidmowbray6352
@davidmowbray6352 2 жыл бұрын
The best staff room is as small as possible with only sofas so the staff stay sat down resting quicker than if they are wandering between pool tables and arcades in a large room.
@StimpyThe1
@StimpyThe1 8 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah... I remember the ingame announcements towards the patients: "We apologize for the amount of litter" - because my hospitals always were a dump. :D
@jaypee9575
@jaypee9575 6 жыл бұрын
"Patients are asked not to vomit _too_ much."
@jesselindsey9760
@jesselindsey9760 6 жыл бұрын
"If people hate you, they won't come inside" Story of my life.
@Gryffixchannel
@Gryffixchannel 5 жыл бұрын
I was scrolling for this comment
@kaylinsvlog
@kaylinsvlog 9 жыл бұрын
Right as we speak, theme hospital is free on origin right now!! YES!!
@LeeDee5
@LeeDee5 9 жыл бұрын
:D!
@sosomadman
@sosomadman 5 жыл бұрын
(Theme hospital has been free for donkeys years... It's freeware)
@TheTaskmaster
@TheTaskmaster 10 жыл бұрын
it's funny how good some of these ancient games were and still would be without a doubt. would be good to get an android version.
@DXman222
@DXman222 10 жыл бұрын
i play it with a psp emulator on my old htc desire hd. works fine
@conorrocks7
@conorrocks7 10 жыл бұрын
NO! Just NO! dungeon keeper mobile is just the worst and mobile games all suck.
@MrThorbjoern
@MrThorbjoern 10 жыл бұрын
***** i think he meant to port it. NOT to make a new mobile version. Bit of a difference.
@conorsvideos
@conorsvideos 10 жыл бұрын
Search CorsixTH on Google Play. There's an Android version. ;)
@DaveYsraelSanJuan
@DaveYsraelSanJuan 6 жыл бұрын
Conor there is? Couldn't find it on playstore tho
@mintydog06
@mintydog06 7 жыл бұрын
I love this game, I've still got my original box. The more annoying problem for me are the earthquakes, once it destroys one of your rooms, you are left with rubble that can't be cleaned up, eventually half of your hospital is in rubble and you cant do anything about it.
@xKLPx1011
@xKLPx1011 9 жыл бұрын
I played this game a lot when I was younger, I cam back to it a few years ago and realised all the stuff I missed and remembered why I loved it so much. I remember spending hours on this, now I give it to my nieces on a laptop to keep them entertained.
@Tiagotaf
@Tiagotaf 6 жыл бұрын
Man, I absolutely adore this game! I had so much fun playing this!!!
@sophia.petrillo
@sophia.petrillo 7 жыл бұрын
I'd play this game again if it weren't for the constant earthquakes on the later levels. It was so ridiculous. The earthquakes occurred so frequently that I wasn't able to maintain my machines fast enough and they would explode. The game does not allow me to clear the debris so the room I built for the machine is rendered useless. I was spamming my hospital with maintenance staff, too. I wouldn't have minded the earthquakes so much if I at least had the option to clear the debris!
@HaBBiSiFy
@HaBBiSiFy 7 жыл бұрын
ninja plz Replace hardware of the machines every so often, it brings them back on full strenght - otherwise the strenght will lower down to 1 over time. Earthquakes do 1-6 damage, so that's why your machines blow up. Also the earthquakes come in pairs - the first one being warning, not dealing damage. When you get the first earthquake, quick save (alt+s). If some of your machines get wrecked, quick load (alt+l) and stop that from happening again.
@russellf9088
@russellf9088 6 жыл бұрын
True dat
@LetsSewIt
@LetsSewIt 6 жыл бұрын
That's the challenge tho, you can't remove the destroyed rooms so you won't easily win the game. Just put an army of maintenance and you're set. Also a tip for earthquake, usually there will be 2 earthquake in one instance. The first one will be smaller, following with the bigger one that usually would destroy the machinery. When the first one starts to happen, reduce the game speed to slowest, and then save the game. Then start replacing every damaged machines so they won't blow up on the 2nd earthquake. In case there's still a machine you can't save, re-load the game and quickly replace that machine so you can prevent its demise. Slowest speed will be your best buddy on the later levels.
@Zipzeolocke
@Zipzeolocke 6 жыл бұрын
and now we have the new theme hospital in 2018! I hope to see you do a review of that soon as well!
@anjetto1
@anjetto1 10 жыл бұрын
I can only feel that an NHS theme hospital would be a lot more boring.
@LGR
@LGR 10 жыл бұрын
You'd pretty much end up with this LGR - SimHealth - DOS PC Game Review
@FloowSnaake
@FloowSnaake 8 жыл бұрын
+Lazy Game Reviews i love you
@851852093114208513
@851852093114208513 7 жыл бұрын
As opposed to the American healthcare system simulator, where the hospital consists of the rich person wing and the second mortgage bank.
@Grandmastergav86
@Grandmastergav86 7 жыл бұрын
Eric Bishton Visit an NHS hospital
@fanfaretloudest
@fanfaretloudest 7 жыл бұрын
Watching this review is such a nostalgia trip for me. I loved this game!
@LordMarcus
@LordMarcus 8 жыл бұрын
I found that always taking the maximum loan for each scenario at the very beginning of the scenario made the scenario a cakewalk. Scenario.
@jaypee9575
@jaypee9575 6 жыл бұрын
Loans are definitely the way to go. You pay next to nothing in interest to float loans and the benefits of investing that money are huge.
@BanHelsing
@BanHelsing 4 жыл бұрын
Scenario
@suchmeerkat
@suchmeerkat 3 жыл бұрын
scenario
@mrfivebyfive87
@mrfivebyfive87 2 жыл бұрын
Scenario.
@aaron71
@aaron71 7 жыл бұрын
I played this SO much back in the day!! Loved the backgrounds of the staff you could hire haha
@darrenjames9891
@darrenjames9891 3 жыл бұрын
This is nostalgia crack.. One of my favourite games of all time. This and age of empires were the two games that come with our first PC. Good memories of childhood.
@OdaSwifteye
@OdaSwifteye 9 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Your copy of Theme hospital doesn't come with the restart game option in the file menu. Also I would like to point out that for anyone new to the game it does have a pause and slow down function. It's 1,2,3, and P just like in the Sims. If you suffer from a rat problem you should slow down the game and kill it real time. Apparently if you kill enough rats or know a secret code you can unlock a minigame at least that's what I've read. There are cheat codes for both versions of the game so feel free to use that when the game starts getting odd on you.
@snetmotnosrorb3946
@snetmotnosrorb3946 6 жыл бұрын
Holy smokes! Thank you very very much! I just tried this game, and I found it borderline unplayable even on the easiest setting. The hospital got flooded with people when I just have finished the second room and the staff quits like 2 minutes after they're hired.. I hired a blazing fast janitor once, and he wanted a raise, like everyone and their mother, but he was so fast I couldn't click on him! I will give it another try on lower speed. The micromanagement will still be insane though. All the maintenance stuff is tedious and deviates from the core game. Radiators, fire extinguishers, plants, benches, trash cans and freaking soda machines shouldn't be part of the game, there's enough to do already.
@TheRealSeiferoth
@TheRealSeiferoth 5 жыл бұрын
There's actually 5 speed settings: slowest, slow, medium, fast, and fastest. They can be activated from the menu or using numbers 1-5 although fastest only works in the original DOS version. In the windows version, 4 and 5 (fast and fastest) run at exactly the same speed. No idea why.
@mahlazer
@mahlazer 9 жыл бұрын
Not just dungeon keeper there's also a syndicate cameo in that intro X)
@HackThePlanetNow
@HackThePlanetNow 7 жыл бұрын
I'm always amazed at how well some of these games still hold up today
@LaughOLott
@LaughOLott 12 жыл бұрын
Sim Theme Park was my favorite of the Bull Frog games growing up!
@6Twisted
@6Twisted 5 жыл бұрын
This game has held up well for being 23 years old.
@mindtoastsoup4589
@mindtoastsoup4589 Жыл бұрын
I hope you saw they basically remastered this and added way more. It's called two point hospital and it's pretty obvious it's made by the same company. A+
@paulniven757
@paulniven757 Жыл бұрын
Two point hospital is the spiritual successor to theme hospital two point studio was created by some of the devs from the former bullfrog studio. two point campus is also out now by the same studio both the radio DJ and pa announcer on both two point games are the original voices from theme hospital and park🙂
@BarendCombrink
@BarendCombrink 9 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved this game, although I never managed to finish it. Theme Hospital and Dungeon Keeper are my favorite Bullfrog games. I still play them about once a year.
@yegenek
@yegenek 3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most addictive games of all time for 20 years I am returning to it titme to time.
@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza
@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza 9 жыл бұрын
Theme Hospital + CorsixTH = A better game optimized for most modern computers :D
@HistoryVM
@HistoryVM 9 жыл бұрын
+JuanMamaril But it's features are incomplete for now. :(
@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza
@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza 9 жыл бұрын
+Strider VM Patience is a virtue young Padawan...
@TheTonyMcD
@TheTonyMcD 6 жыл бұрын
Damn I loved this game when I was a kid. It was hilarious and very entertaining. The only drawback it had was, as you said, the later levels can get repetitive. There are only like 10 patient models and like 10 diseases to cure. If they had made it more expansive it would have been an incredible game.
@pizzapusslasagna
@pizzapusslasagna 5 жыл бұрын
Even though I really sucked at this game, I absolutely loved playing it. I think it was the first game my mom bought me. Many memories and hours on this game.
@thomasnl24
@thomasnl24 4 жыл бұрын
Is it weird that I still have the Theme Hospital soundtrack playing in my head regularly? :)
@Xeetoxic
@Xeetoxic 12 жыл бұрын
This was the only computer game at an after school club I went to for those children whose parents didn't love the enough to pick them up at home time, I was about 7, none of us really understood this game, we borrowed loads of money, built massive staff rooms with tvs and just generally ruined the game because for us it was an acheivement to get to the second level, I bought it a little while ago, and started to play it on our ancient computer, 4 words I LOVE THIS GAME :)
@Horzuhammer
@Horzuhammer 7 жыл бұрын
Now that Planet Coaster and Project Highrise are out, it wouldn't be a bad idea to modernize Theme Hospital! That could turn out to be something pretty awesome I think! A guy can always dream at least..
@gueton5200
@gueton5200 5 жыл бұрын
And it came true, Two Point Hospital
@MagikGimp
@MagikGimp 13 жыл бұрын
"If you can find a copy..." Heh, you usually can't move for TH boxes over here. Also, can't believe you cut the guy getting yanked off stage when you select an option! Thanks for another great video.
@Upiio21
@Upiio21 13 жыл бұрын
This game is so great, I used to play it in after-school care, it is a huge part of my childhood :O
@omegaweapon27
@omegaweapon27 9 жыл бұрын
this is free on origin now
@pyrobison2002
@pyrobison2002 7 жыл бұрын
omegaweapon27 thanks
@lucypinsocute
@lucypinsocute 8 жыл бұрын
Got this for free on origin a while ago and haven't bothered playing it until seeing this review :D
@jjjnettie
@jjjnettie 4 жыл бұрын
:) I've been playing it on and off for 22 years. Only today did I notice one of my patients peeing on the floor, out front of one of the loos. None of the janitors wanted to clean it up so I had to hire someone especially for it. lolol
@pedro.raimundo
@pedro.raimundo 3 жыл бұрын
9 years Clint! This reserves a new video! Great game, and your content was awesome even back there.
@Saynt614
@Saynt614 9 жыл бұрын
Free on Origin... I got it too lol
@SergeantExtreme
@SergeantExtreme 9 жыл бұрын
Captain Cartman Yeah, I got this free on Origin as well. I haven't actually played it until after watching this video.
@SergeantExtreme
@SergeantExtreme 9 жыл бұрын
RothGamingOfficial Ha ha, it's funny. I actually have quite a few free games from Origin.....and I haven't even touched a single one. XD
@A_Dopamine_Molecule
@A_Dopamine_Molecule 9 жыл бұрын
Captain Cartman Damn, missed it.
@SergeantExtreme
@SergeantExtreme 9 жыл бұрын
Gene Glagolev It's like $5 on GOG. Get that one. They updated the textures for modern resolutions.
@deneb_tm
@deneb_tm 9 жыл бұрын
The only reason I use Origin is because of free games, lol.
@LordProteus
@LordProteus 4 жыл бұрын
When are you going to review Two-Point Hospital?
@Marina-to4rh
@Marina-to4rh 3 жыл бұрын
your room placement is driving me nuts-I do like this game very much, my mom played it when i was young and i was drawn to it, playing myself repeatedly, though not winning until I was older, and I'm glad you liked it! for real though, that room placement is driving me insane....
@NeonFraction
@NeonFraction 13 жыл бұрын
I just reinstalled Sim Theme Park, because I missed these types of games. Thanks for another wonderful review and helping me bring back a little nostalgia!
@FernieCanto
@FernieCanto 8 жыл бұрын
I agree that the staff AI and the repetition of having to build every hospital from scratch are this game's greatest flaws, but it's otherwise great. Never got around to finishing it, though.
@diegouuu
@diegouuu 9 жыл бұрын
l just got it for free from origin!!! XD
@LeeDee5
@LeeDee5 9 жыл бұрын
yessssss! :D I have problems with Origin but I do love it when they throw in a free game :p
@flowerpersonminianer1553
@flowerpersonminianer1553 9 жыл бұрын
Same
@logo891201
@logo891201 9 жыл бұрын
Same! I was so excited since I haven't played it in years and always wanted to try and finish it. One of my fav games.
@danielburniston4847
@danielburniston4847 9 жыл бұрын
Same
@nathansmiddy
@nathansmiddy 9 жыл бұрын
I got it free from steam and i am running it on a windows 8.1 laptop XD
@Nemireck
@Nemireck 7 жыл бұрын
RE: The room sizes - The room sizes are based on being able to place the room equipment in the given space, AND allowing the sprites to walk through the room to reach their action-points. So sure, you can have 16 tiles or whatever, but the equipment needs to fit AND allow the sprites to move through the room.
@crystal.matter
@crystal.matter 7 жыл бұрын
I had completely forgotten that this game existed. Used to play it as a kid at my friends place, so I never had it myself but I remember liking it. Thanks LGR for this nostalgic feeling!
@Spectre1406
@Spectre1406 6 жыл бұрын
any plans for Two Point Hospital soon?
@ImperialEarthEmpire
@ImperialEarthEmpire 6 жыл бұрын
We gonna have new theme hospital, two point hospital...
@Ivander85
@Ivander85 Жыл бұрын
I discovered Theme Hospital because it came with a gaming magazine I once bought, which had plenty of not so good games, but this one right here I played a TON.
@birbee6492
@birbee6492 7 жыл бұрын
I had this on the Playstation one as a child and absolutely loved it, I have so many fond memories. I got the game for PC on GOG a couple of years ago now and obviously prefer the PC version as it has more to it than the PS version. It's still a lot of fun to this day and still challenging.
@heihachichichan8910
@heihachichichan8910 6 жыл бұрын
Glad we have Two Point Hospital now, hmmmmm.Who came here after playing Two Point?
@Prof_awesome
@Prof_awesome 7 жыл бұрын
That was such an awesome Game, could need a Sequel!
@rodh1404
@rodh1404 7 жыл бұрын
It got a "kind of" sequel in Hospital Tycoon, but that game was rushed in the end and never lived up to its real potential. There's enough game there that you can see where it could have gone, and I think it had the potential to be even better than Theme Hospital, but in the end it was a huge disappointment for me. What I'd love is a sequel where they had the resources and could take the time to do it properly, and even allow fan made mods as well for things like new diseases and equipment. Maybe even have multiple themes which would basically be re-skins - historical hospital, modern hospital, future hospital, serious hospital etc.
@Roggor
@Roggor 2 жыл бұрын
Two Point Hospital is a spiritual successor. Check it out.
@everroux1169
@everroux1169 10 жыл бұрын
I´m glad you reviewed this, it´s definitely one of my favorites! Loved the humor in the game.
@tintedgirl1268
@tintedgirl1268 6 жыл бұрын
OMG! One of the best games of my childhood! I loved that they have placed the characters who look like those from Dungeon Keeper (another great game) in the intro. It's very addicting and fun game and as you have mentioned it does stand the test of time.
@adamantine001
@adamantine001 7 жыл бұрын
whoa, this game figured out a simple way to create a room in the 1997. Meanwhile Maxis's Sims franchise figured it out 17 years later.
@CG-ry9ne
@CG-ry9ne 9 жыл бұрын
It's free on orgin
@TheHoggcast
@TheHoggcast 4 жыл бұрын
Was that the Horned Reeper from Dungeon keeper on the seat with a heroes arrow in his eye? Damn 90's gaming was beautiful.
@SusCalvin
@SusCalvin 2 жыл бұрын
The AI for the doctors is pretty good, I think. Staff has a tiredness meter that fills up as they work. At a certain threshold (which you can adjust in a menu slider) they will finish off their last patient call and head towards the nearest staff room where they will stick around playing pool and watching daytime TV until restored. What the player can do is decrease the travel time to a staff room. A wing of the hospital with lots of staff probably need a large staff room, but a little wing with just a few rarely used clinics can make do without. Staff AI tries to decide which rooms need them most at the moment. You will hear the "doctor to room x" announcement, and a doctor from an unused room or one that was hanging out in the hallway will make his way to the needed room. This can cause specialists like psychologists to jog over to a clinic and perform a treatment. It is possible to pick up the staff and forcibly shove them into a room. If they are forced to work with tiredness, they get grumpy faster. You can find a menu option where staff stays in exactly their assigned room, as well. Staff morale is lowered continuously, more if they work in cramped, dreary rooms without a nice potted plant and heat and can't fix their tiredness. You can give them a one-time cash bonus to bump it up or a raise. If you do nothing, they will come at you and demand a raise. This is done through the employee menu, where you can see who is dissatisfied. The only important bug I noticed was a slight tendency for staff to warp outside the hospital or into walls. It is possible for doctors to glitch and get stuck somewhere, so you have to pick them up.
@kallemick
@kallemick 7 жыл бұрын
I have played this since i was a kid... I have NEVER been able to beat it not even on easy mode :)
@lakecityransom
@lakecityransom 7 жыл бұрын
despite his claim that you don't need the manual... there are actually some very important things that aren't even explained beyond the manual. You can find these points around the Internet.
@NowBearInMind
@NowBearInMind 10 жыл бұрын
Once, I bought the PS1 version of Theme Hospital from the PlayStation Store. Bad idea, whooo boy... It was crap. Low res graphics, no music, it was a high fidelity port of the game. *FOR THE PS1.* My dad still laughs at the bedpen joke when you hover over the game in the PS3 menu.
@googaagoogaa12345678
@googaagoogaa12345678 10 жыл бұрын
so i should get the dos version
@NowBearInMind
@NowBearInMind 10 жыл бұрын
Yes. Get it from gog.com
@bigman2352
@bigman2352 11 ай бұрын
One of my favourite games from my childhood is Theme Hospital. I tried it’s ‘spiritual successor’ Two Point Hospital which is also good but nothing like as good as the original, in fact so much so that I just bought a PS1 and a copy of Theme Hospital from eBay so I could relive the comical memories 😊. Thank you for this video.
@Jonesylmao
@Jonesylmao 11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the link to GOG, haven't been able to find this anywhere and oh my it's amazing. Memories
@vidopoulos
@vidopoulos 8 жыл бұрын
And this is why you now buy Prison Architect. .... Except the humor is gone..
@Geothesponge111
@Geothesponge111 8 жыл бұрын
+Randal Skefingtonidis What do you mean "Having to build and use an execution chamber for the tutorial level is too grim"?
@DeadHandtheSurvivor
@DeadHandtheSurvivor 8 жыл бұрын
+Randal Skefingtonidis When I think of "comedy gold", the first thing that comes to mind is prison. Think about it! They have to worry about food poisoning and soap dropping while we get to live a decent life! Now that's comedy gold.
@MuseZach
@MuseZach 8 жыл бұрын
+Randal Skefingtonidis This game is still a ton of fun today. It's pretty simplistic but it's still a total blast and is a great contrast to Prison Architect's much more demanding style IMO.
@ownageDan
@ownageDan 7 жыл бұрын
prison architect, how cute. my colonists in rimworld wish they could live in the luxury of a prison. unfortunately in their world, theres only disease, pyromania, cannibalism and death.
@Geothesponge111
@Geothesponge111 7 жыл бұрын
ow the edge
@Megaspartan23
@Megaspartan23 6 жыл бұрын
I'm glad EA never did a follow-up to this game. I can imagine them making a sequel on mobile device as a free to wait game, riddled with microtransactions.
@NyanMango
@NyanMango 6 жыл бұрын
Looks like we're getting a true sequel, though.
@RuffyT1
@RuffyT1 9 жыл бұрын
This games was great. Brings back good memories. Unfortunately, I always ran out of personnel in the end game :(
@reachtrita
@reachtrita 6 жыл бұрын
Very well explained, thank you! It was my favorite game growing up, so I wanted to show my son. I still have the CD ROM.
@Dimbo
@Dimbo 11 жыл бұрын
I love how you pointed out the Dungeon Keeper Cameo but not the Syndicate Cameo in the same shot.
@TheLukesterGaming
@TheLukesterGaming 5 жыл бұрын
Been watching through a bunch of your videos recently, both old & new, and KZfaq recommended this one to me, another fantastic video for a fantastic childhood game, would love to play this again someday! 😁👍 (never did fully play through it!)
@piranhacupcake5154
@piranhacupcake5154 6 жыл бұрын
I love this game!! For anyone looking to play this game for the first time, I have so tips on how to reduce the staff complaints problem. -It is important to note that a lot of pay raise demands usually mean something is making your staff unhappy, raising pay is only a temporary fix. I find that having a large staff room with several sofas, a couple TVs and a pool table helps to avoid this situation. -With a big hospital, your staff may not be able to get to the staff room in time to rest before they reach the point where they start to complain, or are needed again at their work-post, so having a small staff room in unconnected buildings is a must. (Not to mention it helps to keep the rare and elusive surgeons close to the operating theater.) -Having extra items in every room also helps to keep staff happy. I don't recommend plants, since they require care. I usually give each room a heater, a fire extinguisher (which helps to keep your equipment in better shape and may reduce the risk of explosions) and a trash can. -The staff also hates being too hot or too cold, so keeping your hospital properly heated helps reduce complaints. I find a heater in every room usually does the trick. Place them on opposite walls to avoid over-heating. -Hiring an extra nurse or doctor may help to keep things running smoothly while one of them needs a rest. Note: The secretary never needs to rest, so you only need one per reception desk. Hope it helps! :D
@cameronyoungcg9270
@cameronyoungcg9270 Жыл бұрын
Does the receptionist's skill level actually do anything? I generally just go for the cheapest one as she seemingly constantly has minimum tiredness and maximum happiness.
@AndreasLindholm
@AndreasLindholm 8 жыл бұрын
This is one of my all time faves.. the humour is so awesome
@SinfulKarma
@SinfulKarma 11 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved this game as a kid on the PC, I went fan boy mode when I had heard they released the PS release on the PSN for the PS3 and PSP. Which I have, I find it hilarious how I not once beat the PC version 100% but I can play this on my PSP and win without trying. Still a great game that tickles my nostalgia every time I pick it up.. and the one game boxes I love seeing at the beginning of your videos.
@deervidyas8972
@deervidyas8972 8 жыл бұрын
I know this is an extremely old video, but it's definitely worth putting this here. There's an Open Source project for Theme Hospital, called CorsixTH. It optimizes the game for modern PC's, and allows you to play without the use of Dosbox and the like. If you have the game, try it on that.
@mrnicktoyou
@mrnicktoyou 13 жыл бұрын
Awesome game. I still have those sounds in my head, "Doctor... attending psychiatry please!", lol.
@giantsquidy3491
@giantsquidy3491 9 жыл бұрын
I remember my older cousin showing me this game when i was in like 5th grade. I bought it on gog.com after seeing this. Absolutely amazing.
@MickeyMulligan
@MickeyMulligan 7 жыл бұрын
just an FYI, adjust the work policy bar to about half or a little less than. This will set you staff to take breaks before their stress bar fills to max and thus they will not demand raises or bonuses.
@Cozyfarmae
@Cozyfarmae 6 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this game for a long time but forgot the name, this was the only game I can afford when I was a kid that is close to sims, now I know the name of the game, thank you LGR
@pagofr
@pagofr 2 жыл бұрын
I looooove this Game. And thanks to Corsix TH, the game is completely playable on 64bit Windows with some extra features like auto raise (thank god)
@JohnSmith-zg2id
@JohnSmith-zg2id 7 жыл бұрын
I got the game when it was free on Origin, but didn't play it until I saw this video. Thanks LGR, it is a really good game.
@Eantrin
@Eantrin 6 жыл бұрын
1:31 Awww, they threw in the Horned Reaper. That's a cute nod to Dungeon Keeper. Good on you Bullfrog.
@marcl.1346
@marcl.1346 7 жыл бұрын
1:57 all this time and still no comment about the "quit while you're a head" joke???? It was awesome!
@wushushorty1
@wushushorty1 5 жыл бұрын
I still have this game.. and played about a year ago.. man.. fun times.
@xaviersxmen1735
@xaviersxmen1735 10 жыл бұрын
This was one of my first simulation games and one of my favorites.
@missshellybeach
@missshellybeach 9 жыл бұрын
I love the theme series I have played theme park and theme hospital on almost every platform it's been released on I like the subtle differences between the console and PC versions such a shame bullfrog no longer exists I hope EA will revive the theme series one day with a new title like the proposed theme resort and theme movie studio projects bullfrog cancelled in the late 90's or reboot of theme park or theme hospital ?
@graveyardgxblin
@graveyardgxblin 7 жыл бұрын
I used to play this game so much. I love the people with the slack tongue & the ones who are covered in hair.
@HannahJane1994
@HannahJane1994 11 жыл бұрын
re-installed this a few days ago and didn't realise you had a review for it!
@GalacticCowboy
@GalacticCowboy 10 жыл бұрын
Great review - can't stop playing this game!
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