Theme Park - PlayStation 1 - Intro, gameplay & discussion, still worth playing? [4K]

Рет қаралды 36,751

4 жыл бұрын

A look at Bullfrog's classic theme park business simulator first released in 1994, this is the 1995 PS1 version. Which included an extra 3D view mode, that allowed you to walk around your built part in 3D. Randomised Gaming's own editor Riven gives his thoughts on the game and explains how it works. Seeing as it's a surprisingly complex game in places, that doesn't have a huge amount of music. As with all the CD based ports it includes an opening CGI intro, along with CGI videos for most of the rides and key events in-game.
A hugely impressive title on release, Theme Park's games design has been borrowed by all the major titles in the genre. While titles like RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, may have now surpassed Theme Park in the design department, there's no doubting which game RollerCoaster Tycoon was based on.
Bullfrog had a great sense of humour too when developing the game which can be seen in the cartoon look and feel of all the rides and characters. The aim is to build up a successful Theme Park, then sell it off and repeat it all over again by starting another one up in a different part of the world. You do this by building up your park, investing in rides and staff and making your park as nice as possible. Keeping the park clean, the rides working and having security boot out any trouble makers, such as the biker thugs when they turn up.
While the fact you couldn't really choose where to start in the world from the get go was a mistake. There was also little reason to start a park elsewhere in the world either. As the original version of the game had no regional changes, however some late ports such as the SNES, Mega Drive (Snow and desert landscapes) and Nintendo DS (some regional shops, coffee shop becomes Tea bus in UK) did.
It's as fun now as it was on release and while the game does have a few annoying bugs. Punters getting stuck in the park and the game crashing when you build your park too big. It's hard not to spend hours building up your empire and seeing your park thrive or fail, based on how well you built it. A modern port would be great, but it seems unlikely ever to happen. Due to all the different changes between versions, there isn't one definitive release. The most recent port is the Nintendo DS one which EA Japan did.
Also known as: テーマパーク (Japan)
Release: 1995
Developer: Krisalis Software (PS1 Port) Bullfrog Productions (Original game)
Publisher: Electronic Arts (EA) / エレクトロニック・アーツ (EU & USA) Electronic Arts Victor / エレクトロニック・アーツ・ビクター (Japan)
Format: Sony PlayStation 1 (PS1) / プレイステーション1
The PS1 version of Theme Park is available for PS3 and PSP as a PlayStation Store (PSN) download: store.playstat...
The PC DOS version is also available from Good Old Games: www.gog.com/ga...
It was also release on Sega Saturn, 3D0, Mega Drive, Mega CD, SNES, Nintendo DS, Amiga, Jaguar and more.
New intro and outros included in this video, let us know what you think. Template from Panzoid by Magnus DZN, edited by Riven, intro music is Chipper Doodle and outro music is Grasshopper by Quincas Moreira.
Chipper Doodle - Electronic Light by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommon...)
Source: incompetech.com...
Artist: incompetech.com/
Randomised Gaming blog: / randomisedgaming
KZfaq Channel: / randomisedgamingyoutube
Twitter: / rdmdgaming
Twitch Channel: / randomised_gaming
Buy us a Coffee or Tea at Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/rand...
Footage is captured directly from original hardware in this case a PAL PlayStation 2, via Component, captured using Elgato Game Capture HD60 Pro with a open source scan convertor (OSSC). Upscaled to 4K to improve the video bit rate.
#PS1 #ThemePark #Bullfrog

Пікірлер: 98

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy this video? please remember to *LIKE* *&* *SUBSCRIBE!* You can also keep up to date with us on Twitter, Twitch and Tumblr: Randomised Gaming *Blog:* randomisedgaming.tumblr.com *Twitter:* twitter.com/rdmdgaming *Twitch:* www.twitch.tv/randomised_gaming *Buy us a Coffee or Tea at Ko-fi:* ko-fi.com/randomisedgaming Affiliate links in video description, feel free to discuss the video and game in the comment section below, but beware we have KZfaq's swear and link filters active for comments.

@AngelStarStudios 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this game SO MUCH growing up

@MrGameboyjr 3 жыл бұрын

My sister and I would spend all night playing this game when we were kids. We still talk about it to this day, this game will always have such a special place in my heart.

@AngelStarStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Same here

@emanuelemazzoni782 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing game..... played a lot at the time

@emarskineel Жыл бұрын

Same here, my brother and I never understood the negotiation handshake thing, we would just get the hands to shake as soon as possible lol.

@gillybuzz Жыл бұрын

@@emarskineel same with me and my bro hahahah

@AlotMoreOfEm 3 ай бұрын

I always ran out of money lol and rides non stop broke down

@HatSwitcher 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, I had this as a kid and something just reminded me of it, was fun to refresh my memory

@HoneyVonnie Жыл бұрын

Wowwww! You’ve just unlocked a childhood memory. Thank you!

@RandomisedGamingYouTube Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it, a lot of people are fans of the old Theme games from the developer Bullfrog.

@rickwong9049 2 жыл бұрын

I remember playing this game. The bad ending in game is just creepy and scary, something you would see in today's 'PS1-inspired indie horror games' in it's backstory or lore. Regardless, this game is a masterpiece together with Theme Hospital.

@TheIzzyNobreShow Жыл бұрын

Now I wanna know what the bad ending is!

@raptorgator Жыл бұрын

I think there should be creepypastas in relation to this game

@FreelancerWells 28 күн бұрын

In the mid 90s, there was a Blockbuster store pretty close by, and they had games available to rent. One of the games I rented was Theme Park for the Megadrive, and I absolutely adored it at the time. :D

@thephoenixking1086 2 ай бұрын

I remember playing this game and going into a first person like thing to check the map, it turned out that you can go into first person while the demo map plays while you sit on the Menu for too long, this will allow you to explore the demo map and if you exit first person, you can actually work on the demo map. I have searched everywhere to see if this feature actually existed and no-one has seen it as far as I am aware, but I swear down it was a real feature as I used to mess with it all the time.

@jessehenderson2967 3 жыл бұрын

Many a day did i play and fail at this game after coming home from school. I always just hit a little different than Roller Coaster Tycoon.

@charlesderosas5577 3 жыл бұрын

I remember I made rollercoasters that the people flew out of their seats, fun times fun times.

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, yes that seemed to be everyone's first rollercoaster on theme park,. It meant your peaks were to high and you hard turns too close to a peak.

@MrSapps 3 жыл бұрын

@@RandomisedGamingKZfaq there is a better way (a bug) - build 2 rolller coasts and connect them. Then you can close the ride even though another entrace still allows peeps on to it, then you can just delete the track at the bottom of a drop lol

@uncooked_ham 4 ай бұрын

@@MrSapps THAT IS NAUGHTY AND CHEATING AND I WILL CALL THE POLICE IF THERE IS CHEATING IT IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE GAME NO CHEATING YOU NAUGHTY SAUSAGE.

@amberseymour8789 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite nostalgia games. I often mention this game and it’s rare that anyone knows what I’m talking about

@RandomisedGamingYouTube Жыл бұрын

It was hugely popular in the 90s here in the United Kingdom, but that was a long time ago now. Electronic Arts are also very very bad at re-releasing their older games. The last port was on the Nintendo DS and that was done by EA's now shut down Japanese arm.

@LongshoreVRGuy 8 ай бұрын

This was the first theme park builder I played, I loved it, never found another theme park simulator that I enjoyed as much. Any suggestions?

@smith9808 Жыл бұрын

This game got me really in to the rollercoaster game genre. I used to play it so much until the mighty rollercoaster coaster tycoon came out and blew it out the water, of course.

@fayeluna8613 3 ай бұрын

Ah this sound at 30:09 is so nostalgic. 🥰

@TeeRql 2 жыл бұрын

omgggg i could cry lol this was my GAMEEEE!! i want something like this for the nintendo switch

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 2 жыл бұрын

A reissue of this and it's sequel on the newer consoles would be awesome, most recent version was on the Nintendo DS to date, so that would work on a 3DS.

@Morathias 8 ай бұрын

wow..the memorize i have playing this game, back when it first released.

@xoNatalieShaw 4 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh. Thank you. The memories 😭

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video, it is a great game one we still play from time to time.

@accountname8819 Жыл бұрын

This needs a remaster that fixes all those points

@yourlocaloof2987 Жыл бұрын

This scared the hell out of me as a kid

@RandomisedGamingYouTube Жыл бұрын

Was it the Ghost Train or Haunted House ride? They were rather creepy.

@JohnFleming-sw7hn 8 ай бұрын

Still worth playing! Yes I still say so along with roller coaster tycoon!

@BRExteriorPro 2 жыл бұрын

This was a sweet game back in the day.

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 2 жыл бұрын

The first time the team played it was on the Amiga A500, really was an impressive title.

@ThomasCassonActor 6 ай бұрын

I had this on Megadrive, I heard about the playstation release where you could ride the rides and thought wow.

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 6 ай бұрын

PlayStation and SEGA Saturn version had videos of all the rides in action. The 3D Camera view is only in the PS1 version, worth noting the SNES and Mega Drive versions included rides no other version had.

@ThomasCassonActor 6 ай бұрын

@@RandomisedGamingKZfaq I'm streaming theme park on megadrive and theme park World on ps1 tonight. I'm trying to cram my homework on the versions and before 8pm tonight!

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 6 ай бұрын

There are lots of versions of the main game the website Gamefaqs should list them all, one of the more interesting version was the Japanese Saturn and PS1 alternative version called Shin Theme Park, which swapped out the rides for more Japanese themed one, they also had the standard versions on the same consoles. The Nintendo DS version was the last port to date of the original game and it really was a great port on the system. Started on the Amiga and PC, we first played the Amiga A500 version which was somewhat buggy to say the least.

@ThomasCassonActor 6 ай бұрын

@@RandomisedGamingKZfaq thank you. I will literally read this on stream and credit you.

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 6 ай бұрын

Good lucky with the stream, FM Town and NEC PC98 version are the least known about rare Japanese Home computer releases. Jaguar, 3D0 and the Mega / Sega CD are the less common console releases.

@Hchris101 2 жыл бұрын

Looking to buy this. Looks cool 😎

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 2 жыл бұрын

Great game well worth getting if you like simulation titles.

@jonathanavis5390 3 жыл бұрын

The cheat is: enter Bovine into the nickname

@jonathanavis5390 3 жыл бұрын

Than when u start the park, pause the gameplay than hold down x square and o at the same time

@ShinyHunt3r 3 жыл бұрын

Yes ^^

@robbo2099 Жыл бұрын

No wonder I kept going bankrupt as a 10 year old, a lot of complex management going on

@RandomisedGamingYouTube Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it takes quite a bit of practice to get right, when we first got it on the Amiga way back in the early 90s, didn't have a clue what was going on, it had a thick old manual to read as well.

@Casketkrusher_ 9 ай бұрын

Great game, but as a kid it was pretty confusing at some points.

@raptorgator 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone else remember this game had a bit of a creepy feel to it at times?

@beaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Жыл бұрын

YESS i remember it just being inexplicably creepy whenever i'd play it as a kidd

@alvstar84 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t begin to tell you how addicted I was to this back in the day, although it was my uncles PS1 I used to play it on but I still managed to play it plenty as he lived at my nans. But I ended up renting the SNES version from BlockBuster a number of times, wasn’t as good but did the job lol.

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 2 жыл бұрын

It remains a classic title and one long overdue a re-release. While the SNES and Mega Drive versions didn't look quite as good. They did feature some exclusive rides and environments, not seen in any other version.

@OliverEckstein 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing that you could explore the park or „use“ attractions on the PS1 version. I always missed that feature on DOS.

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 3 жыл бұрын

It's a really nice feature, it's a pity it wasn't included in any other version of the game.

@bugboy9915 3 жыл бұрын

So this was the prequel to theme park world cool

@bdboricua3128 11 ай бұрын

I fkn loved this game

@joshmunro2560 Жыл бұрын

Worra game. I miss games like this.

@TheKaffeeBonbon 4 жыл бұрын

I recently got the dos-Version again (I loved to play it when I was a kid on our old Win95 PC), I forgot how challenging this was. It took me hours of getting bankrupt and watching youtube videos and googleing the manual to find out what I was doing wrong. I can't believe I played it alright when I was in primary school. Nevertheless. I would simply love to have a new game like this in recent days. I don't necessarily need much better graphics (well, I think like the latest Anno 1800 would be cool but I'm still totally fine with pixel graphics in games like these) But a less buggy and crashing version, also not with a dos-emulator and a more intuitive GUI would be nice. I know there are some similar newer games like the latest roller coaster tycoon or all these annoying in app purchasing games but none of these have the economy part. They may look fine but in the end, all you can do with these is build a cool park without being in danger of hanging yourself because of brankruptsy (which is so macrabre that I love it). So with the missing economy part, the thrill of failing is missing aswell.

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 4 жыл бұрын

The fact you could fail in this, reflected the real business world far more and learning, how to balance your park to make it successful was part of the game, something later games lacked. There was some dark elements in this as you say with a macabre nature it, the later console versions showed a figure jumping out of the window if you went bust. Very dark British humour from Bullfrog, something that likely wouldn't be allowed in the modern era. As it's not really a subject that should be shown in such a manner and may not be accepted by rating boards either.

@Amir_97 8 ай бұрын

can someone tell me how to proper setup this game on epsxe? My problem ist that the text is very pixelated to the point where you can't read anything

@BurntRAM 3 жыл бұрын

i keep going broke for some reason. when i look at my balance sheet research is the main culprit but then i turn off research and some dumbass land tax gets me

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 3 жыл бұрын

The biggest thing that gets people is the loan interest as you have to take out a loan at the start and that heavily cuts into your balance each month. It's a good idea to only take out small loans and pay them back as quickly as possible once your park can stand on its own two feet from the income

@raxsavvage 2 ай бұрын

this game just cursed to crash on the amiga and megadrive versions beleive it was a RAM issue

@deadchannelmoment4997 4 жыл бұрын

Great video I like it.

@fixihartmann2793 Жыл бұрын

I still dont understand how the research workrs. It was diffrent back when i was playing it. Downloaded it now on pc, but i dont get any researches

@RandomisedGamingYouTube Жыл бұрын

You turn the pumps to increase the amount of money you send or not on research, the research charge is at the end of every month. What's not told to the player is that each new item (ride, shop, staff member) requires a set amount of money is spent in research before unlocking. We always maxed research for a few months as putting a little into research, takes far too long to unlock anything. In some cases it case take 6 months of research to unlock a new item even at max. (Are tactic was to max research in one section for a few months as soon as you unlock something turn off the research.) As an example ride A will require 20,000 in research in total to unlock ride B will need 40,000, but this is never shown to the player.

@adammehmed3324 3 жыл бұрын

Was hoping youd explain the stock market a bit more. Even as an adult I still get confused by it. Other than that, great review

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 3 жыл бұрын

What do you need to know? The aim is to buy back all your shares as quickly as possible so your creditors don't take a chunk of your revenue each year. Buying all the shares plays a special intro as well, as you then have complete control of the park.

@Dessan01 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a good idea to buy up all available shares as soon as you get into the game, before you lay the first piece of path.

@cricketguy1206 4 жыл бұрын

I have one question. (Ahem) HOW DO I OPEN THE RIVER TUBING?!? (Deep breath) No seriously, a man needs his tubes.

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 4 жыл бұрын

Click on the entrance on the tubes? Seem to recall that had the open option.

@irieite9666 3 жыл бұрын

You need to build the track before the entrance

@levipayne801 3 жыл бұрын

I remember a bug where you couldn't reload a game after saving it

@riderr3 3 жыл бұрын

This is because the player must enter the same nickname that he started last time.

@accountname8819 Жыл бұрын

This version seems to run better then on pc

@jonathanavis5390 3 жыл бұрын

You can play the PS1 game on the PS2! I never had the game crash ever. Played it on my PS2

@Qwerty789LL 2 жыл бұрын

You can also play it on the PS3. Either on the disc or purchase it through the PS3 in the PS Store.

@rebeccastevens2903 5 ай бұрын

Does the player jump out a window if he goes bankrupt in this game?

@emarskineel Жыл бұрын

That choking sound gave me ptsd as a kid because I thought someone was dying lol, what does it indicate?

@RandomisedGamingYouTube Жыл бұрын

People feeling unwell or being sick we seem to recall

@kcrazy3311 4 ай бұрын

where can I buy this game to play on modern computers?

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 4 ай бұрын

It is available to buy on GOG (Good old games)

@ninaolbruck9781 Жыл бұрын

Can you pls. explain how I can open my park at the beginning?

@RandomisedGamingYouTube Жыл бұрын

It's shown at around 9:14 you need to bring up the gate menu and open it. In the earlier versions you had to click on the gates themselves.

@johnk5010 9 ай бұрын

doesnt crash on snes

@rustyshackleford8919 3 жыл бұрын

How do you sell your theme park?? I go to the auction but no one buys it

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Try making it bigger, researching more items and adding more rides, normally someone buy it's just not for a lot. You can't sell parks early on and small parks don't sell that well. Normally when we sell, parks it's at the end when we have everything possible in the park.

@1515jet 3 жыл бұрын

Any one know the maximum amount of guests you can have??

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 3 жыл бұрын

In the original, there wasn't a limit at least not one made clear. The bigger your park got the more people would enter it hence why most versions crashed if you built a park too big.

@andrewbatchelor6399 Жыл бұрын

Can you get this on the PS4 now?

@RandomisedGamingYouTube Жыл бұрын

Sadly no, EA to date haven't reissued any of their PS1 games on PlayStation.

@samthesnowman666 3 жыл бұрын

Yummy

@barcaleicleic7781 3 жыл бұрын

...

@jerryinohio1978 3 жыл бұрын

Could have done without the dialogue.

@RandomisedGamingYouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Some viewers want commentary some don't, as this game has quite in depth systems it worth explaining them to first time viewers, due to the age of the game. The second half of this video doesn't have any commentary, if you just want to watch the park grow.