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Theme Hospital
Type of Program:Simulation Game
Supported Platforms:MS-DOS 5.0+ or Windows 95
Company Name:Bullfrog
Version:not stated
Price:demo free, full game around £40
Installed Size:22Mb (and that is just the demo!)
Bullfrog have gone to new heights with this
follow up to Theme Park. The game involves equipping and running
a hospital, building rooms, hiring and firing staff, researching
drugs and diseases and a host of other factors. Altogether a
complex and engrossing game. The demo has a tutorial, and a
simplified version of the game which allows a limited amount of
building and equipment with all other features grayed out. It
took me about half an hour to complete the scenario of 20 cured
patients, and left me wanting more! The controls and interface
are very simple to use and understand, and the colourful, chirpy
graphics are great fun and clear to see. The characters in the
hospital all have personalities, and many factors combine to make
them function properly, such as how rested they are, how well
trained -and of course how well paid!
The demo itself is very simple, and will not
take long, but it does give a taste of the game, and certainly
made me want to buy it. The diseases are funny rather than
distressing, and there is plenty of humour throughout the
programme. One small point - in Britain we do not pay our
hospitals for health care, it is hard at first to remember that
the aim of the game is to make money!
Reviewers note: these scores are for the demo -
I am saving up for the game!
Performance 
User Friendly 
Cost (demo) FREE!
Ease of Installation
Support 
Sounds: (maddening lift music)
Graphics:
Reviewed by Sue Abbott
sue@amaze.demon.co.uk
To purchase,go to any local game retailer
System requirements:
486DX2 66 8 Megs RAM
2X CD-ROM
1 Meg VESA compliant SVGA (VLB or PCI) video card required 40mb
of free HD space. MS or 100% compatible mouse driver MS-DOS 5.0+
or Windows 95
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