Theme Park

oxygene · 26 Jul 2006 at 21:21

Ok I love this game, the original that is. I have the orig retail etc, and now I still love it playing it on dosbox, but I have a problem with mouse freezes. Doesnt matter which mouse but soemtimes when changing screen, mostly from end of year screens, or going to or from research, the mouse freezes completely. Does anyone know of, or remember this problem, and is there a way to fix it?

I know its an ancient game, but its damn fun and I would play it all the time if it wasnt for that problem.

MeatLoaf · 26 Jul 2006 at 21:30

I got my very first PC to play this, as it had more features than my amiga version.

The PC was an uber powerful 486/DX66 with a whopping 8Mb RAM, 420Mb HDD, and a blazing 4x CDROM, ISA Soundblaster and a 1MB GFX card.

Wish i could find the CD, im sure its at my dads somewhere.

Vonhelmet · 26 Jul 2006 at 22:51

There's a patch. You can buy it on ebay. It's called Rollercoaster Tycoon.

Overlag · 26 Jul 2006 at 23:27

i had this on 8 floppies..... the sales man at a pcshop told my parents it didnt come on cd....... dam spotty geek didnt have a clue... i played simcity2000 more though.

locutus12 · 27 Jul 2006 at 02:45

RCtycoon patch for xp / 2000.

ftp://ftp.download-center.com/international/RCT1/RollercoasterTycoonPatch.zip

google and Atari .com are your friend, youl find them very useful in future.

Zefan · 27 Jul 2006 at 02:46

I had this on my PS1 but I could never seem to get enough cas to sell up and buy a new park in a more populated area

Maybe I was just rubbish at it.

locutus12 · 27 Jul 2006 at 04:00

i never really played it properly, i just enjoyed making these coasters with a MAAAAHOOOSIVE drop and an open end ramp to try and make the cars all fly off as far as i could :cool:

leezer3 · 27 Jul 2006 at 09:04

oxygene said:
Ok I love this game, the original that is. I have the orig retail etc, and now I still love it playing it on dosbox, but I have a problem with mouse freezes. Doesnt matter which mouse but soemtimes when changing screen, mostly from end of year screens, or going to or from research, the mouse freezes completely. Does anyone know of, or remember this problem, and is there a way to fix it?

I know its an ancient game, but its damn fun and I would play it all the time if it wasnt for that problem.

Try ramping up the CPU cycles of DOSBox a bit more.
Other than that though, it does seem to be a problem mentioned in the games database; I'd personally grab the latest CVS version & see if that fixes anything.

-Leezer-

locutus12 · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:04

leezer3 said:
Try ramping up the CPU cycles of DOSBox a bit more.
Other than that though, it does seem to be a problem mentioned in the games database; I'd personally grab the latest CVS version & see if that fixes anything.

-Leezer-

he doesnt need to use dosbox anymore, the patch i put up for him will let him run the game under XP/2000.

oxygene · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:15

ummm, forgive me for misreading but isnt the patch you put up for rollercoaster tycoon?

Vonhelmet · 27 Jul 2006 at 12:39

oxygene said:
ummm, forgive me for misreading but isnt the patch you put up for rollercoaster tycoon?

I think he got the wrong end of the stick after I facetiously posted suggesting you buy RCT as a "patch" for Theme Park.

bledd · 27 Jul 2006 at 19:34

vonhelmet said:
There's a patch. You can buy it on ebay. It's called Rollercoaster Tycoon.

rofl

i loved theme park 1, putting extra salt on chips so people got thirsty, but putting loads of ice in, so they buy double the ammount of drinks, priceless

shifty_uk · 27 Jul 2006 at 21:20

I've never played theme park, but theme hospital was simply brilliant!

locutus12 · 30 Jul 2006 at 02:56

vonhelmet said:
I think he got the wrong end of the stick after I facetiously posted suggesting you buy RCT as a "patch" for Theme Park.

lol oops... night time reading lol

sorry...

CLICK HERE for instructions on how to get Theme Park running under XP without dosbox.

shifty_uk said:
I've never played theme park, but theme hospital was simply brilliant!

ive got that

its freeware now i believe

only problem is that it runs too damn fast on my pc lol...

XPE · 30 Jul 2006 at 08:57

Theme Park is a blast from the past, had this on the mega drive.

i was another one of these people that couldnt get any where in it.

leezer3 · 30 Jul 2006 at 11:06

locutus12 said:
lol oops... night time reading lol sorry...

CLICK HERE for instructions on how to get Theme Park running under XP without dosbox.

And thats another different game altogether- Theme Park World

-Leezer-

PESolution · 30 Jul 2006 at 11:23

i used to own up theme hospital on my first ever pc it rocked<£ oh **** an epidemic!!!!!!! in flies the red chopper....

...and tbh theme park was wicked too, remember putting extra salt on the chips so the punters have mroe drinks, then more ice in the drinks

Bri · 30 Jul 2006 at 11:24

vonhelmet said:
There's a patch. You can buy it on ebay. It's called Rollercoaster Tycoon.

Fo Sho

Biohazard · 30 Jul 2006 at 11:36

MeatLoaf said:
I got my very first PC to play this, as it had more features than my amiga version.

The PC was an uber powerful 486/DX66 with a whopping 8Mb RAM, 420Mb HDD, and a blazing 4x CDROM, ISA Soundblaster and a 1MB GFX card.

Wish i could find the CD, im sure its at my dads somewhere.

Hey that was quite a PC for back then, 420Mb HDD would have been massive for the time!

My first PC was 386SX 12Mhz to play Civilisation on

BloodWolf · 30 Jul 2006 at 11:41

Overlag said:
i had this on 8 floppies..... the sales man at a pcshop told my parents it didnt come on cd....... dam spotty geek didnt have a clue... i played simcity2000 more though.

LOL!
I remember the floppy days..