Theme Park (video game)

Theme Park
European cover art
Developer(s)Bullfrog Productions
Krisalis Software (PS1 & Saturn)
EA Japan (Nintendo DS)
Publisher(s)Bullfrog Productions
Electronic Arts
Mindscape (CD32)
Ocean Software (Jaguar & PAL SNES)
Domark (Sega Mega CD)
Programmer(s)Peter Molyneux
Demis Hassabis
Composer(s)Russell Shaw
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Amiga, 3DO, Mega Drive/Genesis, Mega CD, Amiga CD32, Mac OS, Atari Jaguar, FM Towns, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Super NES, PC-98, PC-88, X68000, Nintendo DS, iOS, Microsoft Windows
Release
June 1994[1]
  • MS-DOS
    Amiga
    3DO
    Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
    Sega CD & Amiga CD32
    Mac OS
    Atari Jaguar
    • NA: March 1995
    FM Towns
    • JP: 22 September 1995
    Sega Saturn
    • EU: November 1995
    • JP: 22 December 1995
    • NA: 1995
    • WW: 11 April 1997
    PlayStation
    • EU: 30 October 1995
    • JP: 29 December 1995
    • NA: 1996
    • WW: 11 April 1997
    SNES
    • JP: 15 December 1995
    • EU: 11 November 1996
    Nintendo DS
    • JP: 15 March 2007
    • NA: 20 March 2007
    • AU: 22 March 2007
    • EU: 23 March 2007
    iOS
    • NA: 8 December 2011
Genre(s)Construction and management sim
Mode(s)Single-player

Theme Park is a construction and management simulation video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1994. The player designs and operates an amusement park, with the goal of making money and creating theme parks worldwide. The game is the first instalment in Bullfrog's Theme series and their Designer Series.

Development took about a year and a half, with the team aiming for as much realism as possible. Certain features, including multiplayer, were dropped. Over 15 million copies were sold, and ports for various games consoles were released, most in 1995. Theme Park received generally positive reviews. Reviewers praised the gameplay and humour, but criticised console ports for reasons such as lack of save or mouse support. The game received a Japanese localisation (in addition to normal Japanese releases), Shin Theme Park, released in 1997 for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation, and remakes for the Nintendo DS and iOS, released in 2007 and 2011 respectively. Theme Hospital is Bullfrog's thematic successor to the game, and two direct sequels followed: Theme Park World (known as Sim Theme Park in some territories) and Theme Park Inc (also known as SimCoaster).

  1. ^ "preScreen". Edge. No. 9. June 1994. p. 15.