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- THEME PARK DEMO
- COPYRIGHT 1993 - 1994
- BULLFROG PRODUCTIONS LTD.
-
- Welcome to the fantastic world of
- Theme Park!
-
- Being our extra special first visitor
- you are entitled to a sneak preview of
- the new park. But this isn't any old
- park- no, it's all yours...
-
- When your Great Aunt passed away
- she left you a sum of money on one
- condition: That you keep her
- kindness and generosity alive by
- building the World's greatest theme
- park- a place where people can be
- happy, interested, safe and
- entertained. With this in mind you've
- hired a plot of land from the
- government and must now set about
- building your theme park.
-
- From the initial lump sum you will
- have to design the layout and theme
- of your wonderland, purchase rides,
- hire staff and open snack shops while
- staying on top of your resources and
- making sure that everything is priced
- correctly- or you'll go bust and spoil
- everything, including Aunt's last
- wish.
-
- In this, the Demonstration Version,
- you will be able to work from an
- existing layout and add new features
- as time passes.
-
- Controlling the game is simple. Use
- the Mouse to scroll around your plot
- of land by holding the left mouse
- button down and pushing the border.
- You can also use the keyboard's
- cursor keys.
-
- Left click on the information bar at
- the top of the screen to access the
- system menu. From here you will be
- able to change controls that will
- affect the entire game. When an
- option is faint it means you can't
- change it. An option with a tick
- before it means that it is activated.
- An arrow means that a sub menu
- hangs from this option and is
- accessible by pushing the mouse in
- that direction. Hint: For in game help
- left click on the Park menu and
- activate your Adviser.
-
- Along the bottom of the screen is the
- control panel- use this to modify your
- park. The adviser will tell you what
- these do.
-
- When you enter Question Mode a
- bank of indicators and buttons appear
- on the control panel depending on the
- feature that you left click on.
-
- When you question a ride the
- indicator bank is filled up with icons.
- The first is an indicator of how long
- the ride lasts before stopping. Left
- click to make it last longer, right to
- make it a short one. The second
- indicator shows how full a ride must
- be before it starts. Left click to start
- it with many people, right to make it
- a start sooner. The third indicator
- shows how safe the ride is- send in
- the mechanics and keep this low!
- The button allows you to open
- (green) or close (red) this ride. It's
- always safer to close a faulty ride
- immediately. The last button allows
- you to alter the speed of the ride, but
- be careful, left clicking the speed too
- high will wear the ride out and make
- it dangerous although you can always
- right click it slower again.
-
- Designing is simple. Choose the
- feature you want either from the
- menu (which gives more information)
- or the window with a left click, move
- to the area where you want it to go
- and left click to lay. Rides have an
- entrance and exit that you can place
- anywhere around the platform that
- holds the attraction.
-
- Visitors will only go on rides that
- have a Queue leading up to the
- entrance. In fact your visitors are
- very fussy indeed! They prefer
- signposts to shops, rides and exits;
- They admire pleasant scenery and
- they become very worried if they lose
- themselves in unmarked parts of the
- park- so make sure you lay your
- paths and signposts wisely.
-
- Playing Theme Park will take a lot of
- skill and finesse as you maintain your
- theme in a pleasing way, while at the
- same time, make prices just right to
- ensure that you can continue
- building. Keep an eye on the
- visitors- they will tell you exactly
- what they think. And listen to your
- advisers they've been in the
- wonderland business longer than you.
-
- But that doesn't mean you can't have
- fun, after all, it is your Theme Park.
-
- There are numerous extra features
- that will be present in the full game
- these include:
-
- Thousands of animations,
- 32 rides,
- 4 different roller coasters,
- 16 shops,
- 6 design-your-own rides
- Competing theme parks,
- Stocks and shares,
- Multi-player,
- Compete against other players` saved
- parks,
- Numerous Staff,
- Many different global locations,
- Fireworks,
- 3D sound,
- Context sensitive adviser,
- Disasters.
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