Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection | 
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| From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $9.85
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Avg. Customer Rating:  175 reviews
Sales Rank: 977
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 1.4
MPN: 100722
UPC: 805529445321
EAN: 0805529445321
ASIN: B0000A2TPE
Release Date: August 5, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Start out with the original Zoo Tycoon -- you'll have total control over a zoo, and create the animal displays that will impress and amaze people | | • | Create concession stands, take care of the animals and handle problems like escaped lions -- all while balancing the book & trying to turn a profit. It's fun AND challenging! | | • | Take it a step further with the Marine Mania expansion pack -- all-new exhibit materials, building and attractions for creating a beautiful aquarium display and dolphin show | | • | Dinosar Digs gives you the chance to create your own dinosaur park -- bring T-Rexes and brontosaurs to life and keep them from eating the customers | | • | Also comes with the Endangered Species Theme Pack, featuring a dozen unique animals, 40 objects, and 3 new scenarios -- plus bonus animals available for download |
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Product Description
Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection triples your strategy fun, as you discover new worlds and build the most beautiful zoo in history!
Amazon.com Review
An insidiously addictive simulation game, Zoo Tycoon allows players to create their own zoo, but not just any zoo. It's completely free-form: Start with fences for your exhibits, then pick animals and give them toys, foliage, and anything else you want. For your customers, you can lay down paths to lead them around, then add food stands, amusement rides, even maps and trash cans. Not sure what you need? The zoo advisors will tell you how to make the animals happy, and the customers themselves will tell you what they're looking for, be it snacks, more animals, or anything else. There's also a vast amount of background information on each critter--its diet, its habitat, etc.--which can be useful when you're adding a macrauchenia or a Loch Ness Monster. In all, you can choose over 100 animals, plus countless habitat and park embellishments. What makes Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection especially compelling is its inclusion of the expansion packs Marine Mania and Dinosaur Digs, so you can add dolphin shows to your zoo, or even a T-Rex or wooly mammoth. Be sure to maintain those worn-out fences, though, or you could have big trouble on your hands. Zoo Tycoon is a great game for kids because while they'll have terrific fun crafting the zoo of their dreams, they'll also get a reality lesson about what customers want, and how their choice of expenditures ultimately affect the bottom line (that nacho stand sounds tasty, but is it making money?). If you've made a good zoo, customers will be happy, and the money will roll in. And it's also the kind of game grown-ups can enjoy, because there are so many possibilities. Be wary, however, of trying to sneak in 20 minutes of play before bedtime because you'll probably stay up a lot longer than you planned. (Ages 7 and older) --David Horiuchi Pros: - Great game for kids and parents to play together.
- Endless replay possibilities
- Educational value in its animal information and "real world" economics
Cons - Sometimes tiresome trying to get an animal's exhibit just right
- How much free time do you have to spare?
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| Customer Reviews: Read 170 more reviews...
 Excellent July 25, 2008
Excellent. The kids just love this game. All the neighborhood kids come to play the game.
Zoos, Aquariums and Jurassic Parks July 21, 2008
This is the complete collection of games for the original Zoo Tycoon game, including the Marine Mania and Dinosaur Digs expansions. Basically, the game is exactly what you'd expect... it's a sim/strategy type game where you take the role of a zoo keeper, and build your ideal zoo. With dozens of animals, from African hunting dogs to saltwater crocodiles to Asian black bears, this game should appeal to any wildlife enthusiast. The whole goal of the game is to make sure your animals, and guests, are happy. The former is achieved by placing them in a suitable environment, the later by building animal house (like 'reptile houses,' 'primate houses,' etc), resturants, gift stores and other attractions. You can choose several scenarios, from free form games to pre-made games that require you to achieve certain, increasingly challenging, goals.
The two expansion packs add on animals, attractions and new features appropriate to them. The Marine Mania pack includes all manner of sea creatures - sharks, whales, dolphins, octopi, seals, and so forth, while Dino Digs includes dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts like Allosaurus, Megatherium, Smilodon and Ankylosaurus, amongst others. They also include new attractions, like the pterodactyl house and crustacean house, marina themed buildings, and the like, to get your guests attention. New features include animal shows where dolphins, orcas and sea lions can perform tricks, mixed exhibits that include land and water (for animals like hippos, walruses and sea otters), and electric fences to keep dinosaurs contained. Over all, with all these features and new scenarios any would-be Zoo Keeper will have literally hours, if not days, weeks and months, of game play. Definitely worth it for the money you'd spend on these great games. Love 'em all!
Zoo Tycoon is the best game EVER!!! June 26, 2008
I love Zoo Tycoon I play it all the time!!I really like the Kids Zoo in this game because everything's availible and you won't run out of money. When I play this game I always pick out my favorite animals. They are in Zoo Tycoon: the Gray Wolf, the Grizzly and Polar Bears, the Spotted Hyena, the Saltwater Crocodile, The Red Kangaroo, the Giant Anteater, and the Siberian Tiger. In Marine Mania: the Bottlenosed Dolphin, the Orca, the Great White Shark, the Green Sea Turtle, the Califorina Sea Lion (even though they're on Zoo Tycoon they can also be on Marine Mania), the Southern Sea Otter, the Pacfic Walrus, and the Humpback Whale (can you imagine a Humpback Whale in a REAL aquarium!?). And for Dinosaur Digs: the Velociraptor and the Tyrannosaurs Rex. All in all one of the best games i've ever come across. Just don't let your animals escape unless you love to see your guests flee in fear and get eaten!
 Zoo Tycoon is my Favorite! June 19, 2008
Zoo Tycoon is one of my favorite computer games. I have Zoo Tycoon 2 also, but
I prefer this version. Zoo Tycoon has worked very well on our computer,
although it is a bit slow when loading. Now for some info on the game. There
are three types of games to play. Tutorials, scenarios, and free-form games. I
recommend that you play the tutorials first to get used to the game. Then you
should play a free-form game to get used to owning a zoo before you take on the
scenarios. Some scenarios are very hard, some are not hard at all. On some
scenarios you have a certain amount of months to achieve the goals that you have
to do, and some are not timed. Different scenarios have different amounts of
money to start off with. All modes of play have money, even free-form.
If you decide to play free-form you will get to choose your favorite zoo. There
are tons of zoos to choose from. The zoos come in different sizes. Some zoos
come in all sizes. If you are a beginner, I recommend to get a small, plain
zoo. Those types of zoos are a lot easier to manage.
Once you get a zoo you will find a big area of land. Near the front there is
usually a few decorations and a little path. Usually there will be some plants
and rocks scattered around the zoo. To start making exhibits, see what kind of
animal you want. Leopards and big cats are hard, while anteaters, komodo
dragons, and Thompson gazelles are easier. Then you will need to pick your
fence. Iron bar fence is excellent. Animals can't climb through it or climb up
it unless it breaks. Click and drag the fence until you get the space you want.
Then name the exhibit. If you want, just leave the name of the exhibit as
"Exhibit 1".
Once you get your animal in the exhibit, click on the animal and click on the
button with the picture of a zookeeper. There the animals needs are displayed.
For example it might say " African Warthog 1 does not like the cat climbing
tree" or "Clouded Leopard 2 would like to have some fun and would like a toy".
The tutorials will show you everything you need to know about making exhibits,
caring for animals, and the rest of the stuff you need to know about Zoo Tycoon.
I'm a nine-year old girl and have spent some time building lots of cool exhibits. All in all, this game is very good. I would recommend it for ages 6 and up. As long as you do the tutorials you should be making expert zoos in a flash!
Zoo Tycoon June 18, 2008
Both my son(8) and daughter (6) love it. He is a big dinosaur fan so being able to make a zoo our of dinosaurs made him happy. Also, the onscreen text prompts and advice encourages reading which I am all for.
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