SimTheme Park


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  Step 1:  The Game

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The variety of "building-type" strategy games have increased greatly over the past five years, from constructing railroads (Railroad Tycoon) to building a successful career and family (The Sims). Amidst all this diversity, the amusement park motif has become seriously popular. Electronic Arts' SimTheme Park is especially notable. Not only is its strategy intriguing, but the game is accessible to gamers of all ages and interests.
  Step 2:  How You Play

The object in SimTheme Park is simple enough: design a successful amusement park. However, you must control a variety of issues in order to do this. For example, you need to hire an effective staff of janitors, security guards, researches, and mechanics (you'll need these guys to repair rides). Other important aspects of the game involve buying land, making ride upgrades, monitoring your visitors' mood, placing bathrooms in strategic locations, and adjusting park ticket prices.
  Step 3:  It's All About Fun

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SimTheme Park enables gamers to choose from four amusement park themes: Space Zone, Lost Kingdom, Land of Wonders, and Halloween. A variety of different entertainment forms are at you fingertips, from building sideshows and shops to designing your very own roller coaster. Better still, you can ride the rides that you build! There's nothing in computer-land more exhilarating than taking that first plunge on your own coaster. Once you've finished the park, you can publish your creation on the game's Web site.
  Step 4:  The Bottom Line

Everyone loves amusement parks. After all, what is there to not like about fun? That's the underlying appeal of SimTheme Park --it's a game about creating fun, which in turn, is great fun in itself. Whether you're keeping an eye on patrons and their spending habits or taking a test-drive on your newest ride, this game provides amusement for all ages. Watch as you melt like cotton candy into a child yourself.