On a scale of questionable ethics, a game about running a zoo doesn’t quite compare with say,Concentration Camp Tycoon. But building an empire around a bunch of animals shoved in cages for visitors munching candyfloss to stare at still seems distasteful. Not that the public at large will think so. Zoos are still portrayed as the place the whole family can go for a fun day out and a perfectly suitable subject for children’s books. Putting moral considerations aside though, Zoo Tycoon is still open to criticism. For one thing, we haven’t seen such a boring management game since Sim Ant.
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Zoo Tycoon was released in 2001 and is the first in a series of games that give players the chance to design and create their very own zoo. This zoo comes complete with a full collection of dangerous animals that can easily turn on their keepers if not managed correctly. To date, Macintosh Repository served 1239527 old Mac files, totaling more than 235161.4GB! Downloads last 24h = 847: 171455.2MB Last 5000 friend visitors from all around the world come from. For Zoo Tycoon (2001) on the Macintosh, GameFAQs has 2 cheat codes and secrets.
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The game is divided into two modes: scenarios and freeform, the first one setting out very clear objectives to be completed within a specified time, the second closer to the original Theme Park, giving you carte blanche to build until you simply can’t take it anymore. In both cases you have to build paths, fence in areas and hire keepers and repairmen. You start off with a small number of animals you can 'adopt’ and stick in the exhibits, but you can research new species (not quite sure how that works) as well as new habitats, shelters and toys, while also improving staff training. There isn't much micromanaging to endure but, as if to make up for this, Zoo Tycoon has a very stupid system for ensuring the well-being and happiness of each of the animals. As well as company, toys and food, your animals need their original environment recreated with just the right percentage of ground covered with the correct surface. You can spend ages adding a bit more savannah grass, and tweaking the amount of dirt on the floor before the critters are fully satisfied. And it doesn’t exactly make for good gameplay.The hard work stops as soon as you’ve finished your objectives, and all there is left to do is twiddle your thumbs until you rub your fingerprints off.
The greatest thing about Zoo Tycoon is that you can remove the walls of the exhibits and let the animals run loose, eating guests and causing mayhem until recaptured. You can also achieve the one thing zoos are good at: preserving endangered species and helping them to procreate. But in a very similar situation to real zoos, the newly borns are simply visitor-fodder and there’s no chance of returning them to the wild.
Considering the barely functional graphics, irritating music and repetitive gameplay, parents who buy this for their children could well be accused of cruelty to children.
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Description of Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection Windows
Here is the video game “Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection”! Released in 2003 on Windows, it's still available and playable with some tinkering. The game is set in a compilation / shovelware theme.
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Chabra2020-10-010 point
I have the same problem as AQUADRAGNELL, i remember that there were a lot more animals from all dlcs, like panthers, siberian tigres, etc. What happened?
AquaDragnell2020-09-102 points
When I installed the game I didn't have all the dinos or marine animals what happened?
Cheddar2020-09-090 point
Download works perfect!!! Thank you so much!
Theepieguy2020-08-302 points
For those having problems with 'Insert CD' errors and the like. Windows likes to do something silly whenever it updates- it un-mounts all CD's. So if you still have the MARINA.iso (Which there shouldn't be a reason you do not.) That's the ISO you need to mount once again with a right click. I just created a shortcut to it on my desktop next to the complete collection icon and re-mount the file with a right-click on the shortcut. That should fix anyone's Insert CD problems.
APenguin2020-08-261 point
So I worked out why KC's fix works, and can recommend a shorter route for anyone. In the ini file, just change fullscreen = 1 to fullscreen = 0 and it should boot fine. Seems to be an issue where a lot of older games crash on startup on windows 10 if they are fullscreen.
LaBg2020-08-200 point
Dear ZSO, hire a zookeeper. Maintenance workers are there to clean up garbage and fix fences, not feed the animals. I'd recommend playing the tutorial :)
zso2020-08-170 point
my maintanance worker doesnt wanna give food to the animals :o what do i do??!
Sophie2020-08-130 point
RE Previous comment, sometimes I can get past the 'No CD' message, in which case it appears for a second, disappears, and leaves me unable to use my mouse for a minute until it presumably crashes. I am not at all computer savvy, but I do really want to play zoo tycoon i-i
Sophie2020-08-13-2 points
Downloaded OK, but when I try to open it says 'please insert CD ROM'. I tried the 'NOCD' file thinking maybe that is meant for that, but it doesn't open anything. Is there anything I can do?
ren2020-08-110 point
I got it to download, works fine. Thanks (-:
Anon2020-07-161 point
Works fine, I haven't got any problems (win 10)
You have to mount the zoo iso file and then the marina file which contain both expansions. If you have the no CD error just use the NOCD exe.
You have to mount the zoo iso file and then the marina file which contain both expansions. If you have the no CD error just use the NOCD exe.
Aristocat2020-07-141 point
My game starts fine. However, crashes after 5 min of gameplay.
If anyone knows a fix please let me know.
If anyone knows a fix please let me know.
kc2020-06-142 points
For anyone having trouble running the game, here is what I did to make it work on my windows 10 laptop:
1. I started by doing what everyone else in the comments said to do: mount the game via daemon tools and install it. The problem was that clicking on the game did not result in anything.
2. I watched a youtube video which told me to run the game in Windows XP compatibility mode. Same result.
3. I saw a suggestion somewhere to rename the zoo.exe file to zoodemo.exe. This caused the loading screen to pop up and then disappear.
4. In a last ditch effort, I tried copy-and-pasting the contents of zoo.ini into zoodemo.ini (which was automatically created when I renamed the exe file). THIS WORKED. I don't know why, but it did. Not that these files are found inside the Zoo Tycoon folder of your program files.
I don't know why this worked, but I decided to post it in case it helps anyone else.
1. I started by doing what everyone else in the comments said to do: mount the game via daemon tools and install it. The problem was that clicking on the game did not result in anything.
2. I watched a youtube video which told me to run the game in Windows XP compatibility mode. Same result.
3. I saw a suggestion somewhere to rename the zoo.exe file to zoodemo.exe. This caused the loading screen to pop up and then disappear.
4. In a last ditch effort, I tried copy-and-pasting the contents of zoo.ini into zoodemo.ini (which was automatically created when I renamed the exe file). THIS WORKED. I don't know why, but it did. Not that these files are found inside the Zoo Tycoon folder of your program files.
I don't know why this worked, but I decided to post it in case it helps anyone else.
RG2020-06-06-1 point
Any ideas for Mac?
help2020-06-050 point
it says the setup cannot find or read the language specific setup resource dll
Hannah2020-06-014 points
I downloaded works fine, but the packs were not included?
Snacko2020-05-205 points
Got the base game to work. How do you add marine and Dino digs?
mike12020-05-19-1 point
anybody have an installation code that the old games required
chibarger2020-05-130 point
I have the original disk. but windows 10 stops it from installing it
Admiral Moo2020-05-072 points
For anyone having trouble with the game not starting, heres a video tutorial on how to solve the problem in the grand majority of cases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhBez_vKxNY
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Game doesn't open. Been following some of the guides in the comments but nothing works. Also the patch won't work either.
Friendlyneighbourhoodzookeeper2020-04-264 points
For those having trouble with the 'insert disc' problem. Replace the zoo.exe in the game's directory (always know where you install your games!) with this file.
https://easyupload.io/mhjlxe
https://gofile.io/?c=tXYXof (mirror)
https://easyupload.io/mhjlxe
https://gofile.io/?c=tXYXof (mirror)
glockenspeel2020-04-253 points
Shut it Boomer, this game made me actually give a shit about the planet..
animals experd2020-04-231 point
I LOVE THIS GAME
Anonymous2020-04-222 points
The game doesn't open to begin with.
SAD12132020-04-200 point
It crashed on my mac while its loading as well, any idea on how to fix it? I have it running on Wine
lain2020-04-191 point
in response to tia, having the same issues :(
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Tia2020-04-184 points
Was playing just fine for a couple days, now I get an error message that pops up upon startup saying Please insert your Zoo Tycoon CD-ROM.
Anyone else encounter this?
Anyone else encounter this?
FΞNRIR2020-04-173 points
- Download and mounting both images with DaemonTools goes without a problem. - - - Installing both of them as well.
- Bonus Animals have no instructions on how to install, will post if/after I figure it out..
- Patch doesn't work (saying 'Your computer does not have an appropiate version of the game installed. Setup can patch only the original Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs Version.')
- Bonus Animals have no instructions on how to install, will post if/after I figure it out..
- Patch doesn't work (saying 'Your computer does not have an appropiate version of the game installed. Setup can patch only the original Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs Version.')
Elwinra2020-04-121 point
Tried to install it with wine on my mac but the game crashes when its is charging.
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Hambone2020-04-091 point
I just downloaded this and ran it using Wine HQ on my Mac. It worked perfectly!
- download the file
- open it, type wine then open the downloaded folder and drag the 'setup.exe' file into wine. this will set up the game. When you click play the game it will give you an error. Just open wine again, type wine, then drag in the setup.exe file one more time. Click play and you should be good to go!
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- open it, type wine then open the downloaded folder and drag the 'setup.exe' file into wine. this will set up the game. When you click play the game it will give you an error. Just open wine again, type wine, then drag in the setup.exe file one more time. Click play and you should be good to go!
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I find I'm unable to rename any of the guests or staff. Anyone else having this issue?
Cali2020-04-040 point
Hopefully this works!
Samuel2020-04-042 points
can i play this game without CD ?
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SnarkyHufflepuff2020-03-30-3 points
Hopefully someone here can help because this game is outrageously priced on Amazon..
So I've got it on Daemon, and I can get into the installer. But when I try to install the game, it says 'Zoo Tycoon encountered a disk error while writing to the file. Make sure your hard disk is not full, and that the file is not in use.'
Any tips on how to fix this? My hard disk is certainly not full. I feel life I'm so close but so far!
So I've got it on Daemon, and I can get into the installer. But when I try to install the game, it says 'Zoo Tycoon encountered a disk error while writing to the file. Make sure your hard disk is not full, and that the file is not in use.'
Any tips on how to fix this? My hard disk is certainly not full. I feel life I'm so close but so far!
GG2020-03-291 point
Is anyone having trouble with the zip file? I've tried using WinRAR, 7Zip and JZip and they all act like the file is corrupted. :( Is there another download link?
gforce man2020-03-27-4 points
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its good but man its missing alot of animals like the T Rex and the Dolphin
ashack192020-03-25-6 points
I have downloaded this. I am eager to play!
Could someone kindly give me a simple step by step on how to make it work? I tried with another game and failed so I gave up.
Could someone kindly give me a simple step by step on how to make it work? I tried with another game and failed so I gave up.
Becxter2020-03-245 points
This is what worked for me:
To run the base game in Daemon, use 'quick mount' and select the ZOO_TYCN file. You will do this to launch the game each time.
To utilize the expansion packs, do the process listed above, but choose the file, 'MARINA'. Install, and then open a saved zoo file from the base game (unsure if this part is even necessary, but I was already playing the base game). A pop-up should say that new animals and such are available.
To run the base game in Daemon, use 'quick mount' and select the ZOO_TYCN file. You will do this to launch the game each time.
To utilize the expansion packs, do the process listed above, but choose the file, 'MARINA'. Install, and then open a saved zoo file from the base game (unsure if this part is even necessary, but I was already playing the base game). A pop-up should say that new animals and such are available.
Brooke2020-03-240 point
For the people who are getting the error message about 'please insert CD', go to your File Explorer and open up the CD Drive. In there you should find the game! There will be several folders, to start the game select the folder labeled 'Setup'
KingLich2020-03-231 point
A blast from the past
TheKree2020-03-211 point
I downloaded this, but only the base game runs. Are there special steps I missed to get the expansions working? I'm not super tech-savvy
Helpme2020-03-214 points
Hello, I've download the game, but when i open it, it says 'Please insert your Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection CD-ROM'. I don't have the CD. I read that I needed to download Daemon to solve this problem, so I did. But now I don't know what to do. I can't choose a Zoo Tycoon file which opens in Daemon. Hope someone can help me. Thanks!
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grandpa2020-03-17-17 points
is this what them whipper snappers played on the google back then? stupid millennials
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