Freeform games begin with an empty zoo, to which the player adds animal exhibits and guest facilities such as restaurants and bathrooms. The player's money supply is unlimited, and all items are available from the beginning of the game, except for those that can only be unlocked in Scenario and Challenge games. A Freeform game in Zoo Tycoon 2 allows the player to choose what kind of zoo to create, with the only restrictions being space, animals, and objects. Zoo Tycoon 2 features a number of gameplay modes, each with differing limitations, with the exception of Freeform. The object of the game is to build and operate a zoo by creating exhibits and aquariums, keeping guests and animals happy, and maintaining employees, finances, terrain, and scenery. Zoo Tycoon 2 features similar gameplay as its predecessor, Zoo Tycoon. A Nintendo DS version, titled Zoo Tycoon 2 DS, was released in 2008.
Originally released for Windows, Zoo Tycoon 2 is also available for Windows Mobile, PDA, and Mac OS X, although expansions are not included in the Mac version. Only a few people have gotten the 'Research' feature to work.Zoo Tycoon 2 is a business simulation video game developed by Blue Fang Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios and MacSoft. I'm on my second 'year' of the game and I am still missing recipes.
I've read some of the user boards and most people are confused as to how to get certain recipes or get events to trigger. There is a lot of needless dialog and clicking. You can also change the furniture in your store to help boost sales. It doesn't seem to effect the game but, it's cute. There are some cute features like the ability to change outfits to match holidays or seasons. By visiting the other shops, you gain ingredients and new recipes. Some of the games are easy and cute while others require knowledge of baking or just random luck. Every time a new recipe is discovered, a mini game must be played before it can be made. There are recipe categories like 'Pancakes' and 'Japanese Sweets' that contain 7 recipes. After making some recipes 5 times, you 'remember' a new recipe. Perfection can be reached after making it 50 times. There is a chance to make a recipe twice during a day to increase it's flavor. With over 100 recipes (a rumor says there are 200 but that might be for the original Japanese version), and only slots for 30 in your store, it makes it difficult to chart and figure out which pastries/sweets to sell during the different seasons. You compete against other sweet shop (pastries) owners and other stores in the mall. You are a choco-dog and your dream is to have the best sweet shop in the sweets mall. What does all this have to do with Cookie Shop? Well, it is a tycoon-style game with pastries. Lemonade Tycoon is a more recent version of the game. I could play that game for hours! I even attempted charting the temperature vs price so I could become more of a tycoon. At the end of the summer, you must return the original $10 investment. Each day, you read the weather report (temperature and wet bulb) to determine the price and amount of supplies needed. With the $10, you buy your supplies of lemons, sugar and cups.
Your mother gives you $10 to start a summertime lemonade stand. Yup, made for a dumb terminal with a monochrome screen.įor those not as old, it is a tycoon-style game. I think I had a version for the Commodore 64. I originally played it on the PET computer during the 1980s.