Theme Hospital

This game is terrific, and the patients are so funny. I don't know what my favourite patient is, but you see patients going around with big heads/dressed like the king/no hair/transparent/completely invisible and bright green are some of the more memorable ones. Most of the patients have regular, computer game symptoms, so they look ordinary people.

I don't know why, but there's two types of doctors, and I prefer having just one of them!!! There's one who has afro-style hair, and one who has slightly less hair, but looks pure evil so I tend not to have him!

This game can get very addictive. I've seen me sitting there, playing the game, listening to music, and reading when a level is running by itself and I don't need to do anything. It can get quite funny if someone walks in on me "multi-tasking"!

When you get a sickness epidemic in the hospital it's so funny. Especially if you've got the sound turned up, people come running thinking you've been sick!

The announcements are brilliant to listen to, although my version seems to stop and start. Sometimes there's complete silence, and then the announcements will come thick and fast - normally after the emergencies have been and gone!

I'd love to complete this game, but I can't. I've had it for years. But it shows how addictive it is!


Fun game!!!   February 13, 2004
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I meant to write this for the PC version but this site doesnt have it.. oh well.. same thing...

In this game, you build and run your own hospital- you build all the different types of rooms- wards, pharmacies, surgery rooms, research departments, etc... and you hire your own doctors/nurses/etc, and there's lots of weird but hillarious fake diseases(with hillarious cures) people come in with- Bloaty Head(cure: head needs to be popped), Slack Tongue(cure: tongue needs to be cut off), Invisibility(cure: the right medicine,, and who knows which one it could be...)

If a patient dies you either see them go up to heaven as an angel or The Grim Reaper comes up and pulls them down to Hell... and of course there's the hillarious announcer- "Doctor required in GP's Office!" hahaha... reminds me of the lady from the movie "Office Space" that says "Corporate accounts payable, Nina speaking, just a moment!"

There are SOME annoying aspects however: The little nurse at the bottom of the screen that gives you advice gets annoying,, sometimes it gets crazy when you need to give a doctor a break but there's nobody else to take his place,, and seeing patients puke, pee, or sh*t on the floor is not a pretty site,, and sometimes the janitors can be very lazy and care to not clean it up... also, i reccomend turning off the sound and putting some music you like on while you play this, because while the announcer IS funny for a little while, it CAN get annoying... plus the music is kind of cheesy(typical cheesy PC game music)

a VERY fun and addicting game, definitley MUCH better than Theme Park- that game was horrible... get Roller Coaster Tycoon if you want an amusment park sim...


Patients please try not to get sick in the corridors...   December 11, 2003
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This is one of my favorite games of all time. I wanted it on when it first came out, and my husband thought I wouldn't like it. I finally convinced him I would, and got it for the computer. Even now, years later, I still play it. It is that good. Very rarely do you find a game that provides you the hours of gameplay that makes paying your hard earned money, money well spent. This game does that.

The creativity involved in coming out with the zany ailments, and the types of drs, nurses, and janitors that you'll employ just brings so much to the game. Micromanaging the hospital is quite enjoyable. If you can find this on the computer it's even better, but if you have to play it on the playstation in order to get it, then do it. It's well worth it.