Theme hospital part 17/6/2023 ![]() ![]() SAM template entries that seem to be alien related. Aliens can only be seen during specific alien emergencies in the final game, so it seems this was how the leftover resources from the cut event were recycled and why aliens are not regular patients like other diseases. Most obviously there are the actual aliens and DNA Fixer that are used in the final game. There are also several PA announcements to do with the event that remain unused. Firstly, there are graphics for the UFO from Genewars present in the low resolution graphics files, along with the hovering sound effect it used in that game. It's not clear what this would mean in gameplay terms, but the final game has several elements of the event left in its files. Intended as a further disaster beyond the existing earthquake event, it was said that aliens would "destroy, maim and pass around nasty rashes to the population". The official Theme Hospital Diary column in the UK GamesMaster magazine briefly talks about this cut disaster event. The room only costs $5, which is pretty unlikely to be a serious final figure for it. This doesn't seem to exist in the final game, and it's not clear what it would do (other than containing TVs). There's an unused PA announcement for pregnant patients included in the game files (see Unused Audio section)Īs with the cut pregnancy condition, there are also entries for a cut room simply called "TV" in the level definitions. It's likely this was abandoned early on due to Bullfrog deliberately moving away from real world conditions, and having a game where pregnant women can die would likely be considered to be in poor taste. The "treatment" for the condition is a stay on a Ward and then surgery. Pregnant patients have an entry as a "visual illness" which means they would appear with custom graphics, but clearly this did not happen as no such graphics exist, and pregnant patients simply appear as normal women in the final game if hacked in. Pregnancy seems to be fully working but a rough implementation. There is a user made mod available that simplifies this. As such this can be restored to the game by adding the needed fields to any level definition file. ![]() However, these templates also reveal there is a further unused "disease" called "PREGNANT". These files list all possible permutations of rooms, items, and diseases available in the game, with the actual levels only using a subset of these, depending on difficulty and game progression. An authentic reference for management games.(Source: GameSpot) Cut Gameplay Elements PregnancyĮach difficulty level in the level definition directory ( LEVELS) has a template file as its first file (e.g. Theme Hospital is a very entertaining strategy game that despite existing more than a decade it stays as fresh as the first day. Of course, each time you cure a patient he will pay you so contracting good doctors and having good installations is fundamental if you want to start making money and reach your goals. there are a lot of weird diseases that you will have to treat carefully. Bigheadedness, invisibility, flu, KingComplex. The next step will be to have a good diagnosis room so that you can start treating the patients.įrom here on is where Theme Hospital can become something more complicated because you have to build a lot of different rooms to treat the different diseases that exist. In the beginning of the game you will almost always have to construct a reception desk and contract a receptionist that will be vital to attend to the patients when they arrive. That is to say, your job will go from contracting staff and doing the accounting of the hospital to creating waiting rooms and placing vending machines. Theme Hospital is a real-time strategy and management game where you have to construct your own hospital while keeping each little detail in mind. ![]()
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