History VideoGame / ThemeHospital

* PunnyName: One of the hospitals is named/takes place at a location named [[GreenEggsandHam Eggsenham]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The developers were working on other time periods for the game, allowing the player to run a hospital in the medieval times, the Victorian age, and even the future. Due to lack of development time however, they were only able to finish one time period, the present.
** A couple of diseases, such as "Animal Magnetism" (the patient would be covered in several small animals) and "Film/SaturdayNightFever" (the patient would be [[ShoutOut wearing a white suit and black shirt and cause the floor titles to light up in crazy colors when stepping on them]]) where also planned but never included in the final game.
* WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath: When a patient dies, s/he either turns into an angel and flys off to heaven, or the Grim Reaper appears and creates a hole in the ground that swallows the person's soul.

** Rival hospitals tended to be named after fictional computers such as [[Series/RedDwarf Holly]], [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Deep Thought]] and [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]].

As of January 22nd 2015, EA is currently giving away the game for free as part of Origin's limited-time On The House promotion. However, the version provided is DOS-only and does not include the Windows executables. Nontheless, this is a good opportunity to snap up the necessary asset files to use with [=Corsix-TH=].

As of January 22nd 2015, EA is currently giving away the game for free as part of Origin's limited-time On The House promotion. However, the version provided is DOS-only and does not include the Windows executables. Nontheless, this is a good opportunity to snap up the necessary asset files to use with [Corsix-TH=].

As of January 22nd 2015, EA is currently giving away the game for free as part of Origin's limited-time On The House promotion. This is a good opportunity to snap up the necessary asset files to use with [Corsix-TH=].

As of January 22nd 2015, EA is currently giving away the game for free as part of Origin's On The House promotion. This is a good opportunity to snap up the necessary asset files to use with [Corsix-TH=].

''Theme Hospital'' is a 1997 video game, a tongue-in-cheek SpaceManagementGame that places you in the shoes of a cartoon-hospital manager. Sounds boring? Not with the diseases you're going to be asked to treat!

* UnwinnableByDesign: If any machine explodes due to earthquakes or overuse, the entire room it's in is rendered unusable and cannot be cleared or re-purposed. On some levels, allowing this to occur even ''once'' may require loading a saved game.

The underlying gameplay, as in similar games like DungeonKeeper and VideoGame/EvilGenius, is space-management. Each mission map is limited in space and usually can't comfortably fit everything, so you need to make sure to skimp on space as much as possible while keeping rooms roomy enough - otherwise everyone (including your employees) will get moody and leave. Narrow corridors and rooms without windows are likely to end up bankrupting you. On some levels you can also spend money to purchase extra adjacent buildings to expand your hospital. Of course, distance between the various facilities is very important: doctors need to reach the bathrooms and rest areas quickly so they can get back to their jobs more often, and patients don't want to spend forever walking the hallways between the various diagnosis and treatment rooms. Not to mention the fact that emergency situations occur often, in which you'll need to provide treatment to a lot of patients within a very short period of time, including the time it takes for them to disembark from a medical helicopter and WALK to the treatment room, and wait in line for the nurse!

* ShoutOut: The [[DungeonKeeper Horned Reaper]] can be seen in the intro cutscene with an [[EyeScream arrow through the eye]]. Also, a doctor can be seen playing DungeonKeeper.

** A couple of diseases, such as "Animal Magnetism" (the patient would be covered in several small animals) and "SaturdayNightFever" (the patient would be [[ShoutOut wearing a white suit and black shirt and cause the floor titles to light up in crazy colors when stepping on them]]) where also planned but never included in the final game.

* AnnouncerChatter
* LargeHamAnnouncer: Well, as long as you don't think she's the MostAnnoyingSound.

Windows XP compatible versions can still be found in bargain bins world-wide, and can also still be purchased from several on-line vendors, including from Good Old Games that comes with DOSBox that allows it to run on modern machines. ButWaitTheresMore Thanks to the good people behind the open source project [[http://code.google.com/p/corsix-th/ Corsix-TH]], it is now possible to play the game in high definition and on Android platforms, provided you have a valid copy of the game.

Windows XP compatible versions can still be found in bargain bins world-wide, and can also still be purchased from several on-line vendors, including from Good Old Games that comes with DOSBox that allows it to run on modern machines. ButWaitTheresMore Thanks to the good people behind the open source project [[http://code.google.com/p/corsix-th/ Corsix-TH]], it is now possible to play the game in high definition and on Android platforms, provided you have a valid copy of the game for the port to be installed on top on.

Windows XP compatible versions can still be found in bargain bins world-wide, and can also still be purchased from several on-line vendors, including from Good Old Games that comes with DOSBox that allows it to run on modern machines. ButWaitTheresMore Thanks to the good people behind the open source project [[http://code.google.com/p/corsix-th/ Corsix-TH]], it is now possible to play the game in high definition and on Android platforms, provided you have a valid copy of the game, which the port can install on top on.

Windows XP compatible versions can still be found in bargain bins world-wide, and can also still be purchased from several on-line vendors, including from Good Old Games that comes with DOSBox that allows it to run on modern machines. ButWaitTheresMore Thanks to the good people behind the open source project [[http://code.google.com/p/corsix-th/ Corsix-TH]], it is now possible to play the game in high definition and on Android platforms, provided you have a valid copy of the game.

Windows XP compatible versions can still be found in bargain bins world-wide, and can also still be purchased from several on-line vendors, including from Good Old Games that comes with DOSBox that allows it to run on modern machines. ButWaitTheresMore Thanks to the good people behind the open source project [[http://code.google.com/p/corsix-th/ Corsix-th]], it is now possible to play the game in high definition and on Android platforms, provided you have a valid copy of the game.

Windows XP compatible versions can still be found in bargain bins world-wide, and can also still be purchased from several on-line vendors, including from Good Old Games that comes with DOSBox that allows it to run on modern machines. ButWaitTheresMore Thanks to the good people behind the open source project [[http://code.google.com/p/corsix-th/ Corsix-th]], it is now possible to play the game in high definition and on {{Android}} platforms, provided you have a valid copy of the game.

Windows XP compatible versions can still be found in bargain bins world-wide, and can also still be purchased from several on-line vendors, including from Good Old Games that comes with DOSBox that allows it to run on modern machines. ButWaitThereIsMore Thanks to the good people behind the open source project [[http://code.google.com/p/corsix-th/ Corsix-th]], it is now possible to play the game in high definition and on {{Android}} platforms, provided you have a valid copy of the game.

The game was based on similar management-themed games like ''VideoGame/ThemePark'' (not surprisingly, by the same developer) that were very popular in the mid 90's. However, its success did not come immediately, and was mostly recorded in the long-run: it continued to sell for ''over a decade''! Windows XP compatible versions can still be found in bargain bins world-wide, and can also still be purchased from several on-line vendors, including from Good Old Games that comes with DOSBox that allows it to run on modern machines. Surprisingly, a sequel was never created.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The developers was working on other time periods for the game, allowing the player to run a hospital in the medieval times, the Victorian age, and even the future. Due to lack of development time however, they were only able to finish one time period, the present.

* LargeHamAnnouncer: well, as long as you don't think she's the MostAnnoyingSound.

The game was based on similar management-themed games like ''VideoGame/ThemePark'' (not surprisingly, by the same developer) that were very popular in the mid 90's. However, its success did not come immediately, and was mostly recorded in the long-run: it continued to sell for ''over a decade''! Windows XP compatible versions can still be found in bargain bins world-wide, and can also still be purchased from several on-line vendors. Surprisingly, a sequel was never created.