History VideoGame / ThemeHospital

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

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

->''Patients are reminded [[TryNotToDie not to die]] in the corridors.''

[[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-01-16-theme-hospital-spiritual-successor-two-point-hospital-announced It was announced]] in January 2018 that two of Theme Hospital's developers, Mark Webley and Gary Carr, are working on a SpiritualSuccessor, ''VideoGame/TwoPointHospital'', due out later in the year. Creator/{{SEGA}} has taken up publishing the game.

* ArtifactTitle: What exactly ''is'' a theme hospital?
** The designers were hoping to enable you to build hospitals with actual themes (medievel, space, etc.), which would have justified that title. Unfortunately, deadline issues prevailed and this extra content was cut - leaving only the basic "English hospital" theme.

* PunnyName: Nearly every single disease in the game.

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

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The basis of treatment at your hospital. Most treatments are described as "painful" and look very much so. There's a tongue-slicing machine, an electrocution machine, and the above-mentioned popping of bloated heads, to name a few. And yeah, you're charging a ridiculous amount of money for this treatment. It's a veritable cruelty-potential manifestor for intelligent players.

[[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-01-16-theme-hospital-spiritual-successor-two-point-hospital-announced It was announced]] in January 2018 that two of Theme Hospital's developers, Mark Webley and Gary Carr, are working on a SpiritualSuccessor, Two Point Hospital, due out later in the year. Creator/{{SEGA}} has taken up publishing 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 Website/GOGDotCom that comes with UsefulNotes/DOSBox that allows it to run on modern machines. ButWaitTheresMore Thanks to the good people behind the open source project [[http://corsixth.com/ Corsix-TH]], it is now possible to play the game in high definition and on Android platforms for free, 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 Website/GOGDotCom that comes with UsefulNotes/DOSBox that allows it to run on modern machines. ButWaitTheresMore Thanks to the good people behind the open source project [[https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH Corsix-TH]], it is now possible to play the game in high definition and on Android platforms for free, provided you have a valid copy of the game.

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

* ExplosiveInstrumentation [=/=] MadeOfExplodium: Most medical equipment in the game will explode when shaken. The hospital itself, however, is somehow completely earthquake-proof.

* RealTimeWithPause

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

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: However, if you send patients to the "auto-autopsy machine" too often, your reputation will take a dive. Likewise, forcing a patient to take a cure before s/he has completed diagnosis has a chance of killing the patient instead.

-->''Patients are reminded [[TryNotToDie not to die]] in the corridors.''

* BritishAccents: The Esturine accent of the Announcer.

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 Website/GOGDotCom that comes with DOSBox that allows it to run on modern machines. ButWaitTheresMore Thanks to the good people behind the open source project [[https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH Corsix-TH]], it is now possible to play the game in high definition and on Android platforms for free, provided you have a valid copy of the game.

* TheShrink: Psychiatry is one of the three specialties that doctors can have. The patient lies on a FruedianCouch.

* TheShrink: Psychology is one of the three specialties that doctors can have.

** One of the rival hospitals is named {{Akira}}. [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt God knows why.]]

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 [[https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH Corsix-TH]], it is now possible to play the game in high definition and on Android platforms for free, 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 for free, provided you have a valid copy of the game.

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. Nevertheless, this is a good opportunity to snap up the necessary asset files to use with [=Corsix-TH=].

* ExplosiveInstrumentation [=/=] MadeOfExplodium: Most medical equipment in the game will explode when shaken.