Line #2 VideoGame/PizzaTycoon


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2	''Pizza Tycoon'' (called ''Pizza Connection'' in Europe), is a 1994 business simulation game published by Creator/MicroProse. It has the player manage a pizza company in a city in Europe and/or the United States. After picking out a city, the player can buy or rent a store, staff it, furnish it, and design their own pizzas to serve. Players will have to deal with staff issues, customer complaints, as well as paying the bills.
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4	It also gives the player the option to get involved with the criminal underworld, doing activities such as drug dealing, weapon dealing, or sabotaging competitors. While the player can avoid the Mafia, the competitors will not, and is advisable to do so to keep one's storefront safe from attacks.
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6	Had two sequels, ''Fast Food Tycoon'' and ''Fast Food Tycoon 2'' (NonIndicativeName, as the "fast food" is just pizza).
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8	Can be run on modern day computers with help from UsefulNotes/DOSBox.
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11	!!This game provides examples of:
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13	* AllianceMeter: More of a reputation actually, and the two types are not mutually exclusive at all. Underworld deals with one's standing in the underworld, where as social deals with the player's position in the public eye. If the player is low ranking, they won't get the time of day from either side. The higher the player is, the more respect they'll get.
14	* AnEntrepreneurIsYou: The point of the game.
15	* BoringButPractical: Using powerful weapons to destroy your competitions' places can be flashy and fun, but it makes a lot of noise and attracts attention from the cops. Chemicals aren't as flashy, but can shut down the place for a few days, and are generally safer.
16	* BribeBackfire: The player can be fined or even arrested if you are open about bribing public officials. Best-case scenario is that if they don't have enough money to give, the police will just kick you out of the station.
17	* CharacterCustomization: The game allows you to put in different stats and traits, which influence gameplay and social interactions.
18	* {{Expy}}: Most of the character design is very obviously meant to emulate the art style of Don Martin, a popular American cartoonist from ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' (that ran for some time in Germany). This has caused some viewers to think Don Martin himself has worked on the game, and some of the art - mostly the head animations - had to be modified in the English version so as to prevent some confusion (or even a lawsuit!).
19	* HoldUpYourScore: How pizzas are judged in the game.
20	* HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: Averted. Being open about your intentions to buy weapons or bribe officials will get you arrested.
21	* InsuranceFraud: Possible to do by getting arrested and fined on purpose, and trying to collect insurance on it. However, the insurance company is just as corrupt, and the agent who handles the insurance may "conveniently" be out of the country during the time needed to make a claim before it is invalid.
22	* TheMafia: Major element of the game. While you can avoid them, they are useful for extra cash, protection from other companies, as well as being used to attack other companies.
23	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the English version of the game, the head animations were replaced to look like celebrities; these include among others UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Charles]], UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher, Creator/JohnWayne, Music/MichaelJackson...
24	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: One way to get out of legal troubles.
25	* ShameIfSomethingHappened: You'll get some visits from the local gangsters who will threaten you with protection racket. The higher you are in the underworld position, the less you will have to deal with those.
26	* SpySpeak: Used to buy weapons or bribe officials. Being open about what you are doing will get you arrested.
27	* TotallyNotACriminalFront: The weapon dealers sell "ice cream" (weapons) and "joke articles" (items used to sabotage competitors).
28	* {{Trumplica}}: One of the pre-made characters you can select is called Diamond Trump. One of his benefits is a large starting bank account.
29	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: You yourself can become this thanks to the dual reputation system. In the public eye, you can be a respectable businessman, but commit heinous acts with the criminal underworld.
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