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Zoo Tycoon Expansion Pack: Marine Mania
Price: $15.25 Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0805529127371
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Feature: Includes Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs Expansion Pack
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Microsoft
Manufacturer: Microsoft
MPN: L93-00001
Platform: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Date: October 17, 2002
Studio: Microsoft
Features:- Includes Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs Expansion Pack
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Editorial Review:
ZOO TYCOON MARINE MANIA 1.0 DVD BOX CD
Good news animal lovers! Microsoft's Zoo Tycoon gets another expansion pack, this time it's all wet with Marine Mania. First it was zoo animals, then dinosaurs (the Dinosaur Digs expansion pack, which is also included in this package), and now it's marine life. Marine Mania lets you build a water park like SeaWorld, complete with dancing penguins, bottle-nosed dolphins, or your own version of Shamu the Killer Whale.
The expansion pack fits right into the existing core gameplay of Zoo Tycoon. You manage your park, listen to your customers, plan the layout, listen to your "specialists" (zoo keepers) for the right mix of exhibit size and food for your various critters, and watch everyone enjoy the park. Add an amphitheater to any pen and you've got ample seating for a show. There are 20 marine animals (from jellyfish and sperm whales to orcas and great white sharks) and some animals (dolphins, orcas, etc.) double as terrific entertainers. Once again, you can always mix animals, and of course the only violence comes from mixing carnivores with the gentler fishes. But Marine Mania is as kid friendly as ever, so the best you get is some thrashing during a great-white feeding frenzy, rather than red-tinted waters. Drop a human in the pool and they simply swim out. Darn. Keeping with the kid-friendly theme, the game also features an encyclopedia entry on each critter, which makes the gameplay almost as educational as a trip to a real water park.
The only problems are the game engine and graphics. Microsoft targeted low-end computers, which is fine, but as time goes on each expansion pack looks more and more behind the times. The animation in Marine Mania is simple and quickly becomes boring, and that's something that should never be said about a shark feeding frenzy or trick-performing dolphins. Still, the expansion pack is an absolute must for fans of the original game, particularly those who skipped Dinosaur Digs since Marine Mania generously includes that earlier expansion pack. Parents should strongly consider this series a fun learning tool as well. And naturally, fans of water parks, marine life, and the Zoo Tycoon series can't go wrong here. --Andrew S. Bub
Pros: - Kid friendly
- Educational
- Hidden animals and wacky "Easter eggs" revealed on Zoo Tycoon Web site
- Includes Dinosaur Digs
Cons: - Perhaps too kid friendly
- Simple graphics
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Dolphins and Sharks to Make Your Zoo an Aquarium
As some previous reviewers noted, this is the marine expansion pack for Zoo Tycoon, NOT for Zoo Tycoon 2 (which ALSO has a marine expansion pack, confusingly enough). Just a word of warning there. As the name might imply, this expansion pack adds on the mainstays of aquariums for your zoo... dolphins, sharks, sting rays, seals, barracudas, eels, even giant squid! Basically, the features are the same as Zoo Tycoon, but with a nautical theme, such as making tanks instead of cages. However, there are ... Read More
Rating:  - BEWARE! Does not work with Zoo Tycoon 2 for Mac!
My daughter really wanted the Marine Mania expansion pack, so I searched the internet until I found it at Amazon. All the details appeared to indicate that this product worked with Zoo Tycoon 2. However, it only works for Zoo Tycoon 2 for Windows, NOT for Macintosh. Therefore, I now own software that I cannot use, as we have Zoo Tycoon 2 for Mac. If you are a Mac owner, make sure that you do not get caught making this mistake.
Rating: - Zoo Tycoon Expansion pack:Marine Mania
Just a NOTE of caution--THIS DOES NOT WORK WITH ZOO TYCOON 2!
My grand daughter found this great price on Amazon, and talked me into buying it for her--only to have her in tears when it arrived would not load. I did what I should have done before I bought it and realized our mistake.
Rating: - A fun expansion to Zoo Tycoon
I got this as a birthday present a while back, and have recently started playing it again. Here's some quick Pro's and Con's:
Pro's:
-A bunch of marine animals
-Some animals can perform
-Marine animals are easier to care for then zoo animals
-New objects
Con's:
-Show animals won't perorm well if hungry
-Marine specialists can be very dumb
-Guests are still idiots
-Cannot get tank service filter intill late in game
Now I'll ... Read More
Rating: - Educational...Exciting...Everything you'd ever need!
This is great for all ages, all types of people. You don't need to be a teenage computer geek to love this game, or a child future vet to love this game.
The graphics are really good, and the animals are so real. It's more detailed than RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2, but it doesn't have quite as many options.
We recently went to Animal Kingdom at Disney World, and I knew all about every animal we saw on the safari: okapi, Thompson's gazelle, clouded leopard...when we were passing the okapi, ... Read More
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