Dinopark Tycoon

[Kosta]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review and Download (if available) (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/147)

[Tom Henrik]

Hopefully this game is better than the Jurasic Park game that was released for PS2 last year...

I hated the fact that you could only have a maximum of 100 visitors. The game stopped there. The graphics, sounds and backgrounds were excellent, but no park game should a have a visitor limit. :evil:


Oh well, the old games were the best :D

[kresho]

i don't like this game. you start yuor park buy land, fences, dino and food.... then you hire some staff and you go bankrupt :x

[Tom Henrik]

Yes. I must admit that the game is extremely difficult to begin with.

Just play your cards right, and you should soon be rolling in cash.

Hint: You only need a Guide at the beginning. Then buy more staff as you get more money.

[Omuletzu]

Yes it's true it's quite difficult at the start :x

[Tom Henrik]

Yes it's true it's quite difficult at the start *:x

That only makes it a challenge :wink:

[Havell]

Just buy the car parks as soon as you can, more car parks = more visitors = more MONEY. Around year 3 it starts getting really hard because your staff quit, take weeks off and other such annoying things. Oh, and put two of the same dinosaur in the same pen and they might have babies which you can either keep or sell at auction to make some money.

[Guest_Christina]

i can't get it to work :angry:

[Tom Henrik]

Have you tried the game in DosBox?

It is a program that creates a DOS environment on your PC.
You should not try to run the game in Windows. :bye:

[Guest]

I was shocked, when I found this game. I played this game in the computer lab back in 2nd through 4th grade. Being 17 now, I realize thats not so long ago, but man! I mean MAN! :eeeeeh: anyway... there's a cheat in the game, it gains you 10,000 you have to enter, and exit a certain building a certain way. I forgot how, but i think the building is the real-estate one. It might be the bank.

[skatesa207]

yeah i really cant get much farther than the opening credits of the game. this is the only game that i have problems running, and i have downloaded like 20 from your guys site. it is probably my fault, but sound and everything works ok, and i play it through dos-box. if you have any idea on why it freezes, please help thanks.

[Mikey Bee]

I used to play this game in Grade school. Yea..I am pretty young. I have been looking for this everywhere. Brings back good memories. I played this around the first time it came out in 93 and I am curious to see if it as fun as I remembered it. Of course this would be more entertaining to a grade schooler though. I'm 19 and played this in grade school so obviously it is an ancient game. An oldie but a goodie.

[Mikey Bee]

I don't see the files executable file in the folder

[Tiffany]

Mine wont open I have windows, I have downloaded it from this site, AND I have also bought the game. It still wont play. It supposedly downloads but wont open....... HELP!!! :help:

[Guest]

i cant get it to work at all. I would like to find where they sell this since i loved this game as a kid. It brings back memories like crazy

[brownkocoa]

how come none of the cheats work?

[Argith Nuei]

Does anyone have the correct settings for the soundcard of this game? Have tried vdmsound but cant seem to get any sound at all. :kosta:

[gordan]

i dont know how to run it i dled everythign and it sall there but i cant find the file that starts the whole thing.. so yea help me

[Guest]

I need some mager help installing aswell please help my im is uvastreetballa

[Guest]

I need some majer help installing also, please help my im is uvastreetballa

[Skulvar]

DINOPARK TYCOON!!!!!!! okay not a viking game wich I like most, but I still remember this game! It was with the very first pc I got, loaned the game to a friend and he went to a differen't school than me, haven't seen him since :P
I really liked this game, I used to spend a long time killing fly's with the dino-food book ^^
I'm going to download this one riiiiight away! I sure hope it works!!
ooooooh dinopark tycoon! thank you abandonia thank you!
And here's a tip for some very easy money:
Buy a cheap dinosaur and put it up for auction, keep looking at the pricelist for that very same dinosaur. Every time you look up the price for that dino the bids for him will go higher. Go ahead, build the park of you dreams ;) (dunno if the tip is completely exact, haven't played this game in a looooong time)

[Luke]

I have no idea how to use dosbox or run this thing at all. If anyone feels like helping out an old fan then please email me at lukebarbour@mail.com
thanks
Luke

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by Luke@Jun 15 2005, 07:08 AM
I have no idea how to use dosbox or run this thing at all. If anyone feels like helping out an old fan then please email me at lukebarbour@mail.com
thanks
Luke
Have you tried Anubis' DOSBox Tutorial (http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=index&FAQ=1) yet? I found it very helpful.

[Ricky]

I have windows Xp and i cant run this, some error about a system file

[Shrek]

well i can tell you how i usually do:

1st - i create a bat file (for example dinopark.bat)
2nd - inside that file i write one single line like this
'C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.62\dosbox.exe' d:\dinopark\dinopark.exe

where 'C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.62\dosbox.exe' is the command to start DOSBox
and d:\dinopark\dinopark.exe points to the game

3rd - i place the bat file in my desktop and use it to run the game trow DOSBox as it will auto mount a drive c: at the folder where i have the game

just one last detail: if your folders names have more than eight characters or more than one word, the command must be placed between cotes (')

this might not be the correct way to run DOSBox but, hey, it works :evil:

[Gemquist]

*spoiler///cheat*












Just get like 50 of every park worker or max them out as soon as you begin to amp up the cash. :Titan:

[tazzy_s]

sometimes for Dinopark Tycoon it's best to choose the Adlib Music for the soundcard source , and you have to make sure to have about 573 k free of conventional memory in order to play the digital sounds in the game . I have 579 k free when I am in my DOS 8, then it goes to 560 when I am in my Windows ME.
If unsure how much conventional memory you have, open up the Dos promt and enter in Mem at the command line . This will show you how much conventional , expanded(EMS) , and extended memory(XMS) you have .

[Guest]

i also remember playing this game in grade 4 it was i tink, i am 14 now, but at that time this game was one those huge floppy disks, back then and even now this game is fun, i remember how the whole class playeed together and no mattter how hard we tried, we cudn't hatch the 25,000 dollar dino

[Guest]

I remember playing this in third grade...it was great. The first kid to get to $200,000 got to get lunch with our super-fun computer lab teacher. In the end, it was down to me and another boy, and the kids were crowded around our computers, trying to see which one of us would inch over the mark first. It was great. I won, but since he was so close behind me he got to come to lunch too.

Good memories...I gotta get this thing to work...*scampers off to find DosBox*

[Guest]

This was an awesome game; I remember playing it in elementry back in the day. The cheat involves something to do with the real state building and entering $5000 in some box and leaving. Umm, unfortunatly like the rest of you, I'm having troubles loading it. I tried making XP be compatiable (the compatiable tab) but that too isn't working. I'm going to try downloading the DOS simulation but if anyone has any other insight I'd appreciate it. Thanks

[Munkee]

I can get the game to run in 98SE if I disable sound, but this thing REFUSES to work in DOSbox. It just plays the MECC logo, then shows the second logo, and freezes. That's it. Won't go any further. :tai:

[siv9939]

Some of you played this in elementary school? Dang, when I was in elementary school all we had was Oregon Trail, Word Munchers, and a couple crappy games not worth remembering. Anyway I was talking to a friend of mine and he said back in the day he had a game where you could make your own dinosaur. Anyone know what it is?

[I have just wasted an hour of my]

I don't know how you guys figure it, but I will provide empirical evidence of its impossibility. I used the aforementioned cheat to gain 1,000,000 dollars. I then proceeded to purchase every building upgrade and advertising, hire employees, and of course the dinos.

The dinosaurs, of course, manage to break out of concrete barriers that are electrified, probably with 1.2 gigawatts.

Regardless of ticket prices, the ridiculously developed park went bankrupt within 4 years.

I will now use all the angry frustrated smileys:

:angry: :ranting: :wall: :tai: :Titan:

[guest26]

about hint: when U sell a dino - try to click on the name of the pet
(or sth like that, I don't remember)

about game: It is described as 'working with WinXP'. Does it really need a DOS BOX to run?

I cannot run this game, cause the game directory isn't correct. What is the proper name?

[Guest]

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[jdett]

Arggghhh!!!! I had tried years ago to get dinopark to work and couldn't. Now here I am once again. I have tried compatibility changes. and Dosbox but it keeps saying that the disk is corrupt. WTF???? anyone know how to help?

[Guest]

ahhhhhh i am havin problems like some ppl here... i dled the dino park here and it wont open>< can someone help plz?? and i dled the dos box :cry: :kosta:

[Brandon]

If your system hangs at the MECC logo, try running setup and changing the soundcard to something else. That's what worked for me.

[Jordan]

Have you guys downloaded DosBOX? You can find it here on the website!

[Izaac]

Hi. Ever since i downloaded this game from this site and played it, it worked well... without even using DosBox and installing additional programs. My OS is Windows XP SP2.

HOWEVER....immediately after my first restart... my com slowed down a HUGE lot... its lke my com takes at most 2-3min to start up but ever since the restart, it takes at LEAST 10min... what gives ?

I consulted my cousin who says it may be due to the fact there was some additional program installed into this package provided by the website in which it slows down my PC so that this ancient DOS game will work optimally on XP.

But isnt this supposed to affect ONLY the game and not my entire pc ?

Would really appreciate anyone who could help me out. I really need the speed back...Thank you all... =_(

Com specs : 56GB, Pentium 4 :2.4Ghz, 1GB RAM.

[AMONMT]

I remember playing this game as a kid in elementary school. It's great but I have windows xp and I'm having a problem getting it to load past the opening credits. Can somebody contact me and help me out? :help:

my email is amonmt { a. t. } yahoo DOT com

[Abi79]

:ot: Change your e-mail adress in the post to amonmt { a. t. } yahoo DOT com, or else you'll start receiving SPAM :ok:

[Tom Henrik]

I always find it strange why someone would go to the trouble of registering an account in a forum - post their trouble - and then expect people to email them the answer.

It's sorta like calling the Microsoft Help Line and say "Hi. I am having a problem with Windows. My home address is ............. See you. Bye."

Not a single Microsoft Technician would go to the trouble of travelling to the person to deal with the problem. Nor will any members go to the trouble of emailing someone who doesn't bother to hang around a forum to see if anyone answers their problems.

[Guest]

Frankly the game is next to impossible to win without using a cheat so the extra hassle of getting it to work with XP is just more grease on the fire. Game stank when I first ran into it and time does not make the heart any fonder of this one. If you 'need' a dinosaur park tycoon game go get the zoo tycoon dinosaur addon. It's garbage but it's still better than this incredibly annoying game.

[gamebounty]

Hey guys, this is my first post here, and I guarantee that it won't be my last. Anyway, I just recently bought this game last week and I just recently found this site yesterday. If only I had found it sooner, it would have saved me the 3$ I had to spend on buying the game. But now, I am having some problems, and was wondering if someone could possibly help me out. After reading this thread, I downloaded DosBox, and then, re installed Dino Park Tycoon. After I select the "C" drive, and choose PC speakers, (allthough the sound/music test didn't work, but w/e) I click the "save" button, and yet nothing happens. I remember when I first installed Dino Park, there was something after the sound test dialog, but now it isn't showing up. I believe that after the sound test, it explained how to open it in DOS. But I have forgotten what to do. So if anyone out their knows how to open dinopark through "DOSbox" please let me know.

I look forward to spending many hours on these forums. ;)

[Guest_Tharisfal]

I got my park to year three or so and then I said "This game pretty much sucks" and I quit.

[gamebounty]

Originally posted by gamebounty@Jan 13 2006, 12:49 AM
Hey guys, this is my first post here, and I guarantee that it won't be my last.* Anyway, I just recently bought this game last week and I just recently found this site yesterday.* If only I had found it sooner, it would have saved me the 3$ I had to spend on buying the game.* But now, I am having some problems, and was wondering if someone could possibly help me out.* After reading this thread, I downloaded DosBox, and then, re installed Dino Park Tycoon.* After I select the "C" drive, and choose PC speakers, (allthough the sound/music test didn't work, but w/e) I click the "save" button, and yet nothing happens.* I remember when I first installed Dino Park, there was something after the sound test dialog, but now it isn't showing up.* I believe that after the sound test, it explained how to open it in DOS.* But I have forgotten what to do.* So if anyone out their knows how to open dinopark through "DOSbox" please let me know.

I look forward to spending many hours on these forums. ;)
Aw man, come on now. I know their has to be someone out their who knows how to open this game through DOSbox. The only problem is that I forgot the command to enter in. I realize that I didn't get the game from this site, but this is lterally the only forum that has talked about the game anywhere. I figured if their was anybody who could help me, they would be here.

[RedViper]

Man I loved playing this game when I was in 4th-5th grade, this and oregon trail. I feel old now though when I read about some 14 year old who played the game and I played it when he was 2 or 3.

[Guest]

the reason it wont open on windows is because its a dos based game, and only works on dos computers and windows 95...so u need to get a program that emulates an old DOS computer, which is DosBox...just search that name and voila!

[Guest]

So, can anyone get any of the money cheats to work? And if you did, can you explain what you did to get them to work? Thanks!

[software2k]

I though this games was quite boring. You watch some dinosaurs, feed them, lose some money, then game over..... so much fun :D

[Guest]

This is the best cheat ever:

Go to the "Department of Employment" and hire 99 tour guides. Now click the thumbs-up ok to get out. Because you have so many hired and not enough money to pay them, they will start quitting. So, quickly go back into the Department of Employment and start firing them. If you're quick enough, you will have fired more than have quit and you will end up with a negative number of tour guides. Now, click the thumbs-up thing to exit and you will instantly get gobs and gobs of money!

[Ninja]

All Tycoon games are great. This was probably the worst one I've played so far though, didn't entertain me for very long . . .

[Guest_wingman]

how do you actually download it. it tells me that i need a disk, or i need to extract files? anyone have any ideas?

[Sebatianos]

Does it maybe ask you if you wish to download it to your disk? Select SAVE TO DISK and then when the file is there EXTRACT it. Don't install, just play!

[SreeX]

Hi Just letting everyone know
:D i aced this game and afterwards, after playing so much i found a glitch to get lots of cash
1) buy one dino
2)in the ledger put it up for auction
3)when the new season begins the auctions happen go to them
4)when your dino is up keep going to the info thingy(about the dino)
and you return the old guy thats with white hair is rising the bid

just keep going to the info and returning and the bid will keep rising and even faster as you go

i sold a $1200 dino for like 10 million once it works :Titan: :Brain:

[Brandon Miller]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Jul 10 2004, 05:27 PM) 5525</div>
Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review and Download (if available) (http://www.abandonia.com/game.php?ID=147)
[/b]


THis game is so awesome but it is hard to play sometimes
but it is still fun!!!!!

[Guest]

I've played this game long time ago. I played it for a long time but I cant breed a dino called Vega... something. Does anyone know the way to breed it? If any I'll play this game again.

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mikey Bee @ Apr 4 2005, 07:59 PM) 90625</div>
I used to play this game in Grade school. Yea..I am pretty young. I have been looking for this everywhere. Brings back good memories. I played this around the first time it came out in 93 and I am curious to see if it as fun as I remembered it. Of course this would be more entertaining to a grade schooler though. I'm 19 and played this in grade school so obviously it is an ancient game. An oldie but a goodie.
[/b]
same thing here, im 19 now and i remember playing it in like 5th grade. can i download this game anywhere?

[The Fifth Horseman]

You cannot download it, but you can buy it. :D

[Oscar]

Sadly, I'm not of much help, but I can at least tell you this.

During the setup page, just opt for NO SOUND EFFECTS OR MUSIC.

I know, that blows, but it's the only way it worked on my WINDOWS XP.

Hope that helps some people.

[Yari~]

Please help me~~ i got the game on CD from a longgg time ago..and i just don't know how to install or start the game..Please help me... *******@hotmail.com
Thanks
Yari~

NO POSTING E-MAIL ADRESSES IN OPEN!!!

[Tom Henrik]

There are no more sold copies left, so for now, this game is abandoned again. Enjoy :)

[5of0]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Jun 14 2006, 03:29 AM) 236593</div>
I've played this game long time ago. I played it for a long time but I cant breed a dino called Vega... something. Does anyone know the way to breed it? If any I'll play this game again.
[/b]
It's a special dinosaur that only hathces once in a blue moon. You have to get lucky. Read the description, and you'll see why. :P

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(gamebounty @ Jan 17 2006, 03:30 AM) 197951</div>
Aw man, come on now. I know their has to be someone out their who knows how to open this game through DOSbox. The only problem is that I forgot the command to enter in. I realize that I didn't get the game from this site, but this is lterally the only forum that has talked about the game anywhere. I figured if their was anybody who could help me, they would be here.
[/b]
If you're still here...
Navigate to the directory you installed it in (probably C:\DINOPARK) in DOSBox. If you haven't yet, mount a directory as your C drive.
Sidenote: Probably a good idea to create a folder in your C drive called "DOSGAMES" or something, and then type "MOUNT c C:\DOSGAMES" in DOSBOX. Then copy the DINOPARK directory (where dinopark installed itself, again probably C:\DINOPARK) to the C:\DOSGAMES directory.
You can also open DOSBOX.conf in notepad (found in the same directory as DOSBOX) and have it automatically mount. Add the following two lines:
mount c C:\DOSGAMES
C:
at the very bottom, under the [AUTOEXEC] heading. This will mount it when you start up DOSBox.
So, once you have that set up (C:\DOSGAMES created, DINOPARK folder copied, and c mounted in DOSBox), start DOSBox and you can just type C: (if you're not already there) and then cd DINOPARK, and then type DINOPARK. It should start up.

[5of0]

Previous two posts by me, now registered. :)

[Tracy]

I can't get the game to work. I downloaded it and saved it onto the hardrive. I downloaded dosbox too but I don't know how to get it to work through there.

[Guest]

Mine keeps saying that drive C does not exist

[The Fifth Horseman]

Tracy: :yawn: Typical. Just typical when you didn't read the DosBox readme.
Guest: You've tried switching to it with "C:" command, right? Sounds like you didn't mount an emulated C: drive in DosBox.

Both of you, go to the official FAQ (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php) on the DosBox site.
Basic Setup and Installation (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Basic+Setup+and+Installation+of+Dos Box)
Command Line (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=CommandLine)
Z instead of C at the command prompt (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=FAQ%2FI+have+got+a+Z)
Internal Programs (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Internal+Programs) (important, especially MOUNT)
Most of the stuff in there is not really needed, but you would do best to familiarize yourself with the specific topics I linked to.
The mounting of your DosBox games directory, switching the promt to the emulated C: drive and clearing the screen from previous commands can all be executed from the [autoexec] section of dosbox.conf (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=dosbox.conf), so you won't have to re-type them every time round.
Frontend programs (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=DOSBoxFrontends) can help running DosBox with varying configurations for different games.
For both a more accessible user interface and oldschool feel, you can use Norton Commander (get it from our programs and utilities page (http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=programs) - scroll down to the bottom to find it). NC might seem awkward at first, but in fact it is a very functional genuine DOS era file manager frontend. It has a plethora of functions that will help you in navigating around the directories, while still retaining the command prompt.

Though all of this might seem complicated, it's far easier when you try doing it yourself.

[brian du maurier]

i thought i'd post some strats i found while playing

desrt's best month for tickets is winter, plains is spring, marsh is summer.
if you buy spores, they turn into fungi in marsh, flower seeds work in desert and trees in plains
you get all concrete walls, the ground turns concrete. don't think it does anything but it looks nice
if you have 9 dinos get 10 tour guides, if you have 5 dinos get 6 tour guides yada yada, 1 more tour guide than number of dinos unless you have only 1 dino because 2 tour guides costs too much
tickets work best at 5 dollars
tv ads arent worth it unless you have a huge huge park
if your having trouble getting past the beginning, just try to go over $11000 or $6000 if you already paid your loan then borrow the loan and get a parking lot, itll pay itself off real quick then things get way easier from there

[nawade]

ok, i can easily manage a park that has 1 dino in it, auction the dino for more than i paid for it, buy one just like it, rinse repeat quite a few times and make money fairly well, however, beyond 2 dinos, problems start to arise. I have dino escape problems more than anything else. I've tried throwing mechanics at the problem, however more mechanics doesn't seem to solve the problem. Can anyone shed any light on how the game decides if a dino breaks out? Does the type of fence matter? Does the number of mechanics in ratio to something else matter? Do any other staff member numbers matter? Does the size/type of the dino matter? I theorize that any of these could have an effect, however, I have no idea how to find out the answers.

[The Fifth Horseman]

I think it's both type of fence and the type of the dino that matter.

[jo0 ph34r!!!]

:ph34r:.............................:ph34r:

i used to play this game at school too!
i never found it to be that difficult.
only problem i ever had with the game was
tryin to put it on disc and sneek it outta the computerlab!
at least now i can get a copy without having to pheer detetion for 3weeks

:ph34r: ........................... :ph34r:

[A QUICK TIP]

I dont know if this has already been covered as i did not read all of the channel.
But the easiest way to earn money is to auction off dino.
The key is to click the info button (the question mark)
when you return to the game the old mans bid will have gone up.
You can repeat this process all you would like

!!!However!!!!
You can only go so high before it switches back to a much, much lower amount!

There is also an electric fence glitch to obtain phree electric fences.
you need to place the electricity on the plot you wish it to be on,
click the thumbs up to (temporarily) purchase the electricity.
whrn you return to the catalog click the cancle button.
when you return to your park overview you will see the electricity.

There will be a glitched electro thingy on the ground not on a fence or it may be going through a fence.

Edit: ZOMG Allcaps!!! :not_ok:

[A QUICK TIP]

The amount of money before it maxes out is in the 10s of millions range.
Once you have enough money you can just bid to up the ante.
If the other participants fail to outbid you...
Then just hit the info button and they will begin to bid again.
I have seen then bid $14,000,000+ on dino that are less than $2000

Edit: ZOMG WTF Allcaps??? :hammer:

[Grinder]

Titan, please?

[A QUICK TIP]

But it helps to put a more expensive dino up for auction as it will speed the bidding process.
Also, the higher the bids the more they have to bid.
So instead of it being a +$50 bid it's a +$1,0000,000 bid.

:max:

Edit: ZOMG WTFBBQ ALLCAPS!!!??? :butcher:

[The Fifth Horseman]

We apologise, but Titan could not answer your call at the moment.

I, however, on the other hand... :butcher:

[briand u maurier]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nawade @ Aug 23 2006, 03:12 AM) 250434</div>
ok, i can easily manage a park that has 1 dino in it, auction the dino for more than i paid for it, buy one just like it, rinse repeat quite a few times and make money fairly well, however, beyond 2 dinos, problems start to arise. I have dino escape problems more than anything else. I've tried throwing mechanics at the problem, however more mechanics doesn't seem to solve the problem. Can anyone shed any light on how the game decides if a dino breaks out? Does the type of fence matter? Does the number of mechanics in ratio to something else matter? Do any other staff member numbers matter? Does the size/type of the dino matter? I theorize that any of these could have an effect, however, I have no idea how to find out the answers.
[/b]

u want 1 mechanik for 2 dino pens, more does'tn help
good fence can help but sometiems a dino will berak out regardles of fence and maintenence
dont know about dino size

i got $200,000 by Julyt 27 in 2nd year withno auction, try and beta that!

auction max is abut 42 mil but not for tRex

orrection when u get all concrete walls the ground turnz concrete and it gets more visiters

try to buy $10,000 at a time from generel store, not 50000 because 10,000 gets the reward (fountian, merrygoround)

[Marzen]

i remember this game from several years ago.... back in good ol elementary school, on the mac computers. they had this, along with several other fun DOS games. ...Then they got XPs, and these games dissapeared.

Still as fun as i remembered ^_^

[Guest]

i play this game when ever i get a chance to in school but it doesn't show the buttens and i accedetly quit my game and was doing so good

[Guest]

i don't know what to do i've downloaded doxbox and dino park tycoon but then i don't know nothin plz help :sos:

[The Fifth Horseman]

You might want to check out the official DosBox FAQ (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php), and particularly this part of it. (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Basic+Setup+and+Installation+of+Dos Box) It is quite helpful for users unfamiliar with DosBox.

I suggest you also read the pages about command line (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=CommandLine), internal programs (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Internal+Programs) (very important!) and the config file (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=dosbox.conf).

If that stuff is a bit too much for you, you might consider using one of the multiple frontend programs (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=DOSBoxFrontends) available.

It's all easier then it seems. So remember:
DON'T PANIC!!! ^_^

[Danielle2918]

Can someone PLLLEASE help me. I have been looking for this game forever. & i can't get it to work. If you can reply to this tonight if you can pleeease help me. or my aim is ox Piink Blondii

Thanks

[The Fifth Horseman]

Use DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net) to run the game. You can download it here (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1).

[Stevie H]

Is there a way to run the game on Mac?

[The Fifth Horseman]

There is a Mac OS X port of DosBox, so yes.

[Igmatheo]

does anyone else have trouble with the game freezing on your way out of the auction. Happens to me alot.

[FoxURA]

I downloaded the game and am running it through DOS Box using the D-Fend v3 - beta front end (fo those of you who don't know, D-Fend is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for DOS Box)

The game runs fine until I try to buy a dinosaur egg and then the game slows to a crawl when the tray is moving and stops when the tray arrives at the egg I want to buy I have been adjusting the the frame skip and a few other thing but nothing has worked. Also, the slow down happens anytime there is animation tied in with sound like when the plane flies across the store plaza. Does anyone know what is going wrong?

[The Fifth Horseman]

Check the soundcard configuration. Defaults for DosBox are Sound Blaster 16, IRQ 7, DMA 1, Adress 220h. Make sure the game's config is set to those.

[FoxURA]

I changed the audio settings and the game is running great now! Thanks!

[FoxURA]

Is there a downloadable manual? The game info screen doesn't say what exactly the manager does.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Not here, on HOTU or on Replacementdocs, at least.
Guess there is only one option left... GOOGLEMOBILE!

[FoxURA]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Feb 28 2007, 08:06 AM) 281288</div>
Not here, on HOTU or on Replacementdocs, at least.
Guess there is only one option left... GOOGLEMOBILE!
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You mean just google it? I tried it but I couldn't find anything. If anyone has the manual for this game could you please let me know what the managers purpose is and if you can cut costs by not hiring one for a while without the park falling apart.

[Tara]

I win
top score!
The tips that really helped me were the actual increase in park patrons with parking lot upgrades
the spores growing into plants, very cheap alternative
and the concrete fences creating paths
there's actually two types of paths, depending on how many fences you've built
I beat it once when I was little, with no tips, I was a lil friggin genius, LOL

[FoxURA]

Yeah but what is the function of the manager? What do they do and how many do you need to take care of employees?

[Blittz]

Haha, I remember playing this game back in Elementary School.

This site owns :kosta:

[Guest]

its an incredibly easy game. At the start get the cheapest goods, but the one key is initially hire 99 of each worker, and when you open your park you will make a lot of money. Then buy parking lots, and add concessions. Then go on from there

[heh]

it's weird, i don't even need dosbox to run it :P i mean... my computer's not old/crappy, but i still manage to run a lot of DOS games without dosbox. weird:D OR i'm being overrun with viruses and that slows my computer down and i have no idea what's going on. hope not :D

[Donners]

I've got the Mac version of this game. The theme song gets stuck in my head for days every time I play it...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FoxURA @ Mar 4 2007, 06:33 AM) 281801</div>
Yeah but what is the function of the manager? What do they do and how many do you need to take care of employees?
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As far as I recall, they stop employees from quitting. Since there are no RPG elements (eg. staff experience), I don't see why you can't just go and hire another with no loss.

I don't recall the original coming with a manual - certainly not the bargain bin version I picked up.

[gumpy]

This game looks cool! I love finding games that I never knew about before on Abandonia. :)

[Cysma]

I've got this game working, but the cursor always moves to the right by itself, making it impossible to click on anything! Help!

[Luchsen]

Q: The cursor always moves into one direction!
A: See if it still happens if you disable the joystick emulation, set joysticktype=none in the [joystick] section of your DOSBox configuration file. Maybe also try unplugging any joystick/gamepad. If you want to use the joystick in the game, try setting timed=false and be sure to calibrate the joystick (both in your OS as well as in the game or the game's setup program).

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[mmoore94]

Oh man i love this game =) i remember playing it in computer class. Although it is more difficult then i remember it being. :smile2:

[Xav24]

I just wasted two days of my life trying to beat this game. After a lot of work, I decided the following:

Best zone: Plains. Tree seedlings grow here, lots of plains dinos to choose from (incl the largest/most expensive dinos like this zone).

Best starting dino (for plains): Hypsilophodan. Cheapest dino for plains that only eats one small veggie.

Best first purchase: Parking lot. Advertising is really not necessary at first. Once you have a parking lot, advertising year-round can help keep your income from flatlining during fall, though.

Worst first purchase: concessions. Not money makers until you start getting over a hundred visitors, and even then during the fall you have to fire the employees (until you can spend the cash for advertising through the winter and get 60-100 visitors).

Best second purchase: None. Ride the gravy train of a single dino and a single employeee for as long as you can, until you've saved up $50,000 and can take the pain of radio advertising, manager, concessions, security (so your food stores aren't trashed), and maintenance (1 per 2 pens). Instead, upgrade that parking lot!

End game: At some point, you get to an equilibrium point with one dino, and want to go to 2-3. This can work, but you have to pull it off perfectly else go out of business. You need enough cash in the bank to get concessions and advertising going, and this requires additional security (usually more security than tour guides), a manager, maintenance, and at least a vet part of the year. One more tour guide than number of dinos, usually, except in the fall. The next jump is maxing out your concessions (3+3) and continuous radio advertising, which is a fine-line of matching your employees for the number of visitors that month, saving money until you have 100K+ in the bank for the next expansion. You want all your pens made out of concrete with electricity at this point, because you'll be losing dinos even in these "secure" pens. Look up the descriptions of the dinos, and make sure you start with the cheap plains-loving ones, then expand to the cooler, larger, hungrier carnivores. Watch your profit-loss carefully to see when you should be adjusting your number of employees, though you should always keep maintenance and a single manager, and probably at least a single vet.

In the end, without cheating, it is possible to finish the game with all the pens, all the big dinos, and money rolling in, though you still have to be on top of managing employees, purchasing seeds and food, and radio advertising.

[DaKay]

Since there is not a single guide for this game in the whole web I wrote a guide that works for all the areas.

If someone is interested you can find it here: http://dakaywritescrap.blogspot.de/2014/06/dakays-dinopark-tycoon-guide.html

I made some research and collected several data about the game.
Because I am also just a human being I am not free of mistakes so you are allowed to tell me if you see there are missing information or mistakes in there (if you do I will add you into the credits).

Just4Info :D

[marko river]

Well, nice :) Thx for sharing

[UrethraFranklin]

DaKay's blog and Xav24's post, it was nice of them to share, there is some good info but there is also some bad info.

1. Get two parking lots before anything else. The third parking lot is worthless until you have more stuff.
2. Price tickets at $2.50 in the slow season, no exceptions. You can even price at $2.50 in the fast seasons, your attendance will double, but $5 in fast season seems to be a tiny bit better. You should be able to profit every season without firing employees. If you're losing, then you're doing something wrong.
3. Special events happen, you can't stop them. Vandals destroying food containers means you lost half your food, just buy more. After the first year, a dino will break out once every season.
4. Security and maintenance are a total waste of money. Guards don't prevent vandals from destroying food containers. Dinos break out of fences the same frequency regardless of maintenance or even type of fence, it just has a different reason ("destroyed the fence" or "poor maintenance").
5. Never staff 3/3 concessions. Only 2/2 at most, the last ones get a couple cents per visitor. You can get 3 gift stands so a food person can move over when the food inspectors shut it down for a week.
6. TV ads are worthless. The programmers just priced it at "$50,000" and let us experiment, like in real life. You can't get back more than 30-40k a season.
7. Do NOT be passive, do NOT wait for a bigger bank before upgrading, and absolutely do NOT stay on one dino! "When ahead, get even further ahead." In the first season they make it easy, you don't get disasters. Invest, invest, invest, you're guaranteed a return! More dinos, more concrete fences, get concessions.
8. When you get all concrete fences, the walkway becomes gorgeous white pavement. Costs a ton but it's worth it because your attendance goes up 200-300 visitors/day in a big park.
9. Climate affects which seasons are fast/slow, what types of seeds grow plants. Climate does *not* affect what type of dino you should get, how much overall profit. Plains has an easier start but if you play for years, there's no difference.
10. Type of dino has no effect on attendance. If you want 10 T-rex (each over $9000!!) or 10 Orinthomimus ($1250 each) you get the same attendance. Get big dinos cause they look cool, not because they help your account because they don't.

I've gotten to $200k on Aug 5 of the first year this way, $1 million in the bank on November 15 third year. No auction cheat or tour guides cheat (page 6 of this thread).

While this game isn't too scary for kids, it's not really "suitable" for kids because you really need to know your stuff to make it work.