Theme Park Sim game

[T3_slider]

Well, I don't know how many people will be interested in this, but here goes. Ever since I got my Palm (T3) I've wanted something like Roller Coaster Tycoon to play on it. But no amusement park games, as far as I know, have been made. BUT, with MetaView's awesome MyUAE, you can play the game "Theme Park" (An old DOS/Amiga game similar to Roller Coaster Tycoon). The load times for the end of each year are quite slow and the initial load time for the game is slow (Only the first time because you can save in slot 1 or 2 and return instantly to your last point without having to wait), and the game is definitely not laid out for a Palm user, but it is actually quite playable (On my T3 at least, not even overclocking). The game play is quite smooth (Almost as smooth as on a PC), and once you get past the controls (It is a mouse-intensive game and therefore you need to simulate right- and left-clicks by assigning buttons to them), it isn't a bad game.

Here's a screenshot (Sorry for the MyUAE menu -- MyUAE interrupts a few things, so HRCaptDA wouldn't capture the screen until the menu was popped up):

http://t3slider.brinkster.net/images/ThemePark.jpg

So, because of the various emulators available, and in particular MyUAE, my dreams for my Palm are now slowly becoming a reality...

Again -- I don't know how many people on a Palm site care about amusement park sim type games, but I thought I'd just share my experience.

[+Kardboard+]

I think I was playing something like this back when my family was shopping for our first computer back in 1994. :)

Brings back memories, and hopefully it'll run better on my overclocked T3!

[modernmystic]

Awesome!

Not only will I get this for my palm, but I'm gonna add this game to my list of DOS games to add to a few old (8mhz/33mhz turbo) systems I've got (I hate that XP only has DOS 5.0 and somehow a crappy version at that).

Thanks for the find,
-mm

[BoxWave]

This will be a great addition to my Palm!!! Thanks!

[T3_slider]

Oh, and I think it's funny that no one has commented on my stupidity. ;-)

Apparently I overlooked the screenshot utility embedded within MyUAE which actually takes perfect screenshots without the menu across the screen. Oops. :-)

[modernmystic]

lol, maybe that's because I didn't realize it either
-mm