Ski Resort Tycoon

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Ski resort management simulation
• Thousands of unique features to add and develop
• Multiple gameplay modes
• Full terrain editor
• For 1 player

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004Y7ZO
• Item Weight: 7 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 31, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,751 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform:  WINDOWS 95/98/XP Publisher:  ACTIVISION VALUE PUBLISHING Packaging:  JEWEL CASE Rating:  EVERYONE For the first time ever build manage and operate your own Ski Resort SIM! Thrilling runs breathtaking chalets and amazing chairlifts. Design your mountain and maximize your vast resources to attract more skiers. Create Black Diamond runs mogul fields bunny hills or snowboard parks. Build incredible hotels condos restaurants cafes and more. Track your progress and keep your customers satisfied to find out if you have what it takes to become the UltimateSki Resort Tycoon. 1000 s of unique features Pre-set objectives or Full Simulation Economic Strategy Complete Terrain Editor Easy to learn but difficult to master Features more than 5000 outrageous runs shops and thrilling attractions. 3D Perspectives from any building or lift! Watch the skiers "Emotions" to help you manage your park. Full Terrain Editing allows you to sculpt the "perfect" mountain. System Requirements for Windows Pentium 233 MHz (266 MHz recommended) Windows 95/98/XP 32 MB RAM 4X CD-ROM drive (8X recommended) DirectX 7 compatible video card w/1 MB RAM (4 MB recommended) DirectX 7 compatible sound card Mouse Keyboard 400 MB of Hard Disk space

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For [the price] this game rocks..., November 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Ski Resort Tycoon (CD-ROM)

For the price this is a one of the best games I have seen. It has tons of stuff to build and is hilarious to watch. You get little skiers and snowboards doing everything from jumps and wipe out crashes to avalanches. It also has a lot of game play depth.(100's of stuff to build and control) You can even view your resort from any thing you have built or see it through the eyes of any of the skiers or snowboarders. I have really enjoyed this game and I would recommend it to anyone who liked roller coaster tycoon or anyone who likes to ski.

65 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly surprised for the price, December 4, 2000

By 

JRK "jkunz" (N.H.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ski Resort Tycoon (CD-ROM)

Hopefully most of you are familiar with how the Tycoon games work. With this game, you are responsible for creating a ski resort but more importantly, a village as well. Something very vital to this game is knowing that you are going to spend the same amount of time if not more making buildings, paths and villages to keep skiiers happy as you are working on the trails, lifts and terrain on the mountain.

Here are some positives and negatives to the game. First, the negatives. The software runs a little slow on my computer, and I consider myself to have an average machine (466 pentium II, 32mb RAM). The detail is just average. You can zoom in and out which is a very nice feature, but even the closest zoom in won't give you that much detail. They have something called "building cam" where it gives you a 360 degree shot from a building or lift. This is a great idea and would be awesome but it ends up being disappointing because it is deathly slow trying to move around and get different views of things. You move the mouse to look left and it doesn't do it for five seconds, by that time you've already moved your mouse again and... well you can imagine how that goes. The positives, and why I give it four stars -- the simulation overall is very lifelike for the price. Skiiers show emotions, wipe-out, and use the facilities that you provide for them. There are so many buildings and features you can build, including choosing five different mountains to start off with. There are also three different monetary levels to adjust the level of difficulty of the game.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underneath the snow, this is a great game at a great price., December 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Ski Resort Tycoon (CD-ROM)

Due to its low price, many people will consider Ski Resort Tycoon another game for the bargain bin. The game in reality is quite fun, considering that it works properly on your computer. Though an instruction manual is missing upon purchase, the game is easy enough to learn. "Easy to learn, difficult to master" describes the game well. With a large selection of shops (hotels, diners, ski and boarding schools, etc.), the chance of running out of money comes quite soon, but three difficulty settings come in handy. On the Easy setting you start with 50,000 dollars. On Hard, you start with 10,000. Get the picture? When you get into the game, you have two options. Instant Action, or one of the Challenges. Instant Action is for..well, Instant Action (without the hassles of Challenges and goals). Challenges provide you with scenarios and goals you must accomplish. Once you actually begin to construct you resort, however, bugs and certain problems come out of hiding. The game is rather slow at times, but not often (if you have met the game requirements, that is). Even from the beginning, you have a wide array of tools ready for your use in shaping your mountain. One problem that bothers me the most is that you can't open and close your resort at will. The park seems to open as soon as your first Ski run or halfpipe/jump is constructed and opened. Also, when building, the lack of a tool that allows you to change views (for constructing things such as roads behind buildings) becomes quite a hindrance in building. The first person view on buildings is an interesting idea, though it is quite slow and doesn't work very well. Those are the most noticeable problems for me, and the only problem I have with Ski Resort Tycoon. If you're a fan of Roller Coaster Tycoon, go ahead and try this game out, because despite its flaws, it is quite a fun and addicting game. Hope this helps.