Why I buy this one ?
- Start out with the original Zoo Tycoon -- you'll have total control over a zoo, and create the animal displays that will impress and amaze people
- Create concession stands, take care of the animals and handle problems like escaped lions -- all while balancing the book & trying to turn a profit. It's fun AND challenging!
- Take it a step further with the Marine Mania expansion pack -- all-new exhibit materials, building and attractions for creating a beautiful aquarium display and dolphin show
- Dinosar Digs gives you the chance to create your own dinosaur park -- bring T-Rexes and brontosaurs to life and keep them from eating the customers
- Also comes with the Endangered Species Theme Pack, featuring a dozen unique animals, 40 objects, and 3 new scenarios -- plus bonus animals available for download

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What our customer's say!

"Excellent", Excellent. The kids just love this game. All the neighborhood kids come to play the game.

"Zoos, Aquariums and Jurassic Parks", This is the complete collection of games for the original Zoo Tycoon game, including the Marine Mania and Dinosaur Digs expansions. Basically, the game is exactly what you'd expect... it's a sim/strategy type game where you take the role of a zoo keeper, and build your ideal zoo. With dozens of animals, from African hunting dogs to saltwater crocodiles to Asian black bears, this game should appeal to any wildlife enthusiast. The whole goal of the game is to make sure your animals, and guests, are happy. The former is achieved by placing them in a suitable environment, the later by building animal house (like 'reptile houses,' 'primate houses,' etc), resturants, gift stores and other attractions. You can choose several scenarios, from free form games to pre-made games that require you to achieve certain, increasingly challenging, goals.

The two expansion packs add on animals, attractions and new features appropriate to them. The Marine Mania pack includes all manner of sea creatures - sharks, whales, dolphins, octopi, seals, and so forth, while Dino Digs includes dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts like Allosaurus, Megatherium, Smilodon and Ankylosaurus, amongst others. They also include new attractions, like the pterodactyl house and crustacean house, marina themed buildings, and the like, to get your guests attention. New features include animal shows where dolphins, orcas and sea lions can perform tricks, mixed exhibits that include land and water (for animals like hippos, walruses and sea otters), and electric fences to keep dinosaurs contained. Over all, with all these features and new scenarios any would-be Zoo Keeper will have literally hours, if not days, weeks and months, of game play. Definitely worth it for the money you'd spend on these great games. Love 'em all!

"Zoo Tycoon is the best game EVER!!!", I love Zoo Tycoon I play it all the time!!I really like the Kids Zoo in this game because everything's availible and you won't run out of money. When I play this game I always pick out my favorite animals. They are in Zoo Tycoon: the Gray Wolf, the Grizzly and Polar Bears, the Spotted Hyena, the Saltwater Crocodile, The Red Kangaroo, the Giant Anteater, and the Siberian Tiger. In Marine Mania: the Bottlenosed Dolphin, the Orca, the Great White Shark, the Green Sea Turtle, the Califorina Sea Lion (even though they're on Zoo Tycoon they can also be on Marine Mania), the Southern Sea Otter, the Pacfic Walrus, and the Humpback Whale (can you imagine a Humpback Whale in a REAL aquarium!?). And for Dinosaur Digs: the Velociraptor and the Tyrannosaurs Rex. All in all one of the best games i've ever come across. Just don't let your animals escape unless you love to see your guests flee in fear and get eaten!

"Zoo Tycoon is my Favorite!", Zoo Tycoon is one of my favorite computer games. I have Zoo Tycoon 2 also, but
I prefer this version. Zoo Tycoon has worked very well on our computer,
although it is a bit slow when loading. Now for some info on the game. There
are three types of games to play. Tutorials, scenarios, and free-form games. I
recommend that you play the tutorials first to get used to the game. Then you
should play a free-form game to get used to owning a zoo before you take on the
scenarios. Some scenarios are very hard, some are not hard at all. On some
scenarios you have a certain amount of months to achieve the goals that you have
to do, and some are not timed. Different scenarios have different amounts of
money to start off with. All modes of play have money, even free-form.

If you decide to play free-form you will get to choose your favorite zoo. There
are tons of zoos to choose from. The zoos come in different sizes. Some zoos
come in all sizes. If you are a beginner, I recommend to get a small, plain
zoo. Those types of zoos are a lot easier to manage.

Once you get a zoo you will find a big area of land. Near the front there is
usually a few decorations and a little path. Usually there will be some plants
and rocks scattered around the zoo. To start making exhibits, see what kind of
animal you want. Leopards and big cats are hard, while anteaters, komodo
dragons, and Thompson gazelles are easier. Then you will need to pick your
fence. Iron bar fence is excellent. Animals can't climb through it or climb up
it unless it breaks. Click and drag the fence until you get the space you want.
Then name the exhibit. If you want, just leave the name of the exhibit as
"Exhibit 1".

Once you get your animal in the exhibit, click on the animal and click on the
button with the picture of a zookeeper. There the animals needs are displayed.
For example it might say " African Warthog 1 does not like the cat climbing
tree" or "Clouded Leopard 2 would like to have some fun and would like a toy".

The tutorials will show you everything you need to know about making exhibits,
caring for animals, and the rest of the stuff you need to know about Zoo Tycoon.

I'm a nine-year old girl and have spent some time building lots of cool exhibits. All in all, this game is very good. I would recommend it for ages 6 and up. As long as you do the tutorials you should be making expert zoos in a flash!

"Zoo Tycoon", Both my son(8) and daughter (6) love it. He is a big dinosaur fan so being able to make a zoo our of dinosaurs made him happy. Also, the onscreen text prompts and advice encourages reading which I am all for.

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"What a zoo!!!", My kids from 6 to 16 love this game. I even got intrigued by it as well.

"a fun and exciting game", This game is very fun. Managing money is trickier than in some of the other games zoo tycoon games, but not so easy that your money is unlimited.

Creating the landscape of the zoo is just the beginning. Adding animals to your zoo takes alot of work in the beginning because you have to satisfy the animals needs like terrain, trees and rocks, space, and how much of the same species the animal wants in its exhibit. You can hire maintnence workers to fix the fences so the animals wont escape. Zookeepers feed and heal animals.

In Marine Mania, marine specialists do the same thing as zookeepers do, but the also clean tanks. Dinasoar Digs works the same way, but scientists help the egg hatch and such.

As your zoo gets better, new animals and items can be unlocked. You can have a better veriety of show animals, or more tricks avalibe and more toys.

Your zoo population will increase, so many more guests will come. You have to put plenty of garbage cans neer food and drink stands, as well as family restrooms and many benches and picnick tables. This can be VERY overwhelming, so you can create an aria for guests neer your exhibits.

I recomend this game to anyone that is up to caring for animals as well as guest needs. This game is one of the most fun tycoon games i have ever played!!!:)

"Lovely Game.", I absolutely love this game! I bought this a few years back and I'm still playing it! Everytime you play you can find new and exciting things! I highly recommend this to anyone of any age...I guarantee you'll love it!

"ZOO TYCOON ZOOKEEPER'S COLLECTION WILL NOT WORK", Parents. Please save yourself the aggrivation and hours of time on the phone with Microsoft if you are trying to put this game on an HP Pavillion. My new HP Pavillion has 2 gig memory and all the bells and whistles that should play circles around this game but it crashes between 4 - 20 minutes every time my daughter tries to play it. It works wonderfully on my Dell, Windows XP machine, although she can't play it on its highest settings. After many hours of speaking to a nice man in India, I have opted to return the computer. That's how much my daughter likes the game.... just be aware it won't work on all computers.

"bonus animals no longer available", Just a heads up for those planning to purchase. I've been all over the Microsoft and Zoo Tycoon sites, and the only bonus downloads I can find are for Zoo Tycoon 2. All the links for this game's bonuses, including the in-game one, lead to dead pages.