Zoo Tycoon
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Developers | |
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Blue Fang Games | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Westlake Interactive |
macOS (OS X) | Westlake Interactive |
Publishers | |
Microsoft Game Studios | |
Mac OS, macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 17, 2001 |
Mac OS (Classic) | July 21, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | July 21, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 68 |
IGDB | 68 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building, Educational, Simulation |
Themes | Contemporary |
Series | Zoo Tycoon |
Zoo Tycoon | |
---|---|
Zoo Tycoon | 2001 |
Zoo Tycoon 2 | 2004 |
Zoo Tycoon Friends | 2014 |
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection | 2017 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Zoo Tycoon is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric building, educational and simulation game in the Zoo Tycoon series.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Free demos are available from Archive.org: original, expansions.
Version differences
- The Complete Collection contains both retail expansion packs and the exclusive Endangered Species expansion pack unavailable separately.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Dinosaur Digs | ||
Marine Mania | Includes the content of Dinosaur Digs. | |
Endangered Species | Exclusive to the Complete Collection. |
Essential improvements
Patches
Skip intro videos
Go to <path-to-game> and delete BFLOGO.AVI , BFLOGO.WMV , MSLOGO.AVI , and MSLOGO.WMV
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Zookini Launcher
- A fanmade launcher that modifies the .ini with options not available in game such as higher screen resolutions, smoother graphics, amount of startup cash, and more.
- Unstable, doesn't always apply settings and an account is required to download.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\zoo.ini[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saved Games\[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
- Scenario progress is saved in
zoo.ini
under[scenario]
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. Higher resolutions result in a smaller HUD. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Alt+↵ Enter toggles. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | See High frame rate. |
Widescreen resolution
Set a custom resolution[3] |
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screenwidth=800 screenheight=600 5. Replace them with desired resolution |
High frame rate
Set a custom frame rate limit[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Main volume and menu music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | [4] |
DirectDraw |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | 1.4 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0a compatible |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 9.2 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G3 233 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G3 233 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Blackbird on 2017-10-20
- 1080p works perfectly.Image
- ↑ Verified by User:Eddmanx on 2022-12-04
- Although the game loads the
d3dim700.dll
for some reason, and would CTD in its absence, it doesn't require Direct3D acceleration, as tested on Windows 98 in PCem with Direct3D acceleration disabled in dxdiag tool.
- Although the game loads the