Zoo Tycoon 2
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- For the original Zoo Tycoon, see Zoo Tycoon.
Technical Specifications
General
- Windows 98SE/2000/Me/XP
- 733 MHz processor
- 256 MB RAM
- 900 MB of available hard disk space
- 4X or higher CD-ROM drive
- Internet access required for optional downloads
- Macintosh G4 or G5
- 800 MHz or faster processor
- OSX v10.2.8 or higher
- 256 MB RAM
- 32 MB video card
Graphics
- DirectX® 9.0 or higher
- 16 MB graphics card
General game play
Freeform
A freeform game in Zoo Tycoon 2 is probably the most commonly used game form. Freeform games allow you to create the zoo of your dreams, with the only restriction being space. The players money supply is unlimited, and all items are available from the beginning of the game play. When you create a new game, you will start off with an empty zoo, ready for development. From there on, you may create animal exhibits and guest facilities (such as restaurants and bathrooms), hire employees, and landscape. This game form is favored for two reasons: First, it allows you to create a zoo, and see if it will do well enough to develop a similar zoo in a challenge game (see below). Lastly, there are no money restrictions, which allows you to buy without waiting for your profits to increase.Challenge
Challenge games are the equivalent of previous Zoo Tycoon freeform games. In this type of game, your money supply is limited, and not all items are ready for immediate use. Game play is the same as Freeform with the exception that you must try to make a profit in order to keep your zoo running, and you must research certain items for them to be available for use. This mode will occasionally give the player challenges such as "Take a photograph of a running zebra".Scenario/Goal
A scenario game (also called a goal game) is a game form in which the player must complete a goal to win. When you start off, you have certain tasks to do (e.g. Create a New Hippo Exhibit, Get a Blue Ribbon Award). Once you have completed the tasks, you unlock another scenario in which there are more goals. To win the scenario games, you must achieve the tasks in the last scenario. The scenarios are as varied as just running a zoo, to creating and managing a five star zoo for 4 years.Bonus downloads
Periodically, Blue Fang, the company which makes the game will release an animal/object which anyone can download using the in-game download option, or they could go to zoo.ogresnet.com and download them there. Four animals have been released so far(only three available to the general public), the Asian elephant, black leopard, musk ox, and the Asiatic Black Bear, which is available only to those who complete the photo challenges of the mobile version of Zoo Tycoon 2. These animals can be automatically attained if the expansion is bought, for the exception of the Asiatic Black Bear. You can also create animals for Zoo Tycoon 2, but like in Zoo Tycoon 1 it is impossible on a Macintosh computer. Two patches that improve gameplay and add the downloadable animals are available.Expansions
Endangered Species
In November 2005, Microsoft released the Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species expansion pack. This expansion pack adds more animals, especially endangered ones. The other main feature of this expansion pack is its transportation. It includes sky trams, jeep tours as well as elevated paths. The expansion also has a feature called "variant skins". Because of this feature, when you adopt an animal, it may look different from the others. For example, when adopting a Bengal Tiger, you will usually get the standard orange and black color, or you may get a much rarer white one.New Tour Possibilities
With the addition of this expansion pack, you can create a Jeep (c) Wrangler or Commander tour through your exhibits along with a sky tram tour. Elevated paths will let you walk right above the exhibits, giving you a very good view of the animals. They also enable you to build food courts right above the exhibits.Technical Specifications
General
- Zoo Tycoon 2 Required
- Windows 98SE/2000/Me/XP
- 733 MHz processor
- 256 MB RAM
- 900 MB of available hard disk space
- 32X or higher CD-ROM drive
- Internet access required for optional downloads
Graphics
- DirectX® 9.0 or higher
- 16 MB graphics card
Animal Objects
Food: Enrichment Objects:- Durian
- Elephant Enrichment Log
- Feeder Ball
- Salt Lick
- Tire Swing
- Boreal Burrow
- Desert Burrow
- Scrub Burrow
African Adventure
Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure,released May 2006, adds various new African animals and allows the player to drive through savannah exhibits with African-themed tours. The expansion pack also includes new maps based on well-known African locations, as well as new desert-themed buildings and scenery, and a new set of challenges and campaigns. The new hunting and herding behaviours are a much-needed extra for the game.Animals for this expansion are :
- Bongo - Tropical Rainforest - Lower Risk
- Warthog - Savannah - Lower Risk
- Wildebeest - Savannah - Lower Risk
- Caracal - Scrub - Lower Risk
- Aardvark - Scrub - Lower Risk
- Gerenuk - Scrub - Vulnerable
- Mandrill - Tropical Rainforest - Vulnerable
- Barbary ape - Temperate Forest - Vulnerable
- African buffalo - Wetlands - Lower Risk
- Ethiopian wolf - Alpine - Critically endangered
- Meerkat - Scrub - Lower Risk
- White rhinoceros - Scrub - Lower Risk
- Masai giraffe - Savannah - Lower Risk - can interbreed with the reticulated giraffe.
- Nile monitor - Wetlands - Lower Risk
- Secretary bird - Grassland - Lower Risk
- Striped hyena - Desert - Lower Risk
- African Spurred Tortoise - Desert - Vulnerable
- Pygmy hippopotamus - Tropical Rainforest - Critically endangered
- Gelada - Alpine - Lower Risk
- Ratel - Grassland - Lower Risk
- Live Prey Lizards
- Heat Lamp
- Food - Insects
- Desert theme objects
- Kopje Shelter
- Savannah burrow
- Reptile Pond
- Jeep Liberty
- Zebra painted Wrangler
- Africa painted Commander
- Giraffe painted Liberty
- Meerkat Lookout Post
- Secretary Bird Nest
- Squeaky Toy
- Salt Lick
- All Jeeps
- Jeep Vehicle Station
- Roads
- Crossing gate
- Vehicle gate (not decorated)
Upcoming Expansions
A Bluefang correspondent (Steve) hinted that more expansions would follow the making of Marine Mania.[link] However, Marine Mania is the only full expansion confirmed at this point in time. [Info from Microsoft about upcoming expansions]Marine Mania
Zoo Tycoon 2 : Marine Mania, expected to be released October 2, 2006, will introduce 20 new animals and an all new marine theme. Like it's predecessor, it will have tanks and marine shows. So far the confirmed animals which will be included are :Confirmed by Bluefang liasons:
- Orca (Able to perform in shows.)
- Bottlenose Dolphin (Able to perform in shows.)
- Leatherback Sea Turtle
- Blacktip reef shark
- Manta Ray
- Rockhopper Penguin
- Green Sea Turtle
- Walrus
- Short Finned Pilot Whale
- False Killer Whale
- Beluga (in the background of a MM2 video, something white is just visible in the background, which looks very much like a Beluga)
- Hammerhead Shark
- Sea Otter
- seahorse bouncy ride
- tropical fish animal house
- new animal house with seahorses
- Blue Whale Hall
- new fences and tank fences
- underwater foliage/rocks
- new show employees
- new food containers , (no new food types have been confirmed)
- animal shows
- take pics underwater
- marine gift cart
- dolphin arch
- touch pool
- pirate theme
- new toys
- 4 new biomes (two have been confirmed: Coastal and Pelagic or Open Ocean.)
- [Screenshots of the upcoming expansion are located at Gamespot.]
- [Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania Preview at GameZone.]
Dino Danger
Downloadable expansion which will release in late July 2006. It is still unknown what are the predicted animal species, but a theropod dinosaur, possibly a Tyrannosaurus rex, can be seen at the photo game in the microsoft website.Animals
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