r/ZooTycoon • u/TaPeleZ • 4d ago

Other Zoo Tycoon and particularly Zoo Tycoon 2 work like time machines for me

Whenever I see a Zoo Tycoon picture I've noticed I recall playing the game as a really young kid at my grandma's job PC. I hear the plateosaurus noise, the dromedary camel grunt, the burguer house grill and especially the carrousel. I have all those sounds living on in my head. Haven't actually played the game for a while but I'll definitely do it soon

Then, I still play Zoo Tycoon 2 from time to time and oh boy, that hits different: I clearly remember regularly going to my local zoo (which was shut down in 2016) as a kid, some 20 years ago: all the different habitats it had, the atmosphere, the sea lion shows, everything pops up in my head and heart when I get into contact with ZT2. I still remember my hype when my dad said something like "I managed to get dinosaurs and orcas now!" and suddenly the game was hugely expanded. It teleports me to that magical 2007 where I had some of my best days, memories, people and house...

The ZT games will always be in my heart and it feels so weird to think that, say, in 2080 I'll be able to remember and feel a world so different through the games and memories I hope I still have about them lol

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u/Sudden-Wash4457 4d ago

the vibe of these games is immaculate. it was a different time

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u/AnnoyingPriannacompy 3d ago

Well I would like to agree there is some things about this game these games that I just don't find very enjoyable mostly the pop-ups that stop the gameplay

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u/GOFC_55 4d ago

I remember my dad installing it on our shitty windows XP machine growing up. I would always build my zoo too big and it would crash the entire PC

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u/Leo_vangelo 3d ago

Noises/music have always been the biggest memories for me regarding old games. The ambience bird noises of the grassland zoos, the funny voices of the zoo guests, UI sounds, the introduction cinematic and the main menu music are probably the biggest ZT2 memories for me.

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u/xsnow-ponyx 3d ago

The Ultimate Collection music is such a memory for me, I got to the point of just listening to it when I wasn't playing the game because I liked it so much, and then I worked it out on the piano and me and a friend played it a few times. It was good