Theme Hospital now on GOG for $5.99

Though GOG recently branched out into selling new games too, it's still bringing gems back. Bullfrog's sim Theme Hospital is now on GOG at $5.99, bringing patients suffering from gigantic bloated heads or delusions of Elvis through your doors.

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Though GOG recently branched out into selling new games too, it's still clearly committed to bringing gems back. Bullfrog's classic sim Theme Hospital is now on GOG at $5.99, bringing patients suffering from gigantic bloated heads or delusions of Elvis through your doors.

Theme Hospital's a fine example of Bullfrog's skill at making 'funny' games. While patients suffer from absurd illness, the treatments are ludicrous and vomit flies freely, it's all built upon a compelling management sim. Given an empty hospital, you have to design and build every room, arrange its contents, optimise your hospital's layout, hire staff, research treatments, and keep everyone content.

Theme Hospital hasn't been sold for many moons, so head on over to GOG with 599 shiny virtual pennies to buy it, you.

You may also want to try CorsixTH, an open-source replacement engine for Theme Hospital. It's not quite complete yet, but offers support for higher resolutions, and runs on Mac and Linux too. Simply plug your Theme Hospital data files into it and away you go.

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    April 13, 2012 6:20 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Theme Hospital now on GOG for $5.99.

    Though GOG recently branched out into selling new games too, it's still bringing gems back. Bullfrog's sim Theme Hospital is now on GOG at $5.99, bringing patients suffering from gigantic bloated heads or delusions of Elvis through your doors.

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      April 13, 2012 6:22 AM

      Didn't someone post a link to a remake or something a while back?

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        April 13, 2012 6:24 AM

        There was an OpenTH, but that project seems to have died. The engine replacement CorsixTH is still alive, though.

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          April 13, 2012 6:28 AM

          Ok, it's the same one as mentioned in the article =)

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      April 13, 2012 6:27 AM

      They need more games like this on ios, rather than those IAP sims. Kairosoft seems to be the only one doing it.

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      April 13, 2012 6:33 AM

      <3 Theme Hospital

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      April 13, 2012 6:35 AM

      Hnnnnnnnnnnng!

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