This article is about the video game series. For the first game in the series, see Zoo Tycoon (2001 video game). For the third game in the series, see Zoo Tycoon (2013 video game).
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Video game series
Zoo Tycoon
Genre(s)
Construction and management simulator, business simulator
Developer(s)
Blue Fang Games, Frontier Developments, Behaviour Interactive, Asobo Studio
Publisher(s)
Microsoft Studios
Platform(s)
Microsoft Windows, OS X, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows Phone, Nintendo DS
First release
Zoo Tycoon October 17, 2001
Latest release
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection October 31, 2017
Zoo Tycoon is a series of business simulation video games. The worlds focus around building and running successful zoo scenarios. The series was initially developed by Blue Fang Games and published by Microsoft Studios who later in 2001–2008 went on to create two stand-alone video games and seven expansion packs for PC and Macintosh platforms. In 2013, Microsoft Studios released a new Zoo Tycoon game, developed by Frontier Developments for Xbox One and Xbox 360. An enhanced version of the Xbox game, Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection, was released for Windows 10 and the Xbox One on October 31, 2017.
Frontier Developments, the developer of the final Zoo Tycoon game, released the spiritual successor to the series, Planet Zoo, in 2019.
ZooTycoon is a series of business simulation video games. The worlds focus around building and running successful zoo scenarios. The series was initially...
ZooTycoon 2 is a business simulation video game developed by Blue Fang Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios and MacSoft. Originally released...
Planet Zoo is a 2019 construction and management simulation game by Frontier Developments for Windows. The game is a spiritual successor to ZooTycoon and...
ZooTycoon DS is the Nintendo DS version of the business simulation game ZooTycoon. A sequel to the game, titled ZooTycoon 2 DS, was released in 2008...
World of Zoo is a life simulation video game, published by THQ and developed by Blue Fang Games, who also developed the similar ZooTycoon series. World...
ZooTycoon 2 DS is a Nintendo DS game based on the PC game ZooTycoon 2. It is the sequel to ZooTycoon DS. In ZooTycoon 2 DS, the player edits and builds...
with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (to which Planet Coaster is a spiritual successor), Thrillville, Thrillville: Off the Rails, and ZooTycoon. A version for PlayStation...
the Xbox port of RollerCoaster Tycoon, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Thrillville, Thrillville: Off the Rails, and ZooTycoon. Parkitect, released worldwide...
simulation game released in 2003. Like ZooTycoon and Zoo Empire, the game involves players in building a wildlife park or zoo. The game spawned two sequels.[citation...
management simulation, much like ZooTycoon and Wildlife Park before it. The player must successfully create and manage a zoo that gathers sufficient profits...
Modern WIN Expansion to ZooTycoon. 2002 ZooTycoon: Marine Mania Blue Fang Modern WIN Expansion to ZooTycoon. 2003 Airport Tycoon 2 Sunstorm Modern WIN...
for its ZooTycoon franchise. The company closed down in 2011, after their contract with Microsoft ended. Graft, Kris. "The Death Of ZooTycoon Dev Blue...
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. The company also made games for the Wallace and Gromit franchise, and has released Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo, and a tie-in...
Wild!, the second expansion, allows the player to build zoos and safari rides, similar to ZooTycoon in an amusement park setting, in which animals can be...
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Tulsa Zoo was named as "America's Favorite Zoo" by Microsoft Game Studios and was granted $25,000 in a contest designed to promote the ZooTycoon 2 computer...
find out how their park is doing and the customers' thoughts, similar to ZooTycoon titles. The game contains several scenery and ride themes at launch, with...
returns to war with Winter Assault". GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-09-11. "ZooTycoon set loose on DS, PC expansion gold". GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-09-11. "Relic...
Championship Edition Microsoft Windows September 19, 2001 Indie Built ZooTycoon Microsoft Windows October 22, 2001 Blue Fang Games Links 2001 Microsoft...
connection to the original. Planet Zoo and Planet Coaster are spiritual successors to ZooTycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon, having a theme similar to these...
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2014. Retrieved January 19, 2014. such as Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, ZooTycoon DS, SimCity DS, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Digimon World Dawn, Mega Man Battle...
10 November 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2013. "Donna Air splits from £40m zootycoon". London Evening Standard. 8 July 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2015. "Donna Air...
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