Careful balancing and strategic planning are necessary in order to fulfill the objectives of the game. The program gives children a good sense of the business mechanics behind enterprises such as a theme park that can easily be taken for granted. Entertainment Value Children who enjoy challenges will find the game very absorbing and involving. Riding the coasters players have built is great fun, as is walking through the amusement park from a guest's point of view. The program supports both Direct3D hardware acceleration as well as non-accelerated PCs.
Load times can be agonizingly long.
Because the interface is so well designed, the program is especially easy to use for children on the lower end of the suggested age group. A blue-haired, onscreen Advisor pops up to supply tips, provide encouragement, and mostly alert users to problems in the park. There are 15 levels to the program, golden tickets to win, and an overall goal - factors that will keep many players coming back for more. Because there are so many interdependent variables to play with, it's never the same game twice, and the simulation will hold up well over the long term.