Friday, 11/22/2024

Welcome to CorsixTH, an open source clone of the classic game Theme Hospital by Bullfrog! This is playable beta 1 of CorsixTH. Many rooms, diseases and features have been implemented, but there are still many things missing. In order to use this release, you will need to get a copy of the original game data. If you like this project, you can help us with development, e.g. by reporting bugs or starting to code something yourself. Ask on the mailing list for more details (http://groups.google.com/group/corsix-th-dev). But now, have fun with the game! For those who are unfamiliar with Theme Hospital: Start by building a reception desk (from the objects menu, which is opened by one of the big blue buttons at the bottom of the screen) and a GP's office (diagnosis room, from the rooms menu). You will need a Receptionist and a Doctor to staff these, which can be hired from the staff menu (again, a big blue button at the bottom of the screen). Various treatment rooms will also be needed, along with staff for them. Patients should begin to appear in your hospital at the start of the March month, so be sure to have some facilities ready for them. As computers evolve, we risk losing some classic games. Bullfrog's Theme Hospital, published in 1997, is a classic simulation game, but getting it to run natively on modern operating systems is getting progressively harder. This project aims to reimplement the game engine of Theme Hospital, and be able to load the original game data files. This means that you will need a purchased copy of Theme Hospital, or a copy of the demo, in order to use CorsixTH. After most of the original engine has been reimplemented in open source code, the project will serve as a base from which extensions to the original game can be made.

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