Play Theme Park (Japan) Online

Theme Park on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System came out in 1995, a port of the earlier PC game developed by Bullfrog Productions. It was part of that wave of management sims that found a home on consoles, asking players to think more about budgets and guest happiness than high scores.

You control everything from placing paths and scenery to designing roller coasters piece by piece, setting ticket prices, and hiring staff to clean up vomit or repair broken rides. The main objective is to build a profitable, popular theme park without going bankrupt or inciting a guest riot. Key mechanics include researching new attractions in a lab, manually adjusting the price of every food and drink item, and micromanaging the salaries and training of your janitors and mechanics. The pacing is slow and deliberate, with financial failure always a few bad decisions away. It feels like a constant, satisfying battle against chaos, where every small success makes the park a little more your own.