Theme Hospital | Making of Documentary

[@ReliableRhubarb]

If you enjoyed this video, be sure to check out my latest documentaries on the history of Chris Sawyer (creator of Transport Tycoon, RollerCoaster Tycoon and Locomotion): kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2KYgaxnbNmce6M as well as the history of Oddworld Inhabitants: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmWwopqjbNySbpI Let me know which other game franchises you'd like to see documentaries on in the future!

[@Iceman72196]

Bro I subscribed instantly! Love your content! I recommend taking a look at the spiritual successor to this called “Two Point Hospital”!!

[@RealSweetTom]

"Patients are reminded to not be sick in the corridors. Thank you!" In my top 5 games of all time.

[@satrah101]

Damn right there, lost hours on this game. Classic.

[@ReeceRichardsonMusic]

"coughs and sneezes, spread diseases!"

almost. "Patient are reminded not to die in the corridors." :)

[@PJGan13]

Patients, have your credit cards ready

[@nicholaskaminski7295]

This game was one of my all-time favorites as a kid and has really stood the test of time. I was so grateful for Two Point Hospital when that came out. The "sequel" I never thought I'd ever get!!

[@Bricksmouth]

100% agree! I went back time and time again to theme hospital but when my PlayStation 1 was no more I never thought I would get to play it again so two point hospital was amazing!

[@B-26354]

Bullfrog meant something in the 90s as a Brit. There was a sense of national pride that one of the worlds most beloved game developers was a British studio. My dad was a superfan and bought the original Dungeon Keeper and Theme Hospital on his Windows 95 machine. Timeless games.

[@hannesvz82]

I vividly remember seeing Dungeon Keeper first mentioned on Cybernet. A core memory for sure.

[@bumblingbongo7969]

@@hannesvz82 oh yeah the robot, thats a deep cut

[@pow1983]

Yeah couldn't agree more! We had quite a lot of studios back then, most now bought, sold and dead entirely

[@B-26354]

@pow1983 Yup my dad loved Bullfrog and had an affinity to the California based Westwood Studios. He'd buy whatever they made.

[@michaelw9285]

See also Tomb Raider (Core) and GTA (DMA Design Ltd. and later Rockstar North).

[@alexgeorge501]

"Look out for other Bullfrog Products!" Love that PA voice, loved playing this game back in the day, got this bundled with Sim Copter+Streets of SimCity+Command & Conquer Red Alert+Need for Speed III Hot Pursuit

[@legitbeans9078]

Patients are reminded not to die in the corridor

[@DieselBlade93]

I loved this game as a child. I rented it every week on PS1 from my local video shop. It must have been a few years after it's release because it was only £2 for the week. I rented it so much that after a couple months the shop gave it to me. Theme Park World was great as well

[@NiallHatton]

Bullfrog made some of the best games of my childhood

[@danielwarren3138]

*DOCTOR REQUIRED IN GP'S OFFICE*

[@ElvenSpellmaker]

NURSE REQUIRED IN WARD

[@martinputt6421]

@@ElvenSpellmaker Two surgeons required in operating theatre

[@abbyalphonse499]

DOCTOR, ATTEND IN PSYCHIATRY PLEASE

[@babychickenstudios]

Doctor required in General Diagnosis!!

[@OmegaNovaB]

@@abbyalphonse499 That’s the one that haunts my dreams

[@FrogWizard224]

This was my first purchase off GOG, it's so much fun. Loved the video, glad to see another upload from you

[@Joseph88899]

Two surgeons required in operating theatre!

[@LucaEnzo]

The sprite based animation system still looks better then most 3D interpritations and gives the game a boat load of charm Long live Bullfrog

[@nod7055]

I played it with Theme Hospital and Theme Park World on ps1 during all my childhood, miss those times. Thank you for this doc!

[@Bricksmouth]

Same here! So nostalgic ❤

[@sbpmchris]

Such a great game - really what gaming used to be about.. creative, fun mechanics that just worked to make a gameplay loop that entertained you for hours whilst offering up a challenge if you looked for one. You can still see this was a passion project, alot of todays games you can clearly see are a business product in comparison. Great documentary, keep it up!!

[@danthegamingmanYT]

I'm glad you mentioned the kitkats, I've often wondered about that. Great video.

[@olivercuenca4109]

It's very funny that Frimley Park was consulted for Theme Hospital - it looks *exactly* like what a hospital in-game looks like, all boxy and sprawling, and largely on one or two levels. It is the perfect real life equivalent of Theme Hospital.

[@liammhodonohue]

@olivercuenca4109 I'll add that to my list of hospital trivia. Green Wing was filmed at Northwick Park in NW London

[@Tmp205]

Because of the capitalist nature of the game, I’d assumed it was a US style. I had no idea it was all developed extremely locally 😅. Also hadn’t realised but was pleased to learn two point is from the original team and not an imitation.

[@liammhodonohue]

@@Tmp205 I thought the same. One detail stuck out - doctors were graded as house officer, registrar and consultant. USA has intern/resident/attending (not exact equivalents)

[@benclarkson4205]

Ha… unbelievable. I was born in that hospital and LOVED the game when it was released… and had no idea of the connection.

[@stewpercharged]

@@benclarkson4205 I was also born there

[@MrGabilonia]

This game got me into working as a process/operations improvement manager in a hospital. Doing this game but in real life. it was amazing.

[@Bricksmouth]

Haha, same, playing this as a child I would never have imagined going on to do the job for real 😂

[@densha63]

I played this game like forever when I was a teenager. We got hold of a copy inadvertently and just played that heck out of it and who knew that I would fell in love with it. Fast-forward to now, maybe 20 years or more, as a medical practitioner myself, seeing this and the newer Two Point Hospital...made nostalgia kicked in. I love the simple music and of course when you here "Doctor, attending Psychiatry please" and "Doctor needed in Slack Tongue clinic" XD XD. This game is already a timeless classic for me and still, if you can play this right now, it can still hold on to its own.

[@thonyarriecheg]

This is a legendary PC game for me. Its humor and graphics are deep-coded in my mind. Thanks for bringing these memories!

[@shaunt7175]

I was just a kid when I played this game so many features I never used but loved it. Considering Frimley Park was used for research (my local) has now just repeated my desire to play it again. I had no idea on so many features of this game so thank you and keep up the videos!

[@meshuganater]

Huh, I never knew they were inspired by Frimley Park, my local hospital growing up. Many happy hours playing Theme Hospital back in the day

[@laratheplanespotter]

That my local 😮

[@MarcoRetro316]

Awesome video! I learned quite a bit about one of my favourite childhood games. Subscribed!

[@Gemazarus]

Theme Hospital, one of my favourite games of all time. Well and truly in my heart forever. The music alone sends chills and makes me a kid again.

[@informitas0117]

Bullfrog and Lionhead was such an era. I know people hate Peter but I really don't care about his lies. He made some of the most important games of my childhood, and I will always be thankful for that. It was the only good part of my life. I still hope Black & White will return one day.

[@SIDDqlo]

Black & White is one of my favourite games.

[@craigjohnson2301]

Why do people hate Peter for? Im out the loop

[@Monksy1337]

​​@@craigjohnson2301He lied about basically every game he ever brought out, selling you a game that had none of the promises and barely worked, mostly they ended up good (no thanks to him but the teams work) despite being a different game but... Check out Curiosity and Godus

[@kieronparr3403]

Black and white was advertised everywhere but most people didn't understand it

[@JGMP7887]

​​@@craigjohnson2301he made a lot of false promises and was outright deceptive about the features and mechanics of some of the games Lionhead were working on in partnership with Microsoft Xbox. The most notorious ones being features to be found in Fable 2 & 3 aswell as the capabilities of the Xbox Kinect and a game that was due to be released specifically for that. It's such a shame really, I think those actions were a death knell for Lionhead and the Fable games at the time, and despite their awesome and unique mechanics and character they were forever tarnished and unjustly judged based off of the actions of Peter, whose behaviour could only be described as that of a politician or snake oil salesman who defined the noughties as a time of disappointment in the games industry (worst of all it primarily affected those of us who had the most faith or were the truest fans of his achievemrnts with Bullfrog and Lionhead, and who caj be considered at the time as "true gamers"), in spite of its growth, innovation and success.

[@rhysatiynr]

Thanks for this documentary, it was so nostalgic! To this day, my mother-in-law shouts: “The hospital administrator is cheating!” She played the game with my partner and his brother when they were kids :)

[@paddy4dr]

I still play this every now and again still have it on disc too. Only ever finished it once though

[@Iceyfrozone]

I played this so much when i was a kid and downloaded on origin. Never knew you could play it multiple player 😮

[@CryMoar_]

Great thankyou man. I had this on PC in the 90s, and playstation 1. This, dungeon keeper, and jazz jackrabbit 2 always have been, and will remain my 3 favourite games period. I've been gaming as a kid of 8 on my mums 486, and now still as an adult child of 39, on my own killer rig. The music of TH, the PA in it and DK, and massively the music, of jazz jackrabbit 2 have kept a burning nostalgia inside me that reduces me to tears even now..of time gone past, all kind of emotions. I miss Bullfrog massively. And the origianl Epic Mega Games. Sometimes i just want to go back to simpler times. I miss the 90s. I hate the world we world we now live in.. particularly England. Bit depressed and drunk.. sometimes this is all that keeps me going.

[@VladK-1]

I have similar memories about these games (plus LBA/Twinsen Adventure which is my favourite of this era) and I’m about the same age. I love to show these games to my kids and watch them experiencing them like I did, smiling and laughing about the same things. And music is never outdated (unlike graphics, sadly). Cheers from Russia!

[@RewindArcade]

Really enjoyed this, nice work! As a big PC gamer in the 90s, I’m surprised I had never heard of nor played Theme Hospital. I think I just lumped it in with Two Point which now makes a lot more sense. 😅 I think the only thing I’d love to see in future videos is a little more visual flair, but regardless, the writing and delivery was still great and kept me hooked. Thanks for putting this together!

[@Bricksmouth]

23:00 I know you mention ‘theme park’ at the beginning but they did go on to create ‘theme park world’ too which was also a fantastic game. 3 of my favourite games growing up were Theme Hospital, Theme Park World and Pac Man World. I was so glad to have the Two Point Hospital release the the rerelease of Pac Man World and also a near enough version of Theme Park World in Rollercoaster Tycoon, although a closer version would be very welcomed. Thank you for a fantastic video, I learnt a lot here and look forward to watching more of your videos 😊

[@ihspan6892]

I loved the game back then and the music will always bring a smile on my face. Great video!

[@kaneofnod]

Wow, excellent job. The amount of behind-the-scenes research really came through and I learned a lot of cool things I hadn't previously known! Thanks! Subscribed!

[@lukey666lukey]

only just discovered this channel through this video. I have got to say some really great vidoes. loved theme hospital watching this bought back some great memories

[@alexh1681]

Really great video! Its surprising that you don't have more viewers

[@ReliableRhubarb]

Thank you, and this channel is still relatively new so it'll probably take some time to get the ball rolling. Hoping to get a bunch of documentaries finished this year to help things along.

[@alexh1681]

@@ReliableRhubarb Keep doing what you are doing, its excellent content!

[@juliusfucik4011]

I still play this game every year or so. I love it. The music. The humor. The gameplay. It's just an all round great game.

[@matt.baller]

Another superb video and enjoyable trip down memory lane. It’s been god knows how many years since I played it, and I’d forgotten just how addictive that calypso style backing music is… I still remember it looping in my head for days at a time.

[@eliensamigurumi8735]

Patients are asked not to die in the corridors

[@greschbandicoot8817]

great video! I watched the Chris Sawyer video and this one back to back. I very much enjoyed both, since most of my childhood gaming memories evolve around theme park, theme hospital, transport tycoon and rollercoaster tycoon. The only thing missing now is the settlers series

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

5:58 Bloaty Head being based on Peter Molyneux's actual head is an amazing factoid. thank you

[@Asidders]

9:48 I love your setup there. Makes me want to play again!

[@smoothmarx]

I still play Theme Hospital from time to time. Great game, and timeless.

[@DoFeedThePigeons]

I had to watch my little sister play this game for ages and guess what, she grown to work in a hospital 🏥

[@geraldTheSealion160]

Loved this game as a kid and now love it even more on the switch.

[@matthewfelgate]

Thanks for making and sharing this great documentary. I loved this game as a kid. I had no idea it was based, in part, on the hospital I was born in, and now volunteer at - Frimley Park.

[@az90utv42]

Played this game for hours at a time back in the early 2000s as a kid. Such good memories. Over 20 years later now work for the NHS. Hospitals aren't too far off how they're portrayed in the game 😂

[@Bricksmouth]

Haha, as a staff member in the NHS I have to agree! Never did I think playing this as a child would set me in good stead for the oh I would one day go on to do 😂

[@mattoliver18]

Stumbled across this video and really enjoyed it. Love Theme Hospital and still have my original copy somewhere. Great work

[@_james_1100]

This brings back so many memories! Thank you.

[@Skeffles]

Great video! It's awesome to see all the history of this game. I remember playing this a lot as a kid.

[@zeitxgeist]

In the grand scheme of things, getting a box of kit kats isn't too bad. usually you'd just get a cease and desist.

[@jonsmith5058]

Wild to see what a punt this game was. As a kid I adored it, it took years for me to make it work with MS-DOS so I could save, meaning I’d always need to start a run from zero and repeat levels but I loved it.

[@TestaFranco]

One of my fav memories as a kid. Been sick and stay playing this game

[@MandrakeHorse]

Great documentary for a fantastic game! Here's some interesting bits of trivia: Bullfrog originally wanted to have an Alien Invasion disaster which would introduce, according to UK GamesMaster magazine in October 1996: "Fleets of nasties to destroy, maim and pass around nasty rashes to the population". Evidently, this idea was scrapped for time, but the alien patients were kept in and appear during the final level as a Emergency event. There's a bunch of unused staff announcements and graphics relating to the event, suggesting that the aliens would infect your patents with Alien DNA and turn them into aliens that you would need to cure. There was also originally a "disease" called "Pregnant" ("Cause: Power cuts in urban areas. Symptoms: Faddish eating with consequent beer gut. Cure: Baby is removed in Operating Theatre, washed and presented to patient.") which was half-implemented before Bullfrog decided to move away from real-life conditions.

[@LordSwimmington]

Incoming patients with Bloaty Head!

[@lucystevenson2682]

This game was so awesome. Still a firm favourite of mine now

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

Theme Hospital, and Populous: The Beginning were legendary games from Bullfrog, and i still feel like this studio was very underrated!

[@krashd]

Everything they released was legendary.

[@EJD339]

I forgot about this game and seeing this video brought back so many memories. I think there was a pack that sold bunch of games and this was included in it.

[@davelovegamestv]

Have fond memories playing theme hospital as a kid, also remembering I didn't get that far, always failing at mission 6 or something. As Adult playing Two Point Hospital - the nostalgia is unreal, love that game, and I'm much better at it now :D

[@Bhazor]

6:40 Easy to forget nowadays, but Molyneux was a great programmer/designer in the Bullfrog era.

[@NatInTheHat49]

I found this game at 8years old as a demo copy I played it and it slightly creeped me out but I loved it I'm now in my early 20s and still play it I never fully appreciated the dark humor till I was older and it makes me love the game even more it's a shame no new games come close to this. Also this was an amazing documentary keep up the great work I'm now off to watch another one

[@luernios9075]

I can relate to being creeped out by it. I absolutely loved this game as a 6 or 7-year-old kid and it left a big impact on me, but the 3d cut-scenes scared me.

[@coalitionofseekers9572]

Have you not played Three Point Hospital?

[@Auxodium]

Great vid. We need more Theme Hospital vids. I wish they made more of these in the series.

[@dalemonk3403]

I love this game, I feel so lucky to have been able to play it when it first came out. So many great memories!

[@Autonova]

Great game, I still occasionally play it now. Made something so complex into something so simple, colourful and fun.

[@nitiratp]

I had many good times with this. And thank you for confirming that the game was hard, I remember thinking that as a kid, so it wasn't just me.

[@paddypeyton]

Thanks for this video! I loved this game as a kid and still have it for ps1 ! 😊

[@largepiter]

And the music oh god i still know all the tunes by heart after almost 30 years

[@mintydog06]

It's amazing that I never heard of Genewars until this video. I enjoyed Syndicate Wars but I couldn't complete it. And I didn't play much of Dungeon Keeper, even though it was a great game, my brother loved it though. But I spent many hours on Theme Hospital. The part of the game I hate are the earthquakes that forever mess up your hospital. A hospital wanted a portion of the profits? Who the hell do they think they are? It's a public entity, they shouldn't be allowed to do that. I've got the original box with the green cross, I didn't see the star design until years later and just assumed it was the game + an expansion. Good video, I've subbed, nice work.

[@hymerr]

How can this not be in the 100k+ views?

[@WitsEnds]

Just had a bunch of memories unlocked, I forgot about this game but played it a lot as a kid

[@coffeemugftw]

I grew up in Guildford, I used to go past their office every day to and from school, I miss this company.

[@totalba7997]

Another great video rhubarb! Loving these at the moment :)

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Played the hell out of Bullfrog games as a kid

[@lemagreengreen]

I adored Theme Hospital and later, Dungeon Keeper. I really miss Bullfrog.

[@howmanybeansmakefive]

Great vid! Answered a lot of questions I always wondered. The fact it was controversial is hilarious

[@apocryphgaming9995]

Awww yiss! Today the algorithm got the suggestion *exactly* right! Love this game. And I say that in the present tense having played it for 20 years. I'm glad you discussed the difficulty scale. Maybe I'm just getting old, or maybe older games were genuinely harder, but it seems to me like the first 2-3 levels were really easy. By levels 5-6 you're convinced you're losing badly and suddenly the level ends as you inadvertently meet your objectives. And then the last few levels you're a seasoned alcoholic swearing at a pretend hospital game.

[@xWaLeEdOoOx]

i appreciate this documentary, i loved Theme Hospital and i went crazy when they announced TwoPoint Hospital. i played TH first on PS1 and it was mind blowing to me i freakin loved it

[@alicetango6725]

well done brother Ive subscribed..... really well done production

[@GisherJohn24]

Great documentary brother. God bless

[@marcharrison9847]

Absolutely mint mate what a game, I still got the theme tune stuck in my head

[@LivindeadGaming]

Not sure how this video was just randomly recommended to me but it was interesting, I loved this game as a kid and never knew it's history

[@krashd]

The Movies was considered the third installment in the creator series after Theme Park and Theme Hospital, I still play that a lot.

[@colonthree]

I was at one point the lead artist for a sequel while at EA in 2010... :'3

[@jjforcebreaker]

It's such a lovely, evergreen classic. Still is a lot of fun and works without issues on a modern system.

[@alexb151]

I met Gary carr at a game event many years ago. Gushing over my love of theme hospital back in the day. So glad they then went on to build a spiritual successsor

[@Darkanimeking23]

I loved this game so much, due to the humor and how the played. It was always fun to play

[@darealsanta1597]

Great research & well explained. Cheers!

[@joeh5315]

I went round my cousins house and he was playing theme hospital. First time I had ever seen it. I can still hear him giggling like a little school girl, listening to the patients dumping in the toilets.

Great documentary! I loved to see the way the doctor seats! Have anyone heard about the extension Clone Lab???

[@DrRESHES]

This is so great!

[@terrytibbz6820]

Genuinely one of the best games of my childhood

[@fridgeffs5662]

Oh man the nostalgia. I remember laughing so hard at them ejecting the guy with no insurance in the intro.

[@olstar18]

If I was working on theme hospital back in the day I'd go back to that second hospital show them what kind of game we were making and ask for some ideas of jokes and references that doctors and nurses would get but most people might not even notice.

[@smthompson89]

Liked and subscribed. Great review mate. Big fan.

[@pow1983]

Damn, I had no idea that I had an original box art design and of course I bloody sold it didn't I :(

[@Streetrocker28]

Bullfrog was one of my favorite gaming company From dungeon keeper to theme park and and theme hospital

[@FizzleFX]

12:20 its... Something 😂

[@curtis8516]

To the people involved in this masterpiece - THANK YOU!!!

[@ratdev4719]

I first saw the Theme Park game when I was a kid in an amiga magazine and I wanted it so bad, then my father got me a game called "Theme Park Mystery" and I was so disapointed. I got to play it some years later in the PC tho.

[@TheJacklikesvideos]

"Bloaty Head was inspired by Peter's allergic reaction" that's just his regular head

[@georgebarker8580]

OMG plz do more this was AMAZING

[@BizzyX78]

----- - The game itself is still very enjoyable to this day, but there are more than a few bugs that need sorting out. The three most game breaking/annoying bugs are...: Nr.1. 'The scroll-bug! The scroll gets stuck and auto-scrolls to one side and stays there. As a result, you have to reload the game in order to fix the problem. But at certain points in the game, the bug returns as soon as you have reloaded. Forcing you to restart the game either from a much earlier savegame or start from scratch.' - Nr.2. 'The door-bug! Every so often, the doors get stuck when there are a lot of people in the corridors or when one person is trying to enter a room while someone else is trying to exit said room. This more often than not makes the room unusable because you can not deconstruct it while there are people in the room. And it becomes a waste of space, having to construct a new room of the same type when space or lack thereof is already an issue.' - Nr.3. 'The earthquake/room-bug! Maybe this is an actual bug or simply a design limitation that they chose to ignore, but if there is some type of equipment in need of repair after an earthquake and the janitor can not reach the specific room/equipment in time. The room in question becomes unusable and a waste of space since there is no way of deconstructing said room if the broken equipment is just a pile of rubble and no longer serviceable. Especially on later levels, this becomes a really annoying issue when space is something that you can't afford to waste.' -----