Zoo Tycoon 2 Music - Extinct Animals Theme

[@flarithen]

the first 30 seconds of this song was my wake up alarm as a child and to this day it still invokes raw, uncontrollable panic and the all consuming urge to hurl myself out of bed at the speed of light to prepare for school. anyway funky tune.

[@Ali-mj2gm]

Ace RK I should try that!

[@dr_drago]

Never have I wanted to use an actual song as my wake up alarm as much as now after reading this comment.

[@wikansaktianto9215]

Must have been like the closest thing that you could experience with looming T-Rex in the far side of your room.

[@luizearaujo5844]

i used to wake with dance monkey and it still invokes raw, uncontrollable panic and the all consuming urge to hurl myself out of bed at the speed of light to prepare for school

[@flarithen]

@@Prime501 sadly botw did not exist when i was like 10 years old, neither did the switch, also ive gotten numb to that one bc its so memed

[@rhaegartargaryen9253]

I'm gonna cry from the nostalgia. 2008-2010 were the years of my life.

[@TypicalFrogman]

I'm with ya there, Buddy.

[@thedrslimbo]

I used have the full version and then I got TONS of mods. Mods make it better

[@ZarkROK]

Same here

[@rockymountaintmp4436]

Allah akabr this was my old account from years ago that I forgot the login for. Praise god.

[@akashprakashnair11]

Me too

[@Bothrops_Asper_89]

In hindsight, ZT2 is up there with Skyrim and Fallout in the terms of how a community managed to push the game engine and its capabilities to the extreme. The game got modded to hell and back, some groups managed to update the graphics to modern standards, people programmed entirely new expansion packs complete with scenarios and unlockables, the animal coding and modelling got tweaked until it allowed to do flying animals and squids, something that even BF said it couldn't be done. Too bad the community is super toxic, but it's up there with some of the greatest modding ones in PC gaming.

[@killgriffinnow]

I can’t find any fan made scenarios online, do you have any examples?

[@grassfish01]

There’s only one that I know of, which is Aurora Design’s Save the Saigas. It isn’t terribly difficult, but someone had to figure out how a scenario works (at the programming level) and reverse engineered it.

[@RoosSkywalker]

I know this comment was made a long time ago, but I am too curious not to ask. Could you give me an example of this toxicity?

[@Bothrops_Asper_89]

@@RoosSkywalker People started fighting over forums. It was a mad competition among them, with groups routinely hacking each other and causing massive user wars based on popularity and which site hosted specific Downloads. There was this group spawned from a forum (cant remember if it was Zoo Tycoon Volcano) named Ch0des who terrorized a bunch of users and doxxed them back in 2010/2012.

[@fuzzypix1]

@@RoosSkywalker Got massed disliked on one of their forums discussing about animals in captivity. I essentially said "Zoos can be great and bad", but they all said "No, zoos are perfect and you're just a PETA fanatic"

[@tuxedotoad4160]

I’m really surprised that the zoo tycoon community is still at it strong. Hopefully one day we fans can get what we finally deserve

[@caydenfranklin7028]

Planet Zoo closest we've gotten.

[@AltairBlue]

@@caydenfranklin7028 and it JUST got a few mods recently. *WE MIGHT HAVE IT GUYS.*

[@tablle]

@@AltairBlue wait for it to be modded like jwe

[@wikansaktianto9215]

Hmm..Is it the Zoo Tycoon Wildlife Forum?

[@Howlingburd19]

I’m here in 2021! Zoo Tycoon 2 with all of the expansion packs makes it one of the best simulation games ever imo Edit 2024: while this game cannot be beaten, I do think Planet Zoo is a great successor

[@Tree-House69]

I find it baffling that Microsoft didn't actually continue this franchise, it was a behemoth of a franchise that so many people enjoyed in some form, now they have to eat rocks since Planet Zoo is filling that niche that they could've continued to fill, but chose not to for completely baffling reasons.

[@HManoukhian]

my entire personality at 12 years old was inpired by this magical game. miss zoo tycoon 2 so much :'D

[@NeedForSpeedViper]

Ahhh good times. Man, whatever happened to quality Tycoon games like this one? Nothing can compare to this amazing game.

[@pedrocampos691]

Yes.

[@ryandavies4507]

Stokesosaurus uses glasses while painting LOL good old times

[@ryandavies4507]

I'm like wait dinosaurs didn't wear glasses

[@blastturtle22]

And from that point on, Stohkesosaurus became the most intelligent animal of all time.

[@brendavazquez489]

Smarter than Troodon

[@thetwistedsamurai]

The second this theme played I was so pumped as a kid.

[@DaggerZ555]

Wish I could get a chance to work with a team on recreating this game from scratch or making a third installment for it , I would spend every drop of sweat in me and every mollecule and every ounce of passion in me in it to make it a true zoo tycoon game and give it that raw animal kingdom feel because I grew up with it and know exactly how it feels to spend hours upon hours playing.. Nowadays developers don't get it , it's not about HD or good cgi it's about the gameplay a game's willing to provide to a player , it could be a lifetime memory which he'll always cherish like this one !

[@questionmark5339]

Isn’t there a new one coming up now? Plant zoo is the name, I think it’s gonna be a replica of Zoo Tycoon 2, right?

[@Bothrops_Asper_89]

Planet Zoo is a great sucessor, but if you want a 'recreation', you can download the Radical Remake mod. It updates most of the animals in base game and the first two expansion packs, modifies the UI and makes it look closer to a modern game.

[@grzybowy1680]

Definietely my #1 game. I want REAL Zoo Tycoon 3! Not this thing that is on Xbox...

[@ignore2466]

ikr

[@ryandavies4507]

I agree the Xbox zoo tycoon is rubbish so therefore ZT2 all the way

[@grzybowy1680]

It's not rubbish, but it doesn't deserve the name: "Zoo Tycoon".

[@captaincrowfish6042]

I KNOW!!!!!! YOU CAN'T EVEN FREE FORM BUILD EXHIBITS SO WHERE'S THE FUN IN THAT?

[@listondsouza7197]

You mean planet zoo ; )

[@Wildman-lc3ur]

Probably one of my favorite things to do with this pack is to mix extinct mammals with modern ones to recreate the pleistocene and I also occasionally mix similar biomes together to get better mixes of species Mixes include (boreal +tundra=Siberian steppe Grasslands +deciduous forest =oak savannah Scrub+savannah =serengeti You can pretty much mix any biome together but probably stick to 2 biomes but I've had success with mixing boreal, Grassland and wetlands to recreate an upper midwest ecosystem

[@Howlingburd19]

One of my favorite things I used to do with any of the expansion packs was to make a 4 or 5 star zoo with lots and lots of guests… but then release one of the animals and let it roam around xD All of the guests would freak out, start running, and then the rating of your zoo would get lower lol

[@fallowfrog]

reading the comments is making me realise i never had an original experience LMAO i used to spend so much time playing this game growing up :') i even still have the disk and have played it from time to time on my current pc, and honestly im both surprised and not surprised that it still holds up to this day. like, it's so enjoyable and fun to mess around with!! definitely still one of my all-time favourite games

[@gagegordon2240]

Pure nostalgia in music form.

[@Howlingburd19]

2024 and I still play this game from time to time. One of the best simulator/tycoon games ever! Either this or Endangered Species is my favorite main menu theme

[@mattvonwenden5405]

Tyrannosaurus Rex 2 needs more space! JK, but in all honesty, Zoo Tycoon 2 was the best of Zoo Tycoon. The new one is a mess. But unfortunately, the series will never return the way it was, as Blue Fang games is now closed down :(

[@navypaladin9753]

Don't worry we have 2 games that are spiritual successor to Zoo Tycoon 2 (and Extinct Animals DLC) 1. Planet Zoo from Frontier, the same company that makes Planet Coaster Imagine Planet Coaster freedom but creating a Zoo instead of Amusement Park 2. Prehistoric Kingdom, an indie that focused on creating Prehistoric Zoo not just Dinosaurs, there's also Mammals and eventually expand to cover more species.

[@yeemcgee8149]

Yeah if you haven’t give planet zoo a try it’s basically zoo tycoon with 1000% more creative freedom

[@swift7977]

Well now we have Planet Zoo! I love it! You should try it out if you haven't already!

[@citacean-needed]

Planet Zoo is the Zoo Tycoon 3 we deserveddddd

[@wikansaktianto9215]

Hmmm..yes, The Planet Zoo and Prehistoric Kingdom..they just need a touch of dark comedy of Blue Fang and it will become masterpiece.

[@jacoborb7821]

ah :D the memories ;) just by placing the dinosaurs make me feel so nostalgic!! x.x!

[@draxinger9028]

yes

[@asteridfk]

The nostalgia is hitting me like a truck. I used to play the hell out of this and I didn't really understand english when I was playing this all those years ago so I did whatever I wanted to and it was a mess but I had so much fun. This was my first and only expansion pack I had for this game. I wanna play this game again... Also, this is my favorite theme.

[@transportationproductions1794]

Me, too.

[@epickibober3069]

I remember loving this game and I was sad that they stopped updating it later and it didn't work on modern windows but I'm also happy that now planet zoo exists which is pretty much just an upgraded, modernised version of it

[@draxinger9028]

Man... this nostalgia... PLEASE TAKE ME BACK WHEN I ENJOYED THIS GAME AS A KID

[@simonj3413]

Best ZT2 theme & pack

[@Ian-vd6uz]

When you’re in the menu for so long you get to the secret second theme at the end

[@Commander_Shepard.]

I stayed on menu just for that second theme. 🤗

[@Thecrazysamurai69]

Remember when you spin the globe so fast people started screaming?

[@angelarellano863]

Lets make this games viral, not fortnite

[@ArchAngel900]

This soundtrack should be a funeral for all the dinosaurs and prehistoric megafauna that died out even the modern animals that died recently

[@ztfreak]

Finally, the complete theme, the downloadable one from the official ZT website (before it stopped) is shortened.

[@simonj3413]

Zt Freak yeah I remember when the website was closed down, I believe in the summer of 2012. It made me sad because ZT2 was my life and I visited its site every day.

[@questionmark5339]

Doesn’t the way back machine work?

[@Commander_Shepard.]

the complete theme was already on the game files.

[@GghostD]

Que bonito es escuchar una canción que te lleva a tiempos mas simples

[@robotictoast65]

We have Planet Coaster, when is Zoo Tycoon going to get its own worthy successor?

[@oliviaanderson1210]

Melon Lord I KNOW RIGHT rct 1 is way better btw

[@AndrewNorman94]

The announcement trailer for Planet Zoo (from the same team behind Planet Coaster, coming to Steam later this year) was released recently and it looks amazing, maybe that can live up to the legacy of the original Blue Fang Zoo Tycoon series.

[@oliviaanderson1210]

WildlifeFanatic100 for real???? I fucking love those tycoon games and zoo tycoon was my childhood. I’ll go look at it, I might even tear up

[@thomasg1347]

Now is the time!!!

[@dracothegreat1950]

Hey looks like your wish waz granted.

[@asteridfk]

I'm back here randomly because I remembered this song and wanted to vibe. Love the songs

[@rockymountaintmp4436]

God, hearing this brings back so many memories of just sitting and playing this game. 2019 May, may god bless all

[@23forestgump]

I absolutely loved this game, still do i would always name my Mastodons manny and ellie from ice age thats was a tradition i started in the original zoo tycoon in the dinosaur digs expansion pack

[@simonj3413]

Jordan Klein I downloaded woolly mammoths and gave them those names. I also named two saber-toothed cats Diego and Shira.

[@23forestgump]

@@simonj3413 nice man, i would also name at least one of my saber tooth cats diego at the time i don't know what to name a female saber the only name that poped in my head was sarabi

[@impopularmano3394]

Man I am so glad I discovered this game,zoo tycoon 2 will always be the most important game to me specially the extinct animals expansion

[@genetlair5999]

When I first heard this I felt like they’re trying to replicate the style of the music from the first Ice Age Movie.

[@Matt-dl5yg]

HOLLY SHIIIIIT NOSTALGIA 😢😢😢

[@NeedForSpeedViper]

This is my favorite game on the computer

[@asteridfk]

such nostalgia. i love this theme

[@matthewninja]

This is the best theme out of all the expansions

[@rawrhanaa]

My whole childhood 😭😭😭

[@pedrocampos1787]

Okay?

[@The1Scraf]

Wish I could go back to the vibes of playing on this my grandads PC in the mid 2000's after school

[@zebraz3839]

This is the best zoo tycoon soundtrack out of them all

[@pythonkeeper148]

Still here for this in 2023

[@pythonkeeper148]

And late 2024!

[@aveman5536]

What a fucking game dude 10/10

[@fandraw4225]

I need the REAL zoo tycoon 3,l miss this game so much :(

[@thewatchman_returns]

Much love

[@blizzard1039]

omg i love this game and i have nostalgia respect from developer :)))))))

[@MrHappySnacky]

this is the best game ever made! timeless!

[@osbisbo]

My childhood's theme song

[@espinas5981]

THIS GOES SO FREAKING HARD!!!

[@Kaasdude]

Before I had the ultimate collection I had this music in the begin and now I haven't so I miss this music and the lay-out :c

[@Wildman-lc3ur]

This expansion pack like a Jurassic park simulator but you could also make a cenozoic zoo to

[@theblackcross8932]

1:02 the epic part

[@RexImpiorum]

I really think this is the best song of all dlcs

[@jaded8578]

i LOVE this theme

[@MrHappySnacky]

4:18 - 4:49 is my favourite

[@huntergraham702]

I got this for Christmas when a was a little kid. I did not understand the concept of "expansion packs" back then and so was unable to play it, not owning the base game :D

[@pedrocampos691]

Yep.

[@pedrocampos691]

Yes sei.

[@monicaeleanor9299]

Yay! Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals video game has been fixed by my father! So, I'm able to play Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals video game again!

[@janthecreator7397]

Absolute nostalgia.

[@jackysieuquay5619]

this song make me remember to play zoo Tycoon2 dinosaurs :)

[@Rumble710]

Bruh this hits so hard

[@flamingsparkles7516]

Neanderthals coming out of the ice bergs when it melts good old times

[@create4sims]

i love that part

[@matthewninja]

@Funkermonster I didn't care for the bluebuck. Well, either way I'm just happy they included the dodo

[@Koishi0813]

Best of all.

[@CNS7272]

Banger

[@Commander_Shepard.]

Ohh the memories...Good times, Good times.

[@Commander_Shepard.]

I know lil buddy...I know.

[@apuffin9545]

Aw 🥺 Im also here on a nostalgia trip

[@seanathonnerd]

at least the v-raptors are accurate. my fav is the deinosuchus

[@matthewninja]

@Funkermonster sure but it had some of the best animals of all the expansions like the T-Rex and Dodo so that makes up for it

[@pedrocampos691]

Whoa.

[@samil8763]

I miss this game.

[@TheJollyWampa]

Easily the best music in the game

[@Chameleonslove]

this song takes you 1000000 years behind

[@Masilya111]

Frontier needs to make a Planet Zoo with expansions. They know how to make a PC management PC so insta buy for me.

[@jovani_anh5539]

Our dream is coming true

[@weeeee12896]

They should release Zoo Tycoon 2 and all of it's DLCs on the Xbox 360. Because all of the Zoo Tycoon 2 DLCs and the orginal Zoo Tycoon 2 support Xbox 360 controller. It says so on the back of the dvd case if you don't believe me. Which a lot of you should if you own the game or still own the case to the game itself.

[@thewatchman_returns]

You're out of your mind

[@Funkermonsterco]

@matthewninja I actually like the Bluebuck (in general), but they could've changed it's design a lot more. Maybe they could've done both, that would be fine too. But if anything should've been replaced, it's the giant warthog and the giant camel ( A Brachiosaurus and a Kronosaurus).

[@ToraSpore]

@hihibash93 That's amazing. I'll have to try that and pay attention!

[@IdaIsmail]

listened to this makes me a teenager back hahahaha

[@salvadormorales5020]

Like the good old days of nostalgia

[@rachellelouise6112]

If you're a true fan, name all the animals in this expansion pack. I dare you.

[@rachellelouise6112]

But sadly no Wooly mammoths

[@ArchAngel900]

(Ankylosaurus) (elephant bird) (short faced bear) (bluebuck) (giant camel) (carnotaurus) (saber toothed cat) (aurochs) (bush antlered deer) (deinonychus) (deinosuchus) (dimetrodon) (diprotodon) (doedicurus) (dodo) (dwarfs Sicilian elephant) (gigantopithecus) (kentrosaurus) (cave lion) (American mastodon) (protarchaeopteryx) (quagga) (woolly Rhinoceros) (sivatherium) (giant ground sloth) (stegosaurus) (stokesosaurus) (styracosaurus) (thylacine) (triceratops) (Tyrannosaurus rex) (utahraptor) (velociraptor) (warrah) (giant warthog) Here you go

[@CCanion]

Zoo tycoon forever 🪽❤️

[@Funkermonsterco]

@matthewninja What's so great about the dodo? All it is is just a penguin/hornbill mutant. I don't care much for that animal, the kentrosaurus was better (so was the bluebuck in my opinion). Either way, I'm just glad they used the Triceratops and new gameplay.

[@The1Scraf]

Also this song had no need to be this fire

[@blizzard1039]

2019?

[@nrdkraft]

I never had this expansion pack by is self, so... yeah, never heard this music before. It's... interesting. :p And long! O.o

[@Funkermonsterco]

@matthewninja I agree but they should've added the Spinosaurus, Atlas Bear, Herrarasaurus, Brachiosaurus, Kronosaurus, Plesiosaurus, or something else. And the 5 minigames MORE than make up for that. In my opinion African Adventure had the best animals out of all the expansion packs (except the pygmy hippo, hate it), promblem is: if you already have endangered species, there's no new gameplay. It would've been much better if it offered more gameplay and a few more animals.

[@Chatterer305]

Yeah. All of them were awesome. However, recently, my Extinct Animals won't work, and I lost my Marine Mania disk.... Which one didn't do good? African Adventure?

[@matthewninja]

@Funkermonster I Couldn't agree more

[@Funkermonsterco]

Yes; African Adventure did poorly because of no new gameplay or game improvements (and also because it didn't have a good amount of new campaign missions). I on the other hand liked it and think it's the 2nd best of the 4 packs. It had the best choice of animals out of the 4 in my opinion (except the Pygmy Hippo and Masai Giraffe), but they shoulda used a Spotted Hyena and a Cape Fur Seal. I liked the Meerkat & African Zoo missions, but I hate the Secretary Bird Mission.

[@Chatterer305]

@bjwild56 I have ALL of them. Excluding the Ultimate Collection disk. I have all the expansion packs, and Zoo Tycoon : Complete Collection.

[@elefantezoo5118]

ZOO ¡ zootycoon 2 animais extintos Que troço é esse Eu estou no mundo dos animais misturados com churrasco aqui acho que estou diferente hoje eu preciso desse jogo de verdade parece um jogo Jurassic Park mal feito três vezes realidade

[@samlesserofficial]

My childhood..

[@Chatterer305]

Eh, I liked the Nile Monitor. I'm still stuck on the Secretary Bird one.

[@meyers6975]

Damm... nostalgia

[@meyers6975]

Damm once again

[@Funkermonsterco]

@matthewninja And this is also the best expansion pack of the 4.

[@pedrocampos1787]

Uh-oh?

[@ahmadwalker.studio]

:') best time

[@Funkermonsterco]

Did you enjoy all of the expansion packs? because one of them didn't do vry well in reception and I'm probably the only one who likes it.

[@krempgdcovo]

확장팩다깔고 멸종동물편 브금만 듣다보니 이 브금 젤 많이 들은듯 ㅋㅋ

[@vandacarneiro980]

Whooooaaaaa.

[@jakeswildlifechannel6645]

best part is 4:18 to 5:04

[@pedrocampos691]

20:47.

[@thewatchman_returns]

@@pedrocampos691 ufo

[@jimmyhynqg570]

i like this game

[@lazertops64]

At 2:09 your zoo loaded

[@lazertops64]

And the music is starting to fade

[@Funkermonsterco]

@matthewninja There was however 1 problem with this pack. Some of the animals look to similar to the ones in the previous expansion packs and the game default. The Bluebuck looks a bit too much like the Giant Sable Antelope, Giant Camel & the Dromedary, ect. African Adventure did a bit of a better job with the choice of animals (except the Masai Giraffe).

[@vandacarneiro980]

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[@quickysilver]

4:49

[@pedrocampos691]

20:49.

[@tiggle5485]

Utahraptor was bigger than t-Rex in this game. What's up with that?

[@TheCentralParadrab]

+tiggle5485 UtahRaptor is Epic thats why!

[@Dinossword]

+Trexbob Tyrannosaurus was 43 feet in size, Utahraptor was 20 feet in size.

[@ryandavies4507]

I know right T-Rex is 12 meters and utahraptor is 6 meters in real life (in the game the Utah is 14 meters)

[@blastturtle22]

People actually once thought that Utahraptor could have reached larger sizes, we now know that that would be highly unlikely.

[@rahimarazaghi3779]

I now it's the genes and DNA you used