Open Source Theme Hospital Clone

CorsixTH is an open source clone of Bullfrog’s 1997 game Theme Hospital. Playing the clone requires either a copy of the original game or a copy of the demo version of the game.

As the Google code page for the project notes,

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.

Good show. The Bullfrog game I would really like to see get this treatment, however, is Syndicate Wars. Not sure if that game is playable on modern hardware.

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  1. I still have my theme hospital disk at home and I remember the old days of playing it for hours. A big thank you for including a link to CorsixTH, I’m sure to install this brilliant game again soon with your help and show it to my younger brother.

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