Dino Tycoon

The first time I played Dino Tycoon I was in grade school. I think the game was intended to teach us leadership and management skills. All I knew was that it was a game and I didn’t care what morals and values were instilled in me as long as I got to play it.
This is obviously one of the pioneers in the tycoon legacy that we see today.

Tycoon games have become every so popular, and it seems as though a new one is popping up every time I walk into the store. At minimum Dino Tycoon was my first experience with a game of this franchise.
The most memorable experience I have with this game is the Vegasaurus. It was a gimmicky, very cheesy addition to this game, but it provided me hours of entertainment. The whole joke with the Vegasaurus was that there was only one left. And when you finally get enough cash to purchase one the egg breaks. Well with some perfect timing some of my schoolmates actually got the egg! They got it, hatched it, and the Vegasaurus lounge-singed them mucho bucks. That then turned into the entire purpose of the game. And the entire purpose for living. Who could get the Vegasaurus?!
We got to go to the computer lab, if I remember correctly, once or twice a week. So Dino Tycoon was the absolute highlight of school. Of course getting the lounge lizard was the ultimate goal, the rest of the game also provided hours of entertainment.
The graphics are nothing short of mediocre. They won’t win any awards because of their pixilated nature, but they do have a certain charm to them. Something about these old games like the Dino Park Tycoon download gives me a warm feeling in my heart. They have something that no big budget computer game will ever have. What exactly that is…I don’t know, but still it has it.
I will always remember this game as one of the first games that really got me interested in computer games and console games for that matter. This was amongst the beginning of my passion for mindless exploration of secret imaginative worlds and mystical creatures. I only wish these old games were more easily accessible on non-dos operating systems. It’s tough to have something that won't run even though you want it to ever so much. But to you Dino Tycoon, I salute thee.