Fast Food Tycoon
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Fast Food Tycoon, also known as Pizza Syndicate in Europe, is an economical simulation
computer game developed by Software 2000, and licensed to Activision Value Publishing. Similar to Pizza Tycoon
, Fast Food Tycoon is centered on the object of creating and managing a successful pizza
restaurant-chain business. The series spawned a sequel, Fast Food Tycoon 2
.
The player must manage and decide branch-location, pizza recipes, interior design, global marketing and fast food advertising
strategies, employees, and out-competing rivals. The player has control of every aspect of the game, from the type of seating used in the branches to the medium of advertisement. The player can even choose what bank to invest/borrow from.
Fast Food Tycoon also offers the "syndicate" theme where managers utilize the "underground" (Mafia
) to meet his/her goals. The player can both form his own syndicate, or join an already established organization to partake in the darker side of the business. However, if the player is killed during a syndicate mission, the simulation ends. The player must weigh the benefits of illegal activity against the dangers of mafia life.
Fast Food Tycoon allows for up to 6 computer opponents, simultaneously competing in up to six different international cities, picked from a list of 20. The game also includes up to 140 interactive characters in each city, and multi-cultural soundtracks matching each city’s location. Fast Food Tycoon incorporates a playful sense of humor into the animated game play, with a multitude of menus and tools.
Simulation
Simulation is the imitation of some real thing available, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system....
computer game developed by Software 2000, and licensed to Activision Value Publishing. Similar to Pizza Tycoon
Pizza Tycoon
Pizza Tycoon is a business simulation video game designed by the German company Software 2000 in 1994. It was published under the title Pizza Connection in Germany and as Pizza Tycoon by MicroProse abroad. The game is centered around being the manager of a pizza restaurant in a town in Europe or...
, Fast Food Tycoon is centered on the object of creating and managing a successful pizza
Pizza
Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings.Originating in Italy, from the Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world. An establishment that makes and sells pizzas is called a "pizzeria"...
restaurant-chain business. The series spawned a sequel, Fast Food Tycoon 2
Fast Food Tycoon 2
Fast Food Tycoon 2 is a business simulation game on the PC in which the player starts out as the owner of a small pizza parlor and must gain popularity and eventually own the pizza empire...
.
Gameplay
Fast Food Tycoon tests the player's culinary expertise and management skills. One creates his/her own character through balancing personal traits and experience, at the expense of age and starting money. The game provides more than 800,000 different character possibilities. The gameplay can be both open-ended or object-oriented. The player determines the conditions and objectives of the game during player configuration.The player must manage and decide branch-location, pizza recipes, interior design, global marketing and fast food advertising
Fast food advertising
Fast food advertising is the promotion of fast food products and ventures through a variety of media. Fast food advertising campaigns are not as highly regulated as some other products, such as those imposed on alcohol advertising, but there are often public calls for their promotion to be...
strategies, employees, and out-competing rivals. The player has control of every aspect of the game, from the type of seating used in the branches to the medium of advertisement. The player can even choose what bank to invest/borrow from.
Fast Food Tycoon also offers the "syndicate" theme where managers utilize the "underground" (Mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
) to meet his/her goals. The player can both form his own syndicate, or join an already established organization to partake in the darker side of the business. However, if the player is killed during a syndicate mission, the simulation ends. The player must weigh the benefits of illegal activity against the dangers of mafia life.
Fast Food Tycoon allows for up to 6 computer opponents, simultaneously competing in up to six different international cities, picked from a list of 20. The game also includes up to 140 interactive characters in each city, and multi-cultural soundtracks matching each city’s location. Fast Food Tycoon incorporates a playful sense of humor into the animated game play, with a multitude of menus and tools.