Pizza Tycoon
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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 the U.S.A.
. It gives the player the option to choose among more than thirty different characters, to create one's own pizza, have cooking contests and modify the display of the restaurant and kitchen.
One particular original theme is that the player has the availability to call upon local mafia
to sabotage competitor restaurants or get money from criminal activities such as weapon and drug dealing.
The game also displays a playful sense of humor; from the graphics and cartoonish drawings, game messages, or animated faces of famous people (such as Richard Nixon
, Ronald Reagan
or Lenin
) that are put on interacting characters.
This title was followed by two remakes/sequels:
Software 2000
Software 2000 was a video game developer and publisher based in Germany.The company was formed in 1987 in Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, by brothers Andreas and Marc Wardenga...
in 1994. It was published under the title Pizza Connection in Germany and as Pizza Tycoon by MicroProse
MicroProse
MicroProse was a video game publisher and developer, founded by Wild Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982 as Microprose Software. In 1993, the company became a subsidiary of Spectrum HoloByte and has remained a subsidiary or brand name under several other corporations since...
abroad. The game is centered around being the manager of a 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
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
in a town in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
or the U.S.A.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It gives the player the option to choose among more than thirty different characters, to create one's own pizza, have cooking contests and modify the display of the restaurant and kitchen.
One particular original theme is that the player has the availability to call upon local 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 sabotage competitor restaurants or get money from criminal activities such as weapon and drug dealing.
The game also displays a playful sense of humor; from the graphics and cartoonish drawings, game messages, or animated faces of famous people (such as Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
, Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
or Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
) that are put on interacting characters.
This title was followed by two remakes/sequels:
- Fast Food TycoonFast Food TycoonFast 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...
a.k.a. Pizza Syndicate - Fast Food Tycoon 2Fast Food Tycoon 2Fast 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...
a.k.a. Pizza Connection 2