Zoo Empire - PC

This is one of my favorite PC games of all times it was a treat to find it on Amazon:)

Hi. I am an adult that enjoys creating these parks for my kids to run as my youngest just turned 9 and it can be difficult for her to do anything extravegant although she has picked things up pretty quickly! We have had no problems navigating through everything and have learnt alot by trial and error. We also found the instruction book unhelpful and unfortunately we haven't found much help online.I have downloaded two patches for the software and found they didn't really help. Perhaps I need to reboot my system after installing them. I too have my pc reboot automatically during the game, but not as often as others I have read about on here. I think the ones that have more problems with this don't have a strong enough pc. I don't recall looking at the box requirements other than you need windows XP and the speed.Those of you having problems with making fences and parts of animals disappearing may need a better machine. One occuring problem I even have is one piece of sidewalk will disappear and sometimes if I scroll around the park and then come back it will appear again.One terrible problem I have is when I hire a zookeeper they immediately capture the animals in the exhibit! And I can't do anything with them. No instructions to the zookeeper will work, he'll just stand around after doing nothing with these captured animals. I can't move them to another exhibit or tell him to release them. Weird. Any input on this would be welcome!Otherwise I rated this game 5*'s, but 4*'s overall because of all the problems. The coolest part for my kids are when babies are made and they appear in a cloud of hearts and smoke.If you have any help on these problems please post replies! Thanks!I found this on the Enlight site for ZE.exe problems:Generally this problem will occur when the game has been copied to a corrupted area of the hard drive and conflicts with other applications that are running in the RAM.To solve this problem you can follow these steps;1.) Clear your Hard Drive space with the assistance of some defragmenter software.You can defrag your system by following these steps;(NOTE; Mac operators will have to purchase a separate software tool to complete this, Norton Utilities offer such a service)Window Operators;- Click the START button.- Go to Accessories- System Tools- Disk DefragmenterOnce this has been completed please uninstall, then reinstall Zoo Empire.2.) Make sure all unnecessary applications are closed before running the game. You can also clear up the memory by rebooting and running the game again.As a last resort you can reinstall your whole system as well as the game. Of course in most cases this is unnecessary, however once this is completed and your system hardware has been configured appropriately you will experience optimum performance with your software.

I do love the game, but play on Windows 7 is a bit touch and go. It crashes unless I remember to run it as an administrator. I found this out after playing for several hours, so had to replay the starting zoos before I could get to the levels I hadn't played yet.I do believe the info states it's not compatible with Windows 7, but since I was able to play the free demo of it I thought I would be able to play the game. I will update after I pass a few more levels to make sure it won't crash when I get further into the game.

Again as the other consumers have said... DO NOT BUY this game. It will not play on about 95% of the computers that have been manufactured. Save your money. Buy ZOO TYCOON ... a good game!

If you have played the Roller Coaster and Zoo typcoon games I feel you will be quite disappointed with Zoo Empire by Enlight. Not only is it totally different but you better study your instruction booklet before playing and be prepared to refer to it constantly. I found it frustrating trying to manuver through the toolbar which is far from simple just to get to the sections sections needed to make the game run smoothly.. The layout is (for lack of a better word) strange!!Well, maybe the youngsters will have an easier time of it, but I doubt it. Its simply a frustration to play..Personally disappointed.

It's a really fun game.

For people that are looking for a game which will take longer than an hour or so to beat and love animals, this is your game.The tutorial levels can be quite tedious until you get a handle on the camera controls and terrain editor. However, they are good preparation for the levels ahead, and I would suggest completing them to optimize your zoo in the free play mode.I found that when you become very adept at creating a happy environment for the animals they are VERY quick to procreate, and before you know it you have a small exhibit with a large quantity of animals.When using the terrain editor to create hills/mountains or valleys/bodies of water, it is difficult to tell how much you are affecting the selected land.Once you become confident in your skills, you can really have fun with it without frustration. All-in-all, a good game.

Despite the fact that the writing on the box is in English, the game seems to be in German. My son has been unable to switch it to English. The game in English is a lot of fun, but don't buy from this vendor unless you speak German