21 Things You'll Remember If You Were Obsessed With "Zoo Tycoon"

    Carefully building a successful zoo and then releasing all the animals at once.

    1. Giving your animals hilarious names.

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    2. Honestly, that was half the fun.

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    3. Then also giving the exhibits hilarious names.

    4. When the goddamn creators of the game played you.

    5. Trying to make human exhibits.

    6. The joy when the animals appreciated all your hard work.

    7. And the frustration when the little shits just didn't seem to understand that you're trying your damn best!!!

    8. When the lions just overpopulated and covered everything in poo.

    9. And this is what happened if you forgot to close the game.

    10. And then sometimes putting too many animals in an exhibit on purpose because why not.

    11. How to unlock the yellow brick road.

    12. And how to unlock the unicorns.

    13. Getting pissed off with certain unhappy visitors and giving them names or putting them in dangerous animal exhibits as punishment.

    14. The frustration when guests didn't follow your carefully laid pathways.

    15. Building a giant zoo with lots of guests then releasing all the animals.

    16. Putting incompatible animals in an enclosure just to see who wins.

    17. You probably still remember random facts about the animals.

    18. And other genuinely educational things.

    19. Like the difference between a dromedary camel and a Bactrian camel.

    20. There is no greater joy than seeing a T-Rex give a guest a wedgie.

    21. And of course, this banger of a tune:

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