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Mad Games Tycoon

Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your…

90 13 September 2016

Mad Games Tycoon is an indie developed by Eggcode, released 13 September 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac.

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What Mad Games Tycoon is

Mad Games Tycoon is an indie game developed by Eggcode and released in 2016. It was published by Toplitz Productions. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

RollerCoaster Tycoon is a 1999 construction and management simulation video game developed, designed and programmed by Chris Sawyer. It was published by Hasbro Interactive under the MicroProse label for Windows. Frontier Developments developed an Xbox port, which was released in 2003. It is the first game in the RollerCoaster Tycoon series.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 39 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Mad Games Tycoon holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 22 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz or Higher / AMD 3Ghz or Higher, 4 GB RAM and DirectX 10 compatible with 512 RAM or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Mad Games Tycoon launched on 13 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Forza Horizon 3. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Forza Horizon 3.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Mad Games Tycoon — frequently asked questions

When did Mad Games Tycoon come out?
Mad Games Tycoon was released on 13 September 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Mad Games Tycoon?
At minimum, Mad Games Tycoon needs Intel Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz or Higher / AMD 3Ghz or Higher, 4 GB RAM, DirectX 10 compatible with 512 RAM or better graphics, 800 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Mad Games Tycoon?
The PC version needs about 0.8 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("800 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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