Pizza Tycoon

Amiga version

Although the English version was reviewed by British magazines and the pictures contained English texts (CU Amiga (June 1995) and The One #80), no English version was ever officially released. The game for Amiga is available only in German language.

Art style

The original European version, Pizza Connection, features a lot of characters drawn in the style of the cartoonist Don Martin (known from the MAD magazine). However, when Microprose licensed the game for the US release, they wished to avoid a lawsuit and so had their artists draw new heads for all these characters. Most of the new head graphics were created by the artist Terry Greer. They include caricatures of famous people, such as Abraham Lincoln or Ronald Reagan, as well as more bizarre faces such as an alien or a fly. The entire collection of the new heads can be viewed on Terry Greer's website.

Life insurance

Life Insurance is completely useless. You can't die in the game, and even if you could, once the game is ended, you have no heirs to receive the cash.

Stock

After one year and two years respective playing, new stock companies are introduced to the game.

Awards

• Amiga Joker
  • Issue 02/1995 – Best Simulation in 1994 (Readers' Vote)
• Computer Gaming World
  • November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #34 Worst Game of All Time
  • November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) –#15 Worst Back Story of All Time

Title theme

The intro tune is taken from "Škoda lásky", better known in the English-speaking world as "Beer Barrel Polka".

Information also contributed by Vertigo Acidburn