Trivia
Cheats
Like
Theme Park, if a player cheats the game makes a point on telling everyone that, but instead of just displaying a pop-up box, the announcer can be heard saying "Warning: a cheat is running the hospital" and "Hospital administrator is cheating", among others.
Custom music
It's possible to play custom midi files in
Theme Hospital's jukebox using the executable
sound\midi\hospmidi.exe under the installation directory. Look for more information in the readme file located in the same directory.
Diseases
According to producer
Mark Webley, originally the game was going to use real ailments and diseases. However, it was pointed out that this would mean dealing with a serious subject, with the potential to offend someone, so the design switched to include the comical diseases.
References
In the intro, some characters from other
Bullfrog games can be spotted; a Horned Reaper from
Dungeon Keeper and a Eurocorp Agent from the
Syndicate series. A doctor can also be seen playing
Dungeon Keeper on his PC.
If these Bullfrog product tie-ins aren't enough, the arcade cabinet placed at the staff room plays no other than
Hi-Octane.
Information also contributed by
Accatone,
Luis Silva,
Yeah No, and
Zovni
