Fast Food Tycoon (Windows)

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Description

Fast Food Tycoon is a pizza restaurant simulation. Like other games of its type the objective is to transform the modest amount of capital on hand at the outset of the game into a sizable fortune.

You begin by selecting a character to act as your CEO and initially invest in the restaurant industry. You then must manage numerous factors regarding your business, such as infrastructure, finances, staff, menu, advertising, etc. in order to turn a profit and gradually build a vast empire of dining establishments.

Another agreeable feature is that the actual cities each have distinctive styles of architecture incorporated into them to further the impression that you are actually in Rome, London, New York, etc. The theme of each city is further emphasized by soundtrack music indigenous to the area. As time passes, night and day are simulated, complete with sunrises and sunsets. Time zones are accurately depicted as well, so if you jump from Tokyo to New York, you'll go from night to day, reflecting local time. The influence of "underworld" activities is also present in the game. If you desire, you can align yourself with organized crime. Doing so can be highly profitable but is not entirely without risk. If you opt for a life of crime, you will have to be on the lookout and avoid law enforcement at times.

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Alternate Titles

• "Pizza $yndicate" -- European title
• "Pizzasyndikatet" -- Swedish title
• "Pizza Syndicate" -- Alternate European title

Part of the Following Groups

• Games with game altering copy protection
• Pizza Tycoon series
• Setting: City - Paris
• Setting: City - Rome
• Setting: City - Tokyo
• Setting: Country - France
• Theme: Pizza restaurant / delivery

User Reviews

Good idea; poor execution.

JPaterson (9536)

Critic Reviews

Hacker	Sep, 1999	90 out of 100	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Oct 14, 1999	18 out of 20	90
Power Play	Mar, 1999	85 out of 100	85
PC Player (Germany)	Mar, 1999	82 out of 100	82
PC Joker	Mar, 1999	81 out of 100	81
Bravo Screenfun	Mar, 1999	2 out of 6	80
Power Unlimited	Jul, 1999	7.5 out of 10	75
IGN	Dec 19, 2000	7 out of 10	70
Spel för Alla	Oct, 1999	4 out of 10	40
Gameplay (Benelux)	Nov 30, 2001	29 out of 100	29

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Windows 7 64 bit	2	Cavalary (10805) Mar 10, 2014

Trivia

Copy protection

The game had several copy protection layers. Other than a then-standard CD check, one layer would prevent playing a match for more than one in-game year in the case of a pirated release detection, while another would delete all saved games after 8 hours in the same scenario.

Humour

When attempting to set the advertising target to something other than Earth (like Alpha Centauri, for instance), a window will pop up saying that it's not possible in this version of the game.

Version difference

In the North American release of the game, waitresses have a sprite similar to female temps, differing only in a darker shirt. All other versions have a unique, more "appealing" sprite.