<s>
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
is	O
a	O
business	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Bullfrog	O
Productions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1997	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
compatible	O
PCs	B-Device
in	O
which	O
players	O
design	O
and	O
operate	O
a	O
privately	O
owned	O
hospital	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
curing	O
patients	O
of	O
fictitious	O
comical	O
ailments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
thematic	O
successor	O
to	O
Theme	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
also	O
produced	O
by	O
Bullfrog	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
instalment	O
in	O
their	O
Theme	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
Designer	O
Series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peter	O
Molyneux	O
and	O
James	O
Leach	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
Theme	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
hospital	O
,	O
but	O
Molyneux	O
was	O
not	O
directly	O
involved	O
in	O
development	O
due	O
to	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Keeper	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
selling	O
over	O
4	O
million	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
GOG.com	O
in	O
2012	O
and	O
Origin	B-Operating_System
in	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
Japan	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revival	O
attempts	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
open-source	B-Application
remakes	O
such	O
as	O
CorsixTH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
a	O
somewhat	O
dark	O
sense	O
of	O
humour	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Theme	B-Application
Park	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Diseases	O
include	O
Bloaty	B-Application
Head	I-Application
(	O
which	O
swells	O
the	O
patient	O
's	O
head	O
)	O
,	O
King	O
Complex	O
(	O
which	O
forces	O
the	O
patient	O
to	O
impersonate	O
Elvis	O
Presley	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Alien	O
DNA	O
(	O
which	O
transforms	O
the	O
patient	O
into	O
an	O
alien	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
rooms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Inflator	O
room	O
—	O
where	O
patients	O
with	O
Bloaty	B-Application
Head	I-Application
are	O
treated	O
—	O
contain	O
machines	O
which	O
require	O
regular	O
maintenance	O
by	O
a	O
handyman	O
:	O
if	O
neglected	O
for	O
too	O
long	O
,	O
they	O
will	O
explode	O
,	O
killing	O
all	O
occupants	O
of	O
the	O
room	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
competes	O
against	O
computer	O
rivals	O
named	O
after	O
famous	O
computers	O
,	O
real	O
and	O
fictional	O
:	O
these	O
include	O
Holly	O
from	O
Red	O
Dwarf	O
and	O
Deep	B-Application
Thought	I-Application
from	O
The	B-Application
Hitchhiker	I-Application
's	I-Application
Guide	I-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
patch	O
was	O
released	O
that	O
fixed	O
bugs	O
and	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Serial	O
Cable	O
,	O
Modem	O
,	O
and	O
IPX/SPX	B-Protocol
network	O
gaming	O
(	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
difficulty	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
took	O
over	O
two	O
years	O
to	O
develop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
came	O
from	O
Peter	O
Molyneux	O
and	O
journalist	O
James	O
Leach	O
,	O
who	O
explored	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
other	O
Theme	O
games	O
while	O
discussing	O
Theme	B-Application
Park	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
when	O
the	O
designer	O
Mark	O
Webley	O
selected	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
from	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
possible	O
games	O
put	O
together	O
by	O
Molyneux	O
,	O
and	O
Webley	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
artist	O
Gary	O
Carr	O
,	O
visited	O
the	O
Royal	O
Surrey	O
County	O
Hospital	O
,	O
Great	O
Ormond	O
Street	O
Hospital	O
,	O
and	O
Frimley	O
Park	O
Hospital	O
for	O
research	O
and	O
inspiration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carr	O
was	O
initially	O
displeased	O
at	O
the	O
prospect	O
of	O
working	O
on	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
:	O
he	O
had	O
previously	O
left	O
Bullfrog	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
The	O
Bitmap	O
Brothers	O
because	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
faith	O
in	O
Theme	B-Application
Park	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
chose	O
to	O
return	O
based	O
on	O
his	O
belief	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
work	O
on	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Keeper	I-Application
,	O
which	O
he	O
was	O
eager	O
to	O
do	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
was	O
to	O
feature	O
real	O
diseases	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
were	O
replaced	O
with	O
fictional	O
,	O
comedic	O
afflictions	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
maladies	O
should	O
not	O
be	O
too	O
realistic	O
:	O
the	O
team	O
were	O
faced	O
with	O
the	O
dilemma	O
of	O
having	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
hospital	O
fun	O
and	O
interesting	O
,	O
as	O
Webley	O
stated	O
that	O
theme	B-Application
parks	I-Application
are	O
"	O
colourful	O
"	O
compared	O
to	O
hospitals	O
,	O
and	O
Carr	O
believed	O
that	O
hospital	O
rooms	O
looked	O
very	O
similar	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
hard	O
to	O
tell	O
what	O
each	O
machine	O
does	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Molyneux	O
was	O
not	O
directly	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
production	O
as	O
he	O
was	O
then	O
working	O
on	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Keeper	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bass	O
modelled	O
the	O
vending	O
machine	O
that	O
would	O
use	O
the	O
Kit	O
Kat	O
graphics	O
and	O
used	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
to	O
render	O
it	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
palette	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
then	O
edited	O
using	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
in	O
offices	O
near	O
the	O
Royal	O
Surrey	O
County	O
Hospital	O
,	O
drew	O
some	O
inspirations	O
from	O
Theme	B-Application
Park	I-Application
and	O
borrowed	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
of	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Webley	O
explained	O
that	O
this	O
was	O
an	O
"	O
obvious	O
starting	O
point	O
"	O
as	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
a	O
programmer	O
on	O
Theme	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
systems	O
had	O
been	O
rewritten	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
was	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bloaty	B-Application
Head	I-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
allergic	O
reaction	O
Molyneux	O
had	O
,	O
when	O
his	O
face	O
became	O
an	O
"	O
alarming	O
size	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
28	O
March	O
1997	O
(	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
previously	O
due	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
November	O
1996	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
Bullfrog	O
's	O
Designer	O
Series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
which	O
surprised	O
Bullfrog	O
and	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Molyneux	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
wanted	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
comeback	O
,	O
and	O
described	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
as	O
"	O
a	O
great	O
game	O
that	O
I	O
and	O
many	O
people	O
remember	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moore	O
used	O
Sound	B-Application
Forge	I-Application
to	O
develop	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
farting	O
sounds	O
were	O
recorded	O
when	O
Moore	O
was	O
working	O
with	O
bands	O
including	O
T'Pau	O
,	O
Prefab	O
Sprout	O
,	O
and	O
Seal	O
at	O
a	O
recording	O
studio	O
:	O
he	O
did	O
so	O
as	O
a	O
joke	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
were	O
useful	O
for	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
port	O
of	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Krisalis	O
Software	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
download	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
from	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Store	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
31	O
January	O
2008	O
,	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
31	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
28	O
October	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
(	O
titled	O
Sim	O
Hospital	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
1995	O
)	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
and	O
due	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
mid-1996	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
digital	O
distribution	O
service	O
GOG.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
Origin	B-Operating_System
distributed	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
free	O
for	O
a	O
limited	O
time	O
through	O
their	O
"	O
On	O
the	O
House	O
"	O
programme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
distributed	O
a	O
second	O
time	O
through	O
the	O
"	O
On	O
the	O
House	O
"	O
programme	O
in	O
September	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
temporary	O
replacement	O
to	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
:	I-Application
Red	I-Application
Alert	I-Application
2	I-Application
due	O
to	O
an	O
excessive	O
number	O
of	O
requests	O
for	O
the	O
latter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
a	O
third	O
time	O
in	O
selected	O
countries	O
in	O
2017	O
from	O
7	O
March	O
to	O
17	O
May	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
Syberia	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
open-source	B-Application
remake	O
,	O
CorsixTH	O
,	O
improves	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
with	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
modern	O
OS	O
support	O
,	O
higher	O
screen	O
resolutions	O
and	O
a	O
level	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CorsixTH	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
MIT	B-License
Licence	I-License
,	O
and	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
noted	O
the	O
strong	O
gameplay	O
,	O
detailed	O
graphics	O
,	O
satisfying	O
comedic	O
tone	O
,	O
and	O
voice	O
acting	O
performance	O
,	O
but	O
fell	O
conflicted	O
on	O
music	O
,	O
repetition	O
,	O
the	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
Trent	O
Ward	O
agreed	O
about	O
the	O
graphics	O
too	O
,	O
lauding	O
them	O
as	O
"	O
fantastic	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
complimented	O
the	O
"	O
realistic	O
"	O
voice	O
acting	O
performance	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
humour	O
,	O
although	O
he	O
criticised	O
the	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
as	O
"	O
flawed	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
was	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
fantastic	O
title	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
's	O
main	O
problem	O
,	O
as	O
noted	O
by	O
critics	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sentiments	O
about	O
the	O
controls	O
and	O
humour	O
were	O
echoed	O
by	O
Dan	O
Whitehead	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
,	O
who	O
reviewed	O
it	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Absolute	O
PlayStation	B-Device
's	O
reviewers	O
had	O
a	O
mixed	O
view	O
about	O
the	O
graphics	O
:	O
they	O
criticised	O
the	O
resolution	O
and	O
colour	O
palette	O
,	O
but	O
complimented	O
the	O
sprites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
interface	O
was	O
criticised	O
as	O
being	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
a	O
16-bit	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
appeared	O
alongside	O
Theme	B-Application
Park	I-Application
at	O
#61	O
on	O
PC	O
Gamers	O
list	O
of	O
top	O
100	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
named	O
in	O
April	O
as	O
a	O
Game	O
of	O
Distinction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oxymoron	O
Games	O
made	O
Project	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
their	O
take	O
on	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
Point	O
Studios	O
,	O
a	O
studio	O
founded	O
by	O
Webley	O
and	O
Carr	O
,	O
developed	O
a	O
similar	O
game	O
Two	B-Application
Point	I-Application
Hospital	I-Application
,	O
a	O
spiritual	O
sequel	O
to	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
games	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
:	O
Two	B-Application
Point	I-Application
Hospital	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
30	O
August	O
,	O
while	O
Project	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
30	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	B-Application
Point	I-Application
Hospital	I-Application
features	O
the	O
Animal	O
Magnetism	O
disease	O
,	O
that	O
was	O
originally	O
cut	O
from	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
before	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
