Theme Hospital (DOS, Windows)

This page details bugs of Theme Hospital (DOS, Windows).

Glitch Levels#

Using "HOSPITAL -l x" you can load glitch levels, replacing x with any number. On loading, you may get errors such as "Error loading file /levels/FULLXX.sam" On load, it will either load a "NULL" message or a level briefing. You will always start with a balance of 0, an empty map, et cetra.

Effects of certain actions#

These are the effects the writer of this article has seen.

Bank Screen: Crash
Room Builder: Load Random Data
Item Placer: Load Random Data
Staff Hirer: Load Random Data
Staff List: Load Random Data
Map: Crash

Map Data#

Here is what the maps look like normally: This is what these levels often look like.

Proposed Reason#

When you load a glitch map, it loads "junk" data from RAM, despite running in DOS/GW Protected Mode (To prevent glitch characters like E$&* appearing suddenly). It can load partially, however the current selected screen then becomes one of the effects.

Wrong machine repair announcements#

When a machine needs repairing, the announcer will call a Handyman to repair it, but often says the wrong machine.