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with changed artwork and locations.

Gameplay

The game is centered on being the manager of a

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It gives the player the option to choose among more than thirty different characters, to create one's own pizza, have cooking contests and modify the display of the restaurant and kitchen. The player can call upon local mafia to sabotage competitor restaurants or get money from criminal activities such as weapon and

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ing. The game displays a playful sense of humor from the graphics and cartoonish drawings, game messages, and animated faces that are put on interacting characters. The original European version ("Pizza Connection") featured a graphical style very similar to MAD artist Don Martin. Microprose's adapted version ("Pizza Tycoon") for the American market distanced itself from this style due to copyright concerns with newly created characters in a different style modeled after famous people as

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the Microprose artist who worked on the conversion from the original German game.

Reception

''Amiga Joker'' 2/94 magazine gave ''Pizza Connection'' 88 of 100%, Powerplay magazin rated the Amiga version 82 of 100%. ''

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'' reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "Not a game for die hard action fans, but a winner for just about everyone else." In 1996, ''

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'' declared ''Pizza Tycoon'' the 34th-worst computer game ever released.

Legacy

''Pizza Tycoon'' (Pizza Connection) was followed by ''

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Fast Food Tycoon 2 ''Fast Food Tycoon 2'', also known as ''Pizza Connection 2'' in Europe, is a business simulation game on the PC in which the player starts out as the owner of a small pizza parlor and must gain popularity and eventually own the pizza empire. A ...

'' (Pizza Connection 2), developed by Software 2000. A fourth game, ''Pizza Connection 3'' was developed by Gentlymad Studios in 2018. Pizza Connection 1 & 2 were released on

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References

External links

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Gameplay

Reception

Legacy

See also

References

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