Game Classification

Pony Ranch is a managerial simulation where the players constructs and manages a pony ranch. As in most tycoon games the player starts in front of an empty space and constructs his ranch by building compounds, stables, shops and so on. He has also "terraforming" tools to his disposal to create plane levels or hills.

The main idea is to create an independent economic cycle which means the ranch produces its own food and gains money by selling its products and letting people visit the animals for an entrance fee. For the former there are ten animals like cows or chickens, for the latter eight horse breeds. Every animal has its own necessities which the player needs to fulfill.

This means even if the game is aimed at children it features relatively complex coherencies, e.g. to sell bread the player needs a corn field, employees to harvest the corn, silos to store it, a mill and a bakery to produce bread and a shop to sell it. Besides the free playing mode there are also ten missions where the player needs to fulfill goals in a limited time. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PC (Windows)

Links

• http://www.mobygames.com/game/pony-ranch/