RollerCoaster Tycoon

Video Game
1999
E

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Complete a series of preset scenarios by successfully building and maintaining amusement parks through business ownership as a theme park entrepreneur in RollerCoaster Tycoon.Complete a series of preset scenarios by successfully building and maintaining amusement parks through business ownership as a theme park entrepreneur in RollerCoaster Tycoon.Complete a series of preset scenarios by successfully building and maintaining amusement parks through business ownership as a theme park entrepreneur in RollerCoaster Tycoon.

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8.3/10

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Trivia
The Urban and Creepy Theming objects for scenery in the form of buildings and said style of trees that while outside a park's boundaries in some scenarios would not be available for the players to build in their scenarios until the Loopy Landscapes expansion pack.

Goofs
The 3D Cinema ride/attraction's capacity states that it holds up to 30 guests, but could only technically hold up to 8 guests before declaring it full before showing a film. This is fixed up in the Corkscrew Follies/Added Attractions expansion pack.

Alternate versions
The original 1999 release of this game RollerCoaster Tycoon game has the following features not present in the 2017 RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic.
The opening menu features the original music theme.
The Menu interface is located in the top part of the screen.
The Merry-go-round ride is the only ride that has music which features classical music.
The Handyman workers has 4 jobs check listed by default including picking up litter, sweeping paths, watering gardens and mowing lawns though mowing the lawn serves no purpose in the game.
There is no fast forward button feature in this game, so players be prepared to find other hobbies to do while waiting for the park year scenario to end.
There's a shovel lawn glitch that allows the player to simply click on the lawn with the shovel which will remove the tall grass.

Connections
Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #20.18 (1999)

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Featured review

10/10

There are no words to describe how perfect this game is

I've always liked management and financial strategy games. When I first tried this one, I got instantly fascinated by it (even tough I couldn't understand any english back then and had no idea of what I was doing most of the time).

The thing with management and strategy games is that you get bored really quick with them. This is not the case, there are infinity possibilites for each scenario and for each ride. The only limit is the player's creativity.

The graphics are simple, but yet so beautiful that never ceases to amaze me. The soundtrack (specially the Carousel one) will stuck in your head forever.

The scenarios are not too easy that you could play with no planning, but also not impossible, making it a fun challenge every time (seriously, I beat the first parks dozens of times, and they were all fun to play).

There are no bad things about this game. If you are a fan of the genre and have never played it, you should stop what you are doing now.