Review
RollerCoaster Tycoon, or RCT3 as it is also known, is a simulation and managing videogame in which you will create all kind of roller coasters, and at the same time, you will manage your own amusement park. Start building your park and design your roller coasters to be the most exciting ones. RollerCoaster Tycoon offers loads of fun, you can plan your own fireworks, manage the control cameras system, etc.
But you will have to face critics too; you have to answers the likes and dislikes of your visitors. And since you can control the prices, attractions, etc. you will be in charge of the happiness of your customers. Once installed, you have to choose which kind of amusement park you want to build, Generic, Spooky, Western, Adventure and Sci-fi and then, you can start playing.
Manage your park and enjoy
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- RollerCoaster Tycoon is a series of simulation video games about building and managing an amusement park.Each game in the series challenges players with open-ended amusement park management and development, and allowing players to construct and customize their own unique roller coasters and other thrill rides.
- As a RollerCoaster Tycoon there are NO LIMITS!Features: New gameplay options in RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 allow you to play your way and focus on the aspects of the game you love the most Includes 25 coaster designs and 5 Six. Strategy simulation game where players create and manage an amusement park.
Once you download RollerCoaster Tycoon to your PC, you will put yourself in the place of a tycoon who manages an amusement park. After you decide which kind of park do you want to open, you will start taking decisions. Start building the rides, the roller coasters, the restrooms and the shops. Take into account that the distance from the entrance, the place in the park, and also the items that the rides have around can increase or reduce the number of visitors in this game.
Also, in this simulator game, you will have to hire entertainers, street sweepers, security guards, handymen, etc. At first, you will have to control your money since you have a limited amount until you open the park in RollerCoaster Tycoon. Once the park is opened, you must control the money you earn and spend in order to add items or remove them.
Apart from the management issues of RollerCoaster Tycoon, you will be free to enjoy the rides for yourself since you have the Coaster Cam. With this cam you can get on the roller coasters and the rest of the rides in first person. Besides, you can create your own family and visit the park to test the fun it offers.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Features
Here you can find the unique and outstanding features that this simulator provides you with:
- The Coaster Cam: you will be able to experience the rides for yourself
- Enhanced interface with makes easier to create the rides structures
- New Park Lighting system
- Complete Camera Control with which you can see each angle of your park
- Different landscapes such as Moonlight, Sunsets and different weather changes
- Possibility of creating you family and visiting your park
- Individual’s feelings are shown
- Fireworks MixMaster to create your own fireworks spectacle
- SandBox Mode: Possibility to create your desired park with no limitations
- Possibility of adding music during the course of the rides
- Five park themes: Generic, Spooky, Sci-fi, Adventure and Western
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System requirements
Below you will find the minimum system requirements to download and play RollerCoaster Tycoon in your PC:
- Operating System: Windows 98 or higher
- Processor: Intel Pentium III 733 MHz
- RAM: 128 MB, 256 MB for Windows XP
- Hard Drive Space: 600 MB free space
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 2 or ATI Radeon with 32MB or higher compatible with DirectX
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 has been removed from digital stores.
The popular sim was removed from the likes of GOG and Steam without explanation from publisher Atari (we've asked Atari for comment).
A spokesperson for GOG told Eurogamer it pulled the game 'due to expiring licensing rights', and stressed it'll talk with 'new distribution rights holders' to bring the game back as soon as possible.
Here's the GOG statement in full:
'Due to expiring licensing rights, we were asked to remove the product from our catalog for the time being. We'll be in talks with new distribution rights holders to hopefully bring the game back as soon as possible.'
So, why would Atari's licensing rights to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 expire? It may have something to do with a lawsuit between Atari and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 developer Frontier, which we reported on back in January 2017.
Frontier claimed it was owed $2.2m in royalties by Atari over RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, which came out in 2004. Frontier said it amended its contract for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 after Atari went bankrupt in 2013, and 'another website', perhaps SteamSpy, revealed higher sales figures than previously thought. So, Frontier worked out it should have received $3.37m in royalties from Atari, but got only $1.17m. And, Frontier said, Atari delayed when it was asked for an audit of its sales report.
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In a statement to Eurogamer issued in January 2017, Frontier confirmed the action.
'We can confirm Frontier is currently pursuing a complaint against Atari,' chief operating officer David Walsh said.
'We have attempted to resolve this issue without legal action since April 2016. We have so far been denied our contractual right to audit by Atari, and we are unfortunately left with no other way to resolve our concerns. We are unable to offer any further comment while the matter is subject to due legal process.'
Frontier declined to comment when contacted by Eurogamer this morning, but the wording of GOG's statement, which mentions 'new distribution rights holders', is worth a closer look. Could Frontier have wrestled control of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 from Atari as part of a settlement? If so, perhaps it intends to re-launch the game itself - even though it clashes somewhat with Frontier's own - and excellent - Planet Coaster.
The RollerCoaster Tycoon franchise is not owned by Atari, but by designer Chris Sawyer, who created the first two much-loved games in the series (check out our big interview with Chris Sawyer for more). Sawyer owns the RollerCoaster Tycoon IP and trademarks, and licenses to Atari the rights to create and market new RollerCoaster Tycoon games.
Back in 2007, Atari and Sawyer were embroiled in a lawsuit that involved Frontier. It was said that Frontier had developed an enhanced version of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, which it intended to license to a third-party purchaser. Atari claimed Sawyer was in breach of contract by assisting Frontier in this, and sued Sawyer for damages. The dispute ended with an out of court settlement.
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