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IndecisivePenguin
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States771 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-14 05:49:50
May 13 2010 23:58 GMT
#1
I just came across a video of this today and I had a nostalgia hail storm come down on me.




This was my absolute favorite game as a kid. So many good memories watching this video. Building super awesome rollercoasters from scratch, making food stands with kickass benches for people to sit on, hiring some janitors so there isn't litter all over the freakin place, mechanics to fix the broken rides, making sure there are enough bathrooms around (which you can charge people to use!); so awesome. Not to mention I made the best names for my rides (A-MAZE-ING MAZE, anyone?).

You could even make rides that accelerate so quickly that the carts fly off and explode. You could drown people too, or trap people in walled off areas. I didn't really kill people in my games though because I felt bad if I did.

One of my favorite parts was clicking the ducks though. They made this awesome quacking noise. And I remember how the park was completely silent until you added that merry-go-round. And how everyone pretty much looked like a tannish guy with short hair, but with different colored shirts and pants.

I'd play this game again if I could find it. Actually.. I might just go looking for it again.. brb.

Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
May 14 2010 00:03 GMT
#2
oh man thanks for the idea i was kinda bored today downloading it right now
AcrossFiveJulys
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States3612 Posts
May 14 2010 00:08 GMT
#3
or that one noise that the kid keeps making:

"give to him... what what what" or something (check 1:22 for example)

The most impressive thing about this game was that it was coded in assembly :X

ella_guru
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada1741 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-14 00:11:59
May 14 2010 00:11 GMT
#4
Ahh its not too hard down to track this down as an ISO or whatever.

It's really fun, my roomate and I played not too long ago trying to do the campaign and see who could do it better. I get so frustrated trying to make the damn exits and endings for the roller coasters to work, or the proper heights.

GL HF!! And remember, charge more admission at the washrooms than you do for park entry.


(god damn that kid haunts me dreams)
Each day gets better : )
Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
May 14 2010 00:12 GMT
#5
I spent hundreds of my childhood hours on RCT2..Time well spent
Tear stained american saints and dirty guitar dreams across a universe of desert and blue sky , gas station coffee love letters and two dollar pistol kisses from thirty five dollar hotel room stationary .
Spazer
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada8031 Posts
May 14 2010 00:13 GMT
#6
Oh man, this game. I think I've still got the CD lying around somewhere. I never did get the hang of designing workable roller coasters though. Most frustrating thing about the game, imo. It seems kinda weird now, but one of my favorite things to do in this game was to charge absolutely ridiculous prices for food and drinks. It just gave me some kind of perverse pleasure as a kid. =/

Was this the game where the pathing screwed up if you paved a large square area? Because I seem to remember something like that.
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GoShox
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States1842 Posts
May 14 2010 00:15 GMT
#7
I LOVED this game! It was also hilarious to build coasters that were obviously going to crash.. the sleds were the best. Pretty mean, I know.

I remember in like 7th grade we had a huge snow storm and got out of school for a week or two. I spent the entire time playing Rollercoaster Tycoon and watching Space Jam. Fun times!
GeMicles
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada307 Posts
May 14 2010 00:19 GMT
#8
ahhh yes, i remember this game, i was never good at it, i kept killing people and my coaster placing was terrible. but looking back, i really miss those tycoon days. moon tycoon anyone?


Wow why cant my windows 98 handle the game,
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Reason
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United Kingdom2770 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-14 00:27:11
May 14 2010 00:26 GMT
#9
Come on guys Theme Park > Rollercoaster Tycoon!

TRANSPORT TYCOON ANYONE!?!?!
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Xxio
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada5565 Posts
May 14 2010 00:27 GMT
#10
MAN what I would do is bottle neck everyone into one area with a food and drink stand and 1 bathroom. Then I would close them all in this little square and make a wall in front of the bathroom, just blocking the door.
I would literally do this over and over for hours laughing maniacally.
KTY
ella_guru
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada1741 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-14 00:34:38
May 14 2010 00:34 GMT
#11
On May 14 2010 09:26 Reason wrote:
Come on guys Theme Park > Rollercoaster Tycoon!

TRANSPORT TYCOON ANYONE!?!?!


[image loading]

!!!! for the realest.



Man, to the guy who liked charging lots of money for my food and dinks, I did the same thing. WHAT IS IT ABOUT KIDS!?

Maybe to us at the time sweets seemed to cost so much, so it was some kind of revenge....
Each day gets better : )
TheMunkey
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada470 Posts
May 14 2010 01:07 GMT
#12
Buildings unfinished roller coaster and opening to the visitors and watching them scream into oblivion was the best part of the game!
Never give up
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
May 14 2010 02:52 GMT
#13
Best version of RCT, I tried the others but it just doesnt play as well as the original.
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
May 14 2010 04:44 GMT
#14
Awesome game. My sister and I used to play this a lot when we were younger. I remember my theme park on dynamite dunes was absolutely epic. I made tons of custom rides, organized everything perfectly, had tons and tons of guests (like fully saturated), and had tons of income. I hired like the maximum employees for all sections, bought up all the land. It was essentially a mega park that was truly a sight to behold. =]

good times
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Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-14 04:48:52
May 14 2010 04:48 GMT
#15
I still play RCT2 on my laptop
i got it from school :F
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KRaver
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada1264 Posts
May 14 2010 06:00 GMT
#16
WOW i actually just went download this last week and played it for pure nostalgia

The horrible thing is when i went and tried to build a roller coaster, i seemed to have lost the flair i once had with it

All my designs were complete and utter crap ... i was not satisfied at all *sigh*

I've stopped now realizing how much creativity I've lost compared to when i was little

It was so sad =(
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hi19hi19
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States163 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-14 06:40:12
May 14 2010 06:39 GMT
#17
Holy crap I just a few weeks ago found the CD to this, and finished beating EVERY park a few days ago. I didn't know beating the game unlocked a secret Mega-Park level :o

I used to play that one level Micro park or something, and build massive multi-level parks with like 10 Roller coasters all in that tiny space, all going underground and interlocking with each other and floating merry-go-rounds and stuff. You had to build from the top down if you were making that kind of park and I remember getting so good at it lol

When I played it recently though I realized how stupidly easy the game is. Some stages I would get the victory conditions in like 3 months then have to wait the rest of the 4 years (no fast forward button FFUUU). I'd let it run while I ate dinner or something and come back with hundreds of thousands of dollars and usually like half the roller coasters crashed for some B.S. reason then I would just spam rides to get park rating up again... good times.
awesomeopossum
Profile Joined February 2010
United States72 Posts
May 18 2010 03:18 GMT
#18
On May 14 2010 15:39 hi19hi19 wrote:
Some stages I would get the victory conditions in like 3 months then have to wait the rest of the 4 years (no fast forward button FFUUU).


So true, I remember wanting to beat every scenario (including the two expansion packs) but after thinking for about two minutes about how long that would take I stopped playing the game entirely .
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phosphorylation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2935 Posts
May 18 2010 03:19 GMT
#19
this game changed my life
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Not_Computer
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada2277 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-31 00:40:31
May 18 2010 08:31 GMT
#20
Haha, I remember I was so addicted to this game that I'd play the first 10 or so levels repeatedly until I could max out (to my ability) my population and rating (rating would always be maxed). I'd take a screenshot of my population being 2000+, maxed on rating, and $100k+ in the bank (all loans paid) and my friend saying that I faked the screenshot or used a 3rd party program.
"Jaedong hyung better be ready. I'm going to order the most expensive dinner in Korea."
sluggaslamoo
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Australia4494 Posts
May 18 2010 10:45 GMT
#21
OMG you have inspired me to play this again. Installing it now :D:D:D:D
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arcology
Profile Joined April 2009
United States92 Posts
May 18 2010 11:59 GMT
#22
This entire game was actually made by one person!
eNoq
Profile Joined June 2009
Netherlands502 Posts
May 18 2010 13:16 GMT
#23
I really want to play this game, need a good link!: (
Proburu
IndecisivePenguin
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States771 Posts
May 18 2010 15:35 GMT
#24
Someone should totally have a park contest for a beta key haha.
NeonFlare
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Finland1307 Posts
May 18 2010 17:57 GMT
#25
I reinstalled this about half a year ago and played majority of those scenarios through in a week or two. Some of the smallest maps ended up being rather boring, since you'd manage to build it full far from the end of scenario time, but goddamn those biggest maps... finally finishing to fill them slightly before the scenario ends and having a massive well balanced park was sweet.
KF91
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Canada221 Posts
May 18 2010 18:43 GMT
#26
I remember when I was addicted to this game XD

Luckily I still have disks of both the original and two somewhere in my house; I gotta go find it and play it again. lol

Did anyone else find RCT3 to be... boring?
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