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Totally Addicting!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I guess that's a good thing, when you are up all night playing a game, some might consider it less than ideal when you have to go to work the next day.

I did run into a couple problems with it not reacting well to some other Windows programs I was running, but it never crashed, just reversed colors or other weird things until I shut the other programs off. No big deal.

The game itself is very well done, tons of fun. I don't know what I enjoy more, building the park ago, but have found most sims since then rather boring. This one is NOT! Definitely a winner.

A Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game and whenever you play it, you could spend hours on it, and not even notice it. I started around 3:00 pm and ended around 5:00 pm. It has wonderful choices of rollercoasters--make your own, or pick their pre-built ones. This is a great game that I would suggest to anybody. Get this game as a gift or for you own entertainment

Pennies per hour!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

How often can you be entertained for pennies an hour! Rollercoaster Tycoon is just that sort of game. When combined with the expansion pack, you'll spend days just finding out all the different things you can design. Not only coasters, but log flumes, water slides, race tracks, train rides and more.

Take a financial standpoint and make your park a huge moneymaker, or have it just eke out an existence with every ride under the sun, the decision is yours. Get hundreds or thousands of customers milling around, and since you can even name them, follow a particular person and see what makes him/her happy.

Add a website full of building scenarios and other interesting tidbits and... well it just keeps on going. This game merges realism and fun until you can't see the line between them.

A must for anyone who has ever loved a day at the amusement park.

One of the best sim games made!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game! If you've never played it here is a brief description: You own a theme park. You build the rides, bathrooms, etc. to satisfy your guests. As more people come to your park the more money rolls in. Once you get good at it you can stop using pre-built roller coasters and make custom ones. But don't make them too scary or people won't ride them. When you run out of space for your theme park, buy some more rides and stuff.

I also have some pro's and con's about this game:

Pro's:

1. Unlimited possibilities let your mind wander. 2. "Real-life gameplay" tests you to your fullest extent. 3. Make your park better and better so you become richer and richer.

Con's:

1. To get people to ride the rides you have to make these confusing, hectic walkways. 2. If you make a ride to scary, no one will ride it. 3. Gameplay goes on forever so you can get bored easily after a long while.

But if you are the type that get's interested in this kind of stuff, this games for you!

By far my favorite game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

After the original SimCity came out I had thought it would be cool to have Sims based on other industries. When I first heard of RCT I ran out and bought it. Two years later, I still am not bored with it.

The flexibility the game gives you in designing your own rollercoasters and theme parks is remarkable. This is one game that lets the players creativity shine.

If you like any of the Sim-games you will love RCT. If you are trying to decide between this and ThemePark, choose RCT. RCT has a more realistic feel, and better coaster design capabilities.

Lemme change your minds

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Many of you are probably curious like I was,(1) is this game really that good? (2) Will I like the simulation gameplay since I am used to action/adventure games?(3) I heard it's like Bullfrog's Theme Park, and I hated that game. (4)etc, etc, etc.

Well, let this make it clear to you. Even 2-3 years after it came out, it's still the most addictive game ever made. And it's worth the ...dollars(Don't forget the Loopy Landscapes Pack, an extra 30 dollars). Sure it's not 3D, but the reason it's not 3D is cause everybody would need a Pentium 9 Processor(which should be out by 2035)to look at all the gorgeous colors and amazing details in 3D.

Many are saying, I dont like these slow simulation games. Well, neither did I. But I am sure everyone of you want to own and design your own park when you go to a real theme park like Disneyland. And you say to yourself: Just imagine how nice this place would be if I owned it and designed all the thrilling rides. Well, this game gives everybody the chance. It takes Simulation games and makes them fun. Infact, it adds action. For example, don't expect to just sit there after you make a 15,000 coaster and are waiting for the money to become available. You have to DRAG the handymen to clean the vomit. You have to create benches. You have to advance the themes by adding mere ... dollar statues. You have to make sure that the guests dont leave.

Now many say making the rollercoaster is hard. Well, it won't be hard if people used common sense. And after a while, it won't be that challenging as you'll be making coasters, underground, going through one another, into the water, and etc,etc.

You can personalize your park to whatever you like, but to get the ultimate "personalization equipment", please get the expansion pack, Loopy Landscapes. It also includes the first expansion pack, Corkscrew Follies. So it's a good deal. So please head over to the review for Loopy Landscapes and find out what kind of cool add-ons you get. If your in a budget limit and cant afford the expansion pack right now...Lemme just tell you that the personalization tools in RCT are pretty good. The expansion packs just add to it. You can paint the rides to what you want, rename guests, rename the rides, the name of the park, etc, etc.

For the people who can afford the expansion packs, go to Loopy Landscape's review right now.

The best game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game, Roller Coaster Tycoon, is made by Micro Prose and it's the best! The point of the game is to build amusement parks, and get so many guests (250 or more) by a certain date. You can make roller coasters, log flume rides, observation towers, mazes, go carts, slides, food places, information desks, rivers, boat rides, haunted houses, monorails, trains, shuttle loops, a ride like the tower of terror, swinging ships, egg scramblers, merry-go-rounds, and lots more! My recommendations for this game are to not just start building away. You should stop and plan what you should do first. This game will be good for kids who are smart and love to build and visit amusement parks. What's good about this game is that you have the power to build your own amusement park. In my opinion nothing is bad about this game. Roller Coaster Tycoon has good graphics and is the best game.

Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Just when I thought there wasn't a better game out there than 'The Sims', 'Roller Coaster Tycoon' gives that game a run for its money. This game is so fun! You don't just get to build roller coasters, you can build log rides, water slides, and a variety of other pre-made carnival rides: carousels, ferris wheels, etc. Add paths, scenery, and shops and you have the park of your dreams! It's so rewarding to watch the little people clamor to get in line for your rides, and to see them jump up and down with glee if they enjoyed the ride. If they're hungry, build them a popcorn stand. If they're tired, build them some benches. Though the game looks a little complicated and overwhelming at first, once you get the hang of it, you'll be fine. The manual is pretty good and should help you along. My only complaints are the sound effects -- hearing the people squeal with glee is great, but hearing the toilets in the little bathrooms flush is not. Whether you're a kid at heart who has always loved amusement parks, or a tycoon-in-training, you're bound to like this game.

Loads of fun.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I used to play this with my old pal and we had so much fun that I wanted to buy it and guess what............ I DID!!!!! I love making my own theme park, naming the roller coasters, spendin some $money$, seeing haw popular your park is etc. If you're thinking about buying this game then I 100% reccomend you to. A great game!!!

Cheap,Easy and Awsome!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsome!!!!!!My mom got it for$ 7.00 and she said it's cheap!!Now I've beat three levels!In the game there are MANY typs & kinds of rides & rollercoasters(there are even corkscrew rollercoasters)!!People can even die by crashes and by drownding.I recomend this game for EVERYONE!!!!!!!

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