tag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:/games/14326Cheerful Ghost: RollerCoaster Tycoon2024-03-28T14:41:41+00:002021-10-09T05:12:41Ztag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/46822021-10-09T04:35:30Z2021-10-09T05:12:41Z/jdodson/posts/4682/take-this-wild-documentary-ride-with-rollercoaster-tycoonTake This Wild "Documentary" Ride About RollerCoaster Tycoon<div class='youtube-player' data-id='ts4BD8AqD9g'></div> <br/>RollerCoaster Tycoon is one of the best sim games of all time. As such it has a huge cult following and because of that was the first request fans made of NoClip for their retro documentary series "Greatest Hits." It goes over a lot of the games history all the way to it's modern incarnations and would be perfect except they weren't able to land an interview with the series creator Chris Sawyer.<br><br>If you love RollerCoaster Tycoon and are itching to play it there is a great open source project Open RollerCoaster Tycoon that is one of the best ways to play it on PC, Mac or Linux. If you don't have a PC and are mostly on your Smartphone or Tablet, RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic is a great port of RollerCoaster Tycoon and it's sequel including all of the expansions.<br><br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://openrct2.org/">https://openrct2.org/</a><br><br>"<strong>In our brand new series Greatest Hits, we celebrate the legacy of RollerCoaster Tycoon by exploring its original design and talking to the people holding the torch today. RCT was chosen by a subset of our patrons - to pick the next game, consider joining them.</strong>"2021-10-09T05:12:41Zjdodsontag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/14462013-07-06T19:24:59Z2014-05-12T23:48:26Z/jdodson/posts/1446/my-recent-dynamite-dunes-scenario-finishMy Recent Dynamite Dunes Scenario Finish<img src='http://i.imgur.com/9rhGW92.jpg' class='img-responsive' alt='http://i.imgur.com/9rhGW92.jpg' /> <br/>Decided to share with everyone my recent completion of Dynamite Dunes. The above shot is from one section of my park after completing the scenario. You can click the link below to download the file and load it in to your Roller Coaster Tycoon saves to check it out.<br><br>I built many more Roller Coasters than I usually do in this level and as such had a huge problem with people vomiting all over the place. I hired many more Handymen as a result and was awarded the cleanest park in the country award. I don't believe I have ever been awarded that before now.<br><br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1oRZK7IvLFZNnB2UlRIREJKNTg/edit">https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1oRZK7IvLFZNnB2UlRIREJKNTg/edit</a><br><br>If you haven't played Roller Coaster Tycoon I recommend you give it a shot and its not too expensive either.<br><br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.gog.com/gamecard/rollercoaster_tycoon_deluxe">http://www.gog.com/gamecard/rollercoaster_tycoon_deluxe</a>2014-05-12T23:48:26Zjdodsontag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/13772013-06-15T19:23:29Z2014-05-12T23:48:25Z/jdodson/posts/1377/rollercoaster-tycoon-a-game-i-will-play-foreverRollerCoaster Tycoon: A Game I Will Play Forever<img src='http://i.imgur.com/tsB0ZtA.jpg' class='img-responsive' alt='http://i.imgur.com/tsB0ZtA.jpg' /> <br/>RollerCoaster Tycoon was released about 14 years ago but it still lives strong on my modern gaming computer. My wife bought the game and both the expansion packs at a garage sale for me many years ago on a lark. She generally doesn't do that so it was a nice surprise. At first I set aside the game because it looked like a game for pre-school kids. After a few months of it kicking around the house I decided to install it and was immediately hooked on it. <br><br>RollerCoaster Tycoon takes the Sim concept and mixes it with the awesome mechanism of running a theme park. The game consists of scenarios, each you must complete to unlock the next. I believe on of the latter Tycoon expansions opens up a "open sandbox mode" but the main game focuses on completing scenario objectives. Many of them start you with some kind of park and require you to build it up to a certain point. Others focus on your "fixing" something wrong with the park but they all seem to need you to get to a certain park rating with a certain number of guests in attendance.<br><br>I pull the game out every so often and play a scenario and always have a good time. The game is quite old but still runs on Windows 7. I don't look forward to the day when the game isn't playable on Modern Windows but until then, it works just fine.<br><br>Some news surfaced recently about the game getting a modern port to phones and I am pretty excited about that. Hopefully with its renewed interest it may get the PC HD treatment for a release on Steam with all the bells and whistles.<br><br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/RollerCoaster+Tycoon/news.asp?c=46026">http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/RollerCoaster+Tycoon/news.asp?c=46026</a><br><br>The screen shot above is of a recent replay of the first scenario Forest Frontiers.2014-05-12T23:48:25Zjdodson