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Rating Summary based on 180 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		140
  • 4 Stars
    		37
  • 3 Stars
    		2
  • 2 Stars
    		1
  • 1 Star
    		0

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  		• 3.7
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  • 31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Lethal-Injection

    5 Stars Coaster Crazy 01/03/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Excellent value for money. Entertainment for hours on end. Humerous. Easy, simple to play.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages very addictive.

    Rollercoaster Tycoon Review Game History This game Rollercoaster Tycoon was published in 1999/2000 by Chris Sawyer. Chris has also produced on the PC Transport Tycoon which was his first release. His second major project was this game, Rollercoaster Tycoon which was released through Hasbro Interactive. This was soon followed by 2 special add on additions with were called Added Attractions which released in late 1999 and Loopy Landscapes released in September 2000. Despite this game only being released in April of 1999, Rollercoaster Tycoon has been announced as the top-selling PC game overall ... more
  • 77 of 77 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 Concrete_Donkey

    Member since 07/12/2003

    Reviews written: 51

    5 Stars Drowning Pandas - High Brow Entertainment 11/05/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Addictive beyond doubt - Total freedom - Panda drowning

    Disadvantages Disadvantages I need to get out more

    Management simulations have always wielded a strange hex over me. Personally, assuming the mantle of God provides unnatural and unhealthy levels of gratification. I don’t consider myself a rabid control freak; in fact I have a reluctant relationship with utter disorganisation in the real world. So why would a game like Rollercoaster Tycoon appeal then? Allow me to explain. The premise of Rollercoaster Tycoon is unquestionably simple: create, manage and maintain a fully operational Theme Park. For many, this may sound marginally less interesting than the autobiography of Toby Anstis, but I ... more
  • 118 of 118 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    deano_76

    5 Stars Do you fancy owning your very own Theme park 08/04/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Very addictive, great game

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Those silly little handymen that just wont do their jobs properly

    A few weeks ago I replied to an opinion on this very game and left a message that I would really love to own a copy of Rollercoaster Tycoon. A fellow member (OFFY) saw my plea and seeing as she had an unwanted copy, she decided to give it to me free of charge. The game is basically, an upgrade of Theme Park and for those of you who have yet to experience the pleasures of this wonderful game, here is a brief run down of what it is. * THE IDEA * Rollercoaster Tycoon, is basically a simulator game for anyone who has always dreamed of owning his or her very own theme park. You are given a choice ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    mentalmickey100

    5 Stars Build the rollercoaster of your dreams. 12/05/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Excellent Game, Addictive, Sound Graphically.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None as of yet.

    Well i am guessing that most of you will have heard of this game by now, or indeed its Sequal, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. Well, i have just purchased the Sequal, but i have not played it enough to warrant me to give my opinion on it, so i thought i would write about the first in the series. Rollercoaster Tycoon, by Chris Sawyer, is basically set in a theme park, where you are given objectives to complete in a certain amount of time. it can be where you have to have 1,500 people in your park, with a park rating of 600. to where you just have to have a high park rating. --------------------Graphics ... more
  • 38 of 38 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 shorn_the_sheep

    Member since 02/07/2003

    Reviews written: 50

    3 Stars Thrills and spills and a bit of frustration 30/09/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Gives you a free reign in ride design, colour coordinating of rides / shops...etc

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can be very frustrating building rides, irritating music

    Anyone who has been following my reviews for a while will have realised by now that I’m a huge fan of simulation games. Build a family, control their every move and act generally God like? I’m playing it like a shot. Make a zoo, choose the exhibits and keep them well fed and happy? Just try keeping me away. So when my parents were stuck for a birthday present for me recently, they decided to pop to PC World and pick up various simulation type games, one of which was Rollercoaster Tycoon, a game I’ve been hankering after ever since I first saw it a few months ago. WHAT IS IT? Rollercoaster ... more
  • 40 of 40 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Matty7

    5 Stars Roller Coaster Of Love 18/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Makeing Da Cash.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Takes along time

    Roller Tycoon is the first and only game I played of the theme park sort and as you can tell from the title I really love it. The aim of this game is not just to build roller coasters but manage a whole theme park. You have to landscape your park, build shops and toilets, hire employees and rake in the cash. ----Starting The Game---- This game is based on completing different scenarios; in each different scenario there are a number of different tasks that have to be completed. e.g Park value = 20,000, Number of people in your park etc. It is not a very big game and runs fast on most computers ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Sirus619

    5 Stars Rollercoaster Tycoon 20/10/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Build and run your own theme park

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Very addictive

    Attention all theme park fans! Have you ever wanted to design, build and manage your very own theme park? Well now it is possible with Rollercoaster Tycoon. Now three years old and the newer version now out this was a great format for a theme park game. Designed by Chris Sawyer and produced by Micro prose and Hasbro Interactive the game became an instant hit with “tycoon’s” upon its release. This very time consuming game offers 30 levels which offer different landscapes and sizes of land for you to build your theme park on. As I have said in the previous paragraph, there are 30 levels which ... more
  • 28 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Rach_79

    5 Stars Life is a rollercoaster youve just got to ride it 30/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Hours of fun

    Disadvantages Disadvantages addictive

    Im totally addicted to this game, although it is a few years old now and there are better versions avaliable i love it. Roller Coaster tycoon is one of those management games which you are totally hooked upon once you load it into your PC, it's one of those games where you have to sit here and you have to succeed, every stage is crucial and if anyone interupts THEN SO GOD HELP THEM I WILL ERUPT, careful planning and building operation has to go into this game, a lot of thought to attract the customers to ensure success. "Get ready to experience all the highs and lows behind the design and ... more
  • 31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Tribute

    5 Stars ITS A ROLLERCOASTER OF A GAME 11/03/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages -

    Disadvantages Disadvantages -

    Roller coaster Tycoon is probably the most successful theme park game to be brought out this side of the Atlantic. It's more classy and with better graphics than Theme park and isn't as annoying as the afore mentioned's predecessor, Theme Park World. I got my copy on a special offer from QXL.com for £3 and let me tell you I am glad I did. *~What is it all about?~* RT is basically what it says on the tin. You own a theme park. You have money. You have a set goal and a set time to do that goal in. At first you start of with the easy ones like 'Get 400 people in your park in 1 year'. As it goes ... more
  • 47 of 47 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Iggglybufff

    5 Stars Roll High 25/01/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great game, loads of scenarios.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can be slow and crash.

    RollerCoaster Tycoon is the best!! So to start off with, I think I should mention the minimum system requirements. So here they are; Windows 95/98, Pentium 90, 16MB RAM, Quad speed (4x) CD-ROM drive, 50MB Hard drive space, 1MB SVGA card, Windows 95 compatible sound card, Direct X 5.0 (included on CD), and a mouse. The game is about building and improving theme parks. At the beginning of the game, you have a few different scenarios to try out. On each scenario you have an objective. In other words, a task. This could be, for example: to get 1000 guests in your park by the end of October year 2 ... more
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