Author Topic: The Roller Coaster Tycoon Thread (Read 28138 times)

theliloutkast · « **Reply #35 on:** March 28, 2013, 10:36:03 AM »

Ever since seeing this thread I've spent my free time playing the original. Ha.

Implode · « **Reply #36 on:** March 28, 2013, 01:12:52 PM »

I need to make some time play again now that I'm back home.

FreezingPoint · « **Reply #37 on:** March 28, 2013, 06:19:04 PM »

Thanks to this thread, I bought Corkscrew Follies and Loopy Landscapes. Not sure why I never bought them before, but now I have a lot of great new park building to do.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #38 on:** March 28, 2013, 06:42:37 PM »

Love it... as soon as I hit my objective in the "Build Your Own Six Flags" park... I starting killing people... to the horror of my 10 year old cousin who had just sat down to see what I was doing on the game

soundgarden · « **Reply #39 on:** March 28, 2013, 06:54:11 PM »

my god, so many sleepless nights because of RC2... RC3 use to be the biggest gaming disappointment for me for until Diablo 3 took that spot easily.

Bah, gonna buy it. *shakes fist at OP for re-starting my old addictions*

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #40 on:** March 28, 2013, 06:56:17 PM »

I remember when I was in like 4th grade waking up extra early before my dad and getting dressed and ready for school just so I could play RT1

Kotowboy · « **Reply #41 on:** March 28, 2013, 07:28:49 PM »

I remember a really old version where you could charge a tiny fee then once the crowds gathered - whack it up to extortionate price and they'd have no choice but to pay xD

Cable · « **Reply #42 on:** March 28, 2013, 09:12:40 PM »

What was that bad about RC3? Granted, I played it very little compared to RC1. But I don't recall playing that much less than RC2. Was the move to more immersive 3d that half-baked? I cannot really remember disliking it, just priorities changed in my life at that point.

Implode · « **Reply #43 on:** March 29, 2013, 01:50:31 PM »

My friend and I sometimes race to finish scenarios without a time limit. Like Arid Heights or Razor Rocks (where you have to build 10 roller coasters with an excitement rating of >=6). We be in a G+ hangout and share screens and stuff. It's fun. I wish there were a way to do that kind of thing here.

robwebster · « **Reply #44 on:** March 30, 2013, 07:46:28 AM »

Quote from: Implode on March 29, 2013, 01:50:31 PM

My friend and I sometimes race to finish scenarios without a time limit. Like Arid Heights or Razor Rocks (where you have to build 10 roller coasters with an excitement rating of >=6). We be in a G+ hangout and share screens and stuff. It's fun. I wish there were a way to do that kind of thing here.

You can live stream video games via https://www.twitch.tv/ - might be useful!

I am shit at RCT, though. So I probably won't.

robwebster · « **Reply #45 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:16:27 PM »

Speaking of being shit at RCT, my brother downloaded it the other day, it inspired me to get my copy out, and I'm carrying on from where I left off a couple of summers ago. Completed, in the last couple of days, Evergreen Gardens (finally!) and Katie's Dreamland.

I'm not liking the four year deadlines. Too long! I'm in my second May of Pacific Pyramids (or Sexy Pyramid Land, as I've renamed it) and I'm already not a million miles away from the objective. I know there's an element of endurance, it's not just, "Can you make a successful park," but, "How long can you run this successful park for?" Nonetheless - I'm not even halfway! That's scary. The four year deadline is the reason I didn't bother with Evergreen Gardens until so late. I'm only enjoying Pacific Pyramids because it's brand new to me.

Because, yes, I think this is as far as I've ever got! I was basically a child when I was first playing it - and it was all, "Ooh, fun, get the maximum loan and make some nice big roller coasters." Now I'm paying that loan off immediately, and priority one is fleecing the bastards for every penny they've got. Making some nice roller coasters is still in there, but not top drawer.

Implode · « **Reply #46 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:08:09 PM »

Ooh excellent! And I agree. 4 years is far too long. On the simple scenarios I find myself meeting the requirements sometimes a year or more in advance. Then I end up having to just wait for time to run out.

Chino · « **Reply #47 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:09:57 PM »

Evergreen Gardens was my favorite scenario... By far.

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #48 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:15:55 PM »

Quote from: Chino on April 23, 2013, 03:09:57 PM

Evergreen Gardens was my favorite scenario... By far.

I HATED THAT ONE.

I like starting my parks over from scratch because I guess I can't stand not having total control over them. Some parks, all you gotta do is trash some rides and delete a few footpaths. But EVERGREEN FUCKING GARDENS had so much ridiculous landscaping bullshit that I'd have to spend what seemed like hours deleting every stupid little shrub and every pointless little fence.

I liked Dinky Park. It had a unique challenge.

Chino · « **Reply #49 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:20:17 PM »

But you had so much time to do that. I would just delete intersections of paths to limit pedestrian traffic. I'd build a bit of the park at a time and then slowly expand. I liked it mainly because you could get sooo much cash at the beginning if you were willing to take the time to do a mass delete. The saddest part about me starting Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 was that I didn't get EGG

robwebster · « **Reply #50 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:53:43 PM »

I'm with you, Phantas. Dinky Park is brilliant. Or Pokey Park, as it's called here. Evergreen's a little big-'n'-boring. I ended up mucking about. A lot.

To wit:

Current park. Sexy Pyramid Land.

Sorry for the number of screenshots. But, look - number of guests, park rating. I need 1,000 and 600. Absolutely fine. On course for Oct Y3. And then... another year! Argh! I'll just think of it as a victory lap.

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #51 on:** April 23, 2013, 05:09:48 PM »

"Peeping Tom's Voyeurism Wheel"

Implode · « **Reply #52 on:** April 23, 2013, 05:51:30 PM »

It's always a pleasure to see people's parks. I might take a closer look when I'm not in class.

Ultimetalhead · « **Reply #53 on:** April 25, 2013, 09:11:58 AM »

Quote from: Phantasmatron on April 23, 2013, 05:09:48 PM

"Peeping Tom's Voyeurism Wheel"

Didn't even see that. Fucking lol.

Super Dude · « **Reply #54 on:** April 25, 2013, 09:50:55 AM »

Wow, good find.

Implode · « **Reply #55 on:** April 25, 2013, 01:04:46 PM »

I love your liberal use of paths and especially those little walls with paths on top. It gives your park a bit of depth.

robwebster · « **Reply #56 on:** April 25, 2013, 01:27:48 PM »

What can I say! I'm passionate about roller coasters, and passionate about providing access to roller coasters.

Chino · « **Reply #57 on:** April 25, 2013, 01:39:48 PM »

Doesn't that cause anger among your guests? They are taking a path to nowhere .

robwebster · « **Reply #58 on:** April 25, 2013, 01:50:12 PM »

Naw, they love that shit. Each customer will spend a good thirty minutes wandering around the park staring blankly at neon signs and not going on roller coasters - five more seconds is no skin off their back. I like keeping the queues short - longer a punter's queueing, the longer they're spending not buying anything else. Long enough that there's always likely to be a full load waiting, but no longer.

Implode · « **Reply #59 on:** April 25, 2013, 01:54:36 PM »

Rob does have a point. One small thing to keep in mind: while guests complain if they are waiting in a line for too long, they won't complain if they can't join a queue because it's full.

I might post my Evergreen Gardens.

Chino · « **Reply #60 on:** April 25, 2013, 01:55:41 PM »

My theory always was the longer the que lines (not jokingly long of course) the more people you'll have in your park by mission end.

Implode · « **Reply #61 on:** April 25, 2013, 01:56:15 PM »

That is true as well. It all depends on how you are playing your park.

robwebster · « **Reply #62 on:** April 25, 2013, 02:00:48 PM »

Quote from: Chino on April 25, 2013, 01:55:41 PM

My theory always was the longer the que lines (not jokingly long of course) the more people you'll have in your park by mission end.

That does make some sense! I was at 150% of my objective at the time, though, so it wasn't a main concern, at that point. Four-year deadline... profit's the key, people will come.

Implode - Yes, post your Evergreen Gardens! Everyone post their Evergreen Gardens. I love seeing how different the parks grow.

Chino · « **Reply #63 on:** April 25, 2013, 02:01:53 PM »

I would LOVE to, but I only have the second one

I can't find my first disc

Implode · « **Reply #64 on:** April 25, 2013, 02:06:39 PM »

Here's my park from about a month ago, just after meeting the goals.

First thing that really stands out is how much more spread out my park is. Also I didn't really do much to change the scenery; I guess I really just wanted to focus on the scenario alone. At least all the roller coasters are custome designs. All those years of spending hours trying to create realistic parks have created habits that are hard to break.

Chino · « **Reply #65 on:** April 25, 2013, 02:08:57 PM »

Groovy.

robwebster · « **Reply #66 on:** April 25, 2013, 02:22:54 PM »

Sweeeeeet zombie Jesus... the roller coaster in that first one is absolutely beautiful!! I really like the squiggly one at the bottom, too.

Evergreen Gardens' size has always bothered me. Great as a sandbox, but it means all the guests are very spread out, so I deliberately cut off access wherever possible, try to make it as compact as possible. I did to an extent with Sexy Pyramid Land, but EG is that to the maximum. Functional, but I think your park looks a lot slicker for spreading it out. Yours is classy, mine's a bit more... cacophonous. Much better use of the space (ETA: me, not you). So cool.

FreezingPoint · « **Reply #67 on:** April 27, 2013, 03:34:22 PM »

Has anybody ever reduced the loan in this one to $0 in just three years? Seems impossible to me, especially with the rides you are given. Sorry I didn't show the whole park.

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #68 on:** April 27, 2013, 08:18:03 PM »

Wow, I don't remember that park at all. Is that in one of the expansions?

I was usually pretty good at getting rid of my loans by maxing them out. Because around the time I reached the upper limit of the loan my park would start to turn huge profits. $85,000 is pretty steep, though. Damn.

This thread has desperately made me want to play the original RCT again. But after ransacking my bookcase I discovered that I have Loopy Landscapes and Corkscrew Follies...but not the actual RCT disc. Can't install any of them without the first disc.

FreezingPoint · « **Reply #69 on:** April 27, 2013, 08:41:51 PM »

Yeah, it is in the Corkscrew Follies Pack. You start out with a $250,000 loan!

I usually try to pay off the entire loan by the end of year 1, but not possible in that park.

I recently got both expansion packs off Amazon used & new for about $5. I'm sure you can probably get the original on there as well if you can't find your copy.

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