The game uses isometric graphics instead of true 3D to render your park, exactly like RCT1 and 2. Simply put, RCT Classic looks identical to the original games. Or if your guests are complaining about the price, you will likely have to lower it to keep a good park rating. For example, if many of your guests call your ride "a great deal," you can bump up the ticket price a small amount without most guests causing a fuss. You can also see what guests think of a certain building, which is critical to maintaining a high park ranking and a steady cash flow. Tapping on a building opens a pop-up, with settings for operation (like minimum waiting times for rides), music playback, ticket prices, and more. Shops and stalls: Small buildings that are critically important for any park, including restrooms, information kiosks, and food/drink.Īs the park owner, you have to manage every single ride, shop, and stall. Water rides: Rides involving water, like a log flume and rowing boats. Thrill rides: More pre-built rides, such as a large swinging pirate ship. Each type has several pre-built designs that can be placed in the park, or they can be custom-built. Roller coasters: Many types of roller coasters can be built, including wooden coasters, junior coasters, and looping coasters. Gentle rides: Basic pre-built rides such as a Ferris Wheel, Merry-Go-Round, etc. Transport rides: Rides that transport guests around the park, such as the Miniature Railway. RCT Classic organizes all available structures into these categories: Some scenarios start off with few or no rides already built, while others place you in an already-bustling park.Īs the name of the game implies, you will spend most of your time building rides and other facilities. No matter what objectives you are trying to complete, you will have to expand and upkeep your park. RCT Classic includes 95 scenarios from RCT 1 and 2, so you’ll likely never run out of challenges. Once you complete a scenario by achieving all of the goals, more are unlocked to try out. Most scenarios include a time limit, such as completing all the objectives before Year 3. Objectives can include reaching X park rating, achieving X company value, having X number of coasters, and more. To start a new game, you must choose a scenario, which provides objectives for you to complete. The game was developed by Origin8 (with Chris Sawyer listed as the Executive Producer), who also ported Chris Sawyer’s Transport Tycoon to mobile.Īs it turns out, RCT Classic might be the best RollerCoaster Tycoon game in years.Īll RollerCoaster Tycoon games follow the same basic gameplay. RCT Classic is essentially a slightly-remastered version of the original two RCT games.
The latest main entry in the series, RollerCoaster Tycoon World for PC, was a universally-disappointing game that was delayed several times in development.Įarlier this month, “Atari” (or rather, whichever company is currently borrowing the Atari name) released RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic for Android and iOS. The franchise has switched developers and publishers several times over its 17-year history, with seven published titles for PC, the Nintendo 3DS, and smartphones.
RollerCoaster Tycoon, originally created by the now-legendary developer Chris Sawyer, was released back in 1999 for Windows 95.