If you have a balloon stall in your park, all guests a with balloon in their hands will release them simultaneously. One of my favorite parts of the original RCT games returns in the mobile version. With any custom coaster, be sure to check your intensity ratings to make sure that your park guests will ride!Īs you progress through the scenarios and finally complete it, the guests will give you a brief ovation before resuming their activities. While building roller coasters, I’ve found, especially in parks with space and height constraints, that it’s almost easier to build custom coasters, especially since you have to sometimes play guessing games where a pre-built coaster will fit. Many of the pre-designed roller coaster options are available in the game.
ROLLER COASTER TYCOON 1 VS 3 PC
Unlike in the PC version, you can’t “double close” to get everything off the track. Note: If you need to close a ride and get the ride vehicles off the track, the quickest way to do it is close the ride and immediately click on the construction button. (Though I have found that the bridge feature is the easiest way to build paths.) To zoom in, you simply expand or contract your fingers like you would in other apps. I’m currently playing on an iPhone 6S with larger fingers, and sometimes find it difficult to build paths in the correct direction using the “bridge” feature. The buttons are in a slightly different location, and require a delicate touch at times. New rides are funded, with the end goals to get a certain number of guests at the end of October, Year 3, or increase the park value to X amount. Park guests throw trash all over the park, requiring handymen to sweep it up. Rides break down, requiring mechanics to fix them. Playing through a scenario feels nearly identical to the PC versions of the game. If there are trees or other obstacles in your way while building, they will be automatically removed, at a cost. It takes a little getting used to, but once I figured it out, it works very well. You place your attraction with a tap, and then tap on the build button to build the attraction. Unlike the PC versions, you can’t drag your cursor in order to make your attraction fit in a specific location. I was pleasantly surprised how well Roller Coaster Tycoon translated to a mobile platform. Like its PC predecessors, the “place, click, build” construction method is the same in Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic. Like in the PC games, many parks have a set amount of money that can be increased with a loan. As you complete groups, you unlock further groups. When you first begin the game, there are 9 scenarios available the first three scenarios in each of the Graphite, Emerald and Ruby groups. Like the original Roller Coaster Tycoon games, as you complete scenarios, you unlock further scenarios. (Roller Coaster Tycoon 2’s expansion packs - Wacky Worlds and Time Twister are available as well as expansion packs for an additional cost.) Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic consists of 95 from the original Roller Coaster Tycoon, its expansions Corkscrew Follies and Loopy Landscapes, and Roller Coaster Tycoon 2. If the parks look familiar, they should be. With each scenario in the game, you are given an objective at the respective park to complete in a set amount of time in the game. I knew I had to check it out.įor those familiar with the early Roller Coaster Tycoon games, Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic provides a very similar experience.
ROLLER COASTER TYCOON 1 VS 3 ANDROID
Recently, Atari revived the original Roller Coaster Tycoon game system for a mobile platform, and released Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic on iOS and Android operating systems. I never got to the point where I could create works of art like several online communities (seriously, check out /r/rct – there’s some incredible stuff there.), but I could kill plenty of time in RCT2’s Coaster Designer mode, and create semi-functioning (enough to pass the objectives anyway) parks when I was bored.Īs technology progressed, it got harder to play the original RCT games, as they were designed for earlier versions of Windows, so it became difficult to get my coaster game fix. Growing up, my computer didn’t have the graphics to run Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 properly, and more technical simulators like No Limits are a little advanced for my particular skill set.The original RCT and its sequel were some of the first coaster games I played, and I found myself constantly coming back to RCT1 & 2 as I grew older. When it comes to the perfect roller coaster simulation game, personally, I look no further than Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 & 2.