RollerCoaster Tycoon 1999

Is it still worth playing?

Chris Sawyer's 1999 amusement park management simulation for Windows, in which you complete preset scenarios by building and running a park. There are dozens of coaster types, plus log flumes, carousels and bumper cars. Custom coasters are laid piece by piece on a tile system, choosing direction, height and steepness. Staff are handymen, mechanics, security guards and entertainers, and guests need food stalls, bathrooms and information kiosks placed well. You can lower or raise the land and add water. There are 21 scenarios in the base game, and completing one unlocks the next. After all 21, the Mega Park has no objective beyond Have Fun and gives a loan of $50,000 instead of unlimited funds. Coasters laid one piece at a time, and guests whose needs you have to place for, still let you build a park to your own plan today.