RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 cover

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 2004

Released
November 2, 2004
Genres
Simulator · Strategy
Platforms
PC · Mac
Developer
Frontier Developments
Publisher
Atari, Inc.
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Is it still worth playing?

The first RollerCoaster Tycoon in full 3D, a 2004 management game in which you build and run an amusement park that can be seen from any angle. You place rides, shops and scenery, reshape the terrain, set prices, hire staff and keep the visitors, called peeps, happy; they now arrive in groups of different ages. Coasters can be bought ready made or designed yourself, balancing safety against how the ride feels, and the CoasterCam lets you ride them in first person. The MixMaster times firework shows to music, and a day and night cycle changes the park. Career mode has scenarios with three levels of goals, Apprentice, Entrepreneur and Tycoon, while sandbox mode gives you unlimited money on an empty plot. Designing a coaster, riding it yourself and testing it again until it is safe for the guests is still what makes it worth playing today.

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