RollerCoaster Tycoon Deluxe

I only have good memories and nostalgic feelings about the first and second version of RollerCoaster Tycoon. I remember almost 20 year ago, when I use to pass by some game store and I always saw the RollerCoaster and I did not have money to buy it (I was child). So I had to content with the demo version. After some years, I adquired a version from the internet and finally I could play. Of course, this is not the best game ever made, but according to my feelings and hours that I use to spent in front of my first PC makes this game to be unforgettable to me. Although the game is so old, it may garantees you many hours of fun.

This is the best sim series. Building, planning and creating an amusement park is hours of fun. I still play this game to this day.

I started playing this game on PC not so long ago for a really decent price. And what a rough strike ! Isometric graphics have aged really well. Colours are a bit ugly but the animations and overall visual effects are more than beautiful. Maps are varied, scenarios are fun and challenging, changes of weather are impressive as they bring a whole different atmosphere. For a simulator, the tables and graphs are easily understandable. There are enough parameters to manage without having too many of them. The game has a perfectly balanced level of difficulty. The most important: rollercoasters are varied. You can modify and create several of them, even if some others are predefined. The feeling of opening a roller coaster that you have been laboriously editing for over thirty minutes is terrific. You can really feel the joy of the people who use it. And it goes the same when you create a themed area in your park, when you match the soundscape to the scenery, or when you place the one toilet at the entrance to your mile-long theme park. Because yes, 'RollerCoaster Tycoon' also allows you to legally torture your visitors and make them pay ice creams the same price as a wedding rings. Anyway: hours of fun and pleasant discoveries with minor bugs. The major flow according to me was the camera angles. You can only see your amusement park from four different angles. And when you have bridges, subterranean areas and rollercoasters everywhere it can become hard to see what you want to. Definitely a must-play though ! This old game is perfectly functional on today's computers.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]