

Sound: The ambience makes you feel you're really in an amusement park. Because you get to control the rides, facilities and overall appeal of the park as well as accommodate factors such as temperature, weather and financial constraints, it is an enjoyable and challenging game. Still, the realism and micro-management of your park makes RollerCoaster Tycoon much more addictive and fun than similar theme park or business simulations. The sprite-based graphics are detailed with glorious colors, although the realistic wooden scaffolding effect on most of the rides dominates most of the views. This enables you to control and adjust everything you can see and hear. The concept of gameplay is easy to pick up, thanks to the handy icon interface bar at the top of the screen. You'll also have to charge the right amount of money to ride the coasters, hire groundskeepers and entertainers, and micromanage right down to the fee to charge park patrons for souvenir photos taken during the rides. Without these guys, your rides may crash and people can get hurt. Therefore, you will have to hire mechanics to periodically inspect your coasters. Not only will you have to pay for advertising of the park and the various rides, but you must also ensure that each ride is safe. Done in the same vein as these games, with a bit of the Bullfrog classic Theme Park thrown in for extra measure, RollerCoaster Tycoon is here to keep not only the adult players, but kids as well glued to their monitor screens.Īfter you've designed and built up your park with all sorts of entertaining rides and food stalls, you must keep it running on a day-to-day basis.

Their solid execution allowed for complex railroad building and engineering as well as pinpoint micro-management. One could argue that Railroad Tycoon and its sequel Railroad Tycoon II are the ultimate digital train sets for the adult PC gamer community. "Build it, and they will come," is an applicable phrase. The more ingenious, innovative and scary the rides you put in, the better business (higher park value and overall profit) will be for the park. Your designs and layouts must be well thought out, as you must also get as many people to visit your park as possible. The main objective of this game is to choose, design, create and install a wide variety of roller coaster rides in your entertainment park.
