Whatever Happened To RollerCoaster Tycoon? 

I provided some of the sound effects for RCT2, and am an Easter Egg in the game. Chris and I met on a coaster trip to USA in 1999 and we have remained friends ever since. Sadly I never really had enough play time to enjoy RCT3, and winning a copy of RCT1 changed my life as I bought a computer to play it on, and met my future wife online straight after that...so RCT has been a big part of my life. Great video by the way.

Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 is that reason that I'm not only a gamer but a coaster enthuisast as well (into coasters IRL because of RCT1). Sure I played racing games before that, but it wasn't by myself and usually with my older brother, RCT1 changed that. I'm pretty sure that I've put more hours into the RCT series than I have any other series including Pokemon with I'd wager at least a year's worth of playtime overall if not close. Note, there are in-app purchases on the mobioe version of RCT Classic, but those are a toolkit which gives you the scenario editor and other features (including Planda World and all of the Six Flags parks) and the two RCT2 expansions and are one-time things. I only got the toolkit but put a shitload of hours into Classic before suffering from burnout with the game (do something so much you simply get bored of it) and not because of anything to do with the game itself. The only thing that sucks is that I'm lucky to get out to a major amousement parks once a year as I'm the only person in my family into amusement parks and roller coasters, have a mere 23 credits as a result.

Oh that's easy, it was destroyed in personal injury lawyer tycoon.

I clearly regret buying RCTW and also clearly regret not refunding it to this date... I own all old PC RCT titles and love them, but the thing they did with RTCW was just scaming ppl... Now happy in enjoying Planet Coaster :)

Locomotion wasn't badly recieved, at least not in Europe. It was a good success and still has a huge fanbase here with people making their own vehicles, new goods, buildings and other vehicles. I personally spent more hours in Locomotion than in RTC 1 and 2 combined. It maybe not as succesfull as RCT 1&2 but it wasn't a failure at all.

If you want the best version of Rollercoater Tycoon, go with Open RCT2. You will need RCT2 for it to work. You can play RT2 expansion packs, the UCES, and attach RCT1 and its expansion packs to it ,too. I think it is also compatible with RCT Classic.

Just want to make a small correction. Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 Mobile wasn't free when it was first released. It did eventually become free, although even before that it still had all the freemium features despite its original status as a pay to play.

I recently bought RCT again on Steam for 3.99. And I already have Planet Coaster. But the charm of RCT will never be topped.

RCT3 was actually made by Frontier so Planet Coaster IS the spiritual successor of RCT3 and rightly deserves it so. Planet Coaster is how I would have envisioned a modern RCT so props to them!

I got Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 through a catelog that we'd get a school from time to time, it was a book catalog, but it had some computer games on there as well. I ended up ordering mostly computer games...lol and Tycoon 2 was my first roller coaster game and loved it and played it nearly 24/7 and then when Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 came out I ended up getting that too, I liked that you could ride the rides and roller coasters, but I still find that one harder than tycoon 2. I still to this day play Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, just not as much as I used to.

Side note: Chris Sawyer worked on RCT3 and Planet Coaster hand in hands with Frontier.

Rollercoaster tycoon 2 has an open source engine mod now that you can also play multi-player on. I play it a lot still

Still got RCT2 Deluxe Edition and play it every now and then, it still my favorite of the series.

RCT1 is my favorite game of all time. It was a huge part of my childhood.

I grew my channel on RCT3. Admittedly my RCT3 is modded to hell but I've pushed it to create some seriously good stuff, that was until I tried to recreate the entire Fallout 4 map as a theme park and the game exploded. But have a look on my channel and you'll find some decent RCT3 content. That is, if you can believe it's RCT3

I loved this series as well, really most of the old Sim games. The OG SimCity, Civ, even SimAnt, SimEarth, SimHospital, RCT...there was another unrefined game for PC IIRC, basically a sim theme park game, can’t recall the title, could even be one of the games named.

So that's why Rollercoaster Tycoon Classic was so good. No Atari involvement.

If you want a modern version of rct1 and 2. You need to take a look at PARKITECT. It works the same. But a little bit more modern and more fantasy. But its a lot of fun

I remember staying up to way past 2am as a kid so that I could sneak out of my room without my parents knowing just to play roller coaster tycoon. I still play the game occasionally today. It's sad to see how the game has derailed.

I'm just hoping that Atari will fully make up for what they did with the franchise and get in touch with Chris Sawyer to make a game that has the same character and feel to it as RCT1 & 2 but with the modern charm and features as Planet Coaster. Unless that already happened and I'm describing Planet Coaster (without Atari and Chris of course).

I loved playing RCT3 (I liked RCT 2 too, but RCT 3was better for me). I played a lot of it! Bought even soaked and wild. Now i’m playing planet coaster.

Keep it classic 2d forever and just add to it. The mobile game is the best thing they have done for the brand and has once again revived my nostalgia and love for the game.

I'm completely with you on the first 2 Rollercoaster Tycoons, thank god they did not clock my play time back then xD And when Planet Coaster came out I was so happy my old love returned. Atari screwed the pooch on this one, just another example of publishers destroying the golden franchises in their hands (other examples include FlatOut and Dungeon Keeper). I might check out the RCT Classic for my phone and tablet though, that might be fun for nostalgia's sake.

I still have "Loopy Landscapes"

This is considerably more hilarious when you realise Bluehole, who are suing Epic Games are owned by Tencent. Tencent also holds a 48% stake in Epic Games. What the hell.

I've sunk whole DAYS into RCT 1...i can still play the carousel music in full in my head. damn, had I spent that time studying instead of laying pathways down I think I'd be a pretty successful bloke. Ah who am I kidding.

I have RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic on my galaxy s8, I love it almost beaten every park

Sucks that RCT has been going down hill but hey now we have planet coaster so if you prefer 3D tycoon games that's pretty good.

I was literally play Transport Tycoon deluxe today. Still holds up well

RCT3 is still a good game even today.

I love RCT2, but somehow never any of the newer ones.

Weird thing is Atari could make more money if they would add achievements to the old games on steam. I would directly buy them and I know a lot of people who would also buy them when they would have achievements. I hope frontier will make more games like planet coaster :D

It’s on my iPad! 1& 2 are tops.

Must’ve been a full moon! But seriously great little doc, thank you!

Transport tycoon is the most British thing I have ever heard of. of course it was made by a Scot.

Isn't RCT3 pulled temporarily from Steam due to music license or sth?

And now RCT classic came out. really amazing, finally can play in mobile device. but recently, the display not compatible with certain aspect ratio in latest smartphone that made the display got pixelated!!! already asked official RCT but no luck! they just said they will be fix it soon but it already 2 years, maid!!! that's frustrating... now I have to play it in my older android tablet. what a bad official support for this game. :(

I just want roller coaster on console. Can’t wait for the switch release

There's one more coming - Rollercoaster Tycoon Joyride ... for PlayStation

This is gonna give me nostalgia

I still play rollercoaster tycoon

The original rct1 and 2 are well programmed timeless masterpieces.

I still have the dvd of the third one.

I still Playing RCT 1, 2 and 3

Atari is a zombie publisher that needs to repay to everyone (Sawyer, Frontier, the board, lawyers...) and thats why they make shitty games, they put little money in, they get some money out. They are never, I repeat, NEVER, going to release a good game, much less a good RCT game. Theres never going to be a "change of their ways". And we dont need them. Frontier with Planet Coaster, and Texel Raptor with Parkitect (sad that you didnt talk about parkitect in the video) have covered those bases in fantastic ways, and they are only getting better. RCT is only a name, a name that we should never wait anything of it again. BTW some info that coould have been explained better: -Pipeworks was the dev that was most time working on the game (apart from nvizzio), the game that theb wanted to release was not amazing, but it had some good ideas it seems and they actually wanted to make a game. They asked for more time and budget, they were denied, as the game had to release before the end of the financial year. Area52 enteres the picture. -Area52 collects some of the pieces of Pipeworks and makes that first horrible trailer that we all know. They were fired after that. Thety actually had to delay the game, missing the financial year and put nvizzio that does a not so good job to try to save the project. -RCT3 copyright is part of Frontier funnily enough, just a few weeks back all RCT3 games published by atari in GoG and Steam had to be taken down as Frontier sued atari to pay back royalties or get the full rights of RCT3.

What happened to RTC? One word... Atari

I still play it. It's better than planet coaster.

It went under when the 4th one was awful and got a spirtual successor called planet coaster

Literally played this two days ago😂

I played the first one it was great but not always working right. The disc got stuck and my laptop broke. I'd like a downloadable version for my tablet.

Atari killed the RCT franchise. And then they killed it again.

You should do a what happened to The Sims. They really goofed with 4

RCT2 is still big, check out openRCT - you play it online wooop woop! me and my mate been building a megapark for months!

Planet coaster is amazing

Still play it 💁

What, the first game's on steam? Gonna download it NOW

Need a console version of rollercoaster tycoon.

holy fucc i still have the first rollercoaster tycoon 1

it turned into planet coaster ..lol

Love planet coaster

Bumbly Beach was bae.

RCT world flopped, and Planet coaster showed up. That’s what happened

The only hope left is Atari giving away the publishing rights to Frontier. If they even need that at all, Planet Coaster is making its own brand now, so at least the genre is saved :-)

Parkitect is another RCT type game that keeps the isometric viewpoint. Still 3d, but keeps that old-school feel.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 was the best one!

Guys! You forget to mention OpenRCT2~~!!!!!

It's a shame because RCT is one of the best franchises of all time. Only 1-3 that is. 3 had its issues at launch but the Soaked and Wild packs more than made up for it. 1 and 2 are timeless sim classics.

I remember watching in horror as my sister sent various people to their watery grave with the help of a flashy rollor coaster.

I love the original RollerCoaster Tycoon series, RCT2 is my favorite of all time. So much unlimited freedom to do anything you want in a theme park sim, with an addition of the Scenario Editor, you can make countless dream parks of your very own. What makes RCT2 even more fun are the customized mods, with mods you can recreate famous real life theme parks. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 was very good, I like how you can ride your own rides you've built, but if you make a very big park, the game will lag and slow down, but still a good game, but that's where the ride stops here, because that's when the series went downhill (no pun intended ) with the release RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D, that game was a complete trainwreck, but the final nail in the coffin was the absolutely abysmal RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Moble. RollerCoaster Tycoon World is a disappointing entry in the series, it could've been great, but ended up as a flop. I will say this, it is better than RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Moble, but it is still an unplayable mess compared to the first 3 games. Thank goodness for RCT Classic on IOS devices for old school RCT fans.

RCT3 never got me. I didn't like it. Started with RCT, but most liked RCT2 for the sandbox to create rollercoasters outside a park environment. Nowadays I keep my eyes on OpenRCT2, although the project has small steps I see the future of this type of game there.

Planet Coaster is life.

Make a short queue for popular coaster. Hire mascots. Build pool next to queue. Drown mascots in front of customers to establish dominance.

Playing RCTC on my tablet. Works quite well and has a ton of scenarios.

"Look at Solo a Star Wars story. Who's waiting for that?" Boy, watch the movie and you'll regret those words

Hi rich, im poor

I played the original on PC like crazy. Then the 3D versions came out 💩 nope

planet coaster uses denuvo and if you complain about that or ask frontier if they’ll remove it they’ll ban you from the forums, i’ll stick with RTC2, thx

can you do a video on Zoo Tycoon 2. love that game and would love a new Zoo Tycoon

I think it's kind of sad how underappreciated Bullfrog's Theme Park World is. That game had a lot of character to it and was the pinnacle of my childhood.

What about OpenRCT2?

For Planet Coaster i payed more for pre release and i do not regret it. Such an amazing game and it has replaced RCT3. I hope Planet Coaster will also get an extension like soaked and wild in RCT3. I want to build also waterparks and zoo-areas. What i liked so far it the port of RCT2 to mobile. It's nice to play some time on the go.

Game footage, with you talking in the background. That's what this video needs more off.

1 was an amazing game, I probably spent 250+ hours on it. Great video!

Yay for more hairy chests on WCG!

Oh shit I didn't know of the existence of RCT Classic for mobiles, buying that asap

Greatest PC game of all time. Logged HOURS on this and still do. RCT2 is amazing, still have every game. It’s definitely NOT “the laughing stock of the tycoon series.” RCT4 is just a joke

I wish it’ll get a console port. Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 HD remake. I’m glad though there’s some rollercoaster games out there that still have these old school roots

An interesting, if brief, retrospective on the RCT legacy. I have to say though, not a single mention of Parkitect, the other RCT successor? It may not be as flashy as Planet Coaster, but it is still very much in the legacy of the older isometric RCT1 & 2. And personally, having dabbled in them both, Parkitect feels more fleshed out and complete than Planet Coaster. Also, I'm saddened that more folks don't mention the fan-made open-source OpenRCT2, the unofficial porting and reverse-engineering of the original game code to create something that is a technical improvement on the original while keeping all of the original game's magic.

I loved playing Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 back in the day

I was working at an EB Games when RollerCoaster Tycoon was released, and I recommended it to anyone who would listen. As a lifetime gamer, some of my fondest gaming memories are in that game and its sequel. I did not enjoy the transition into 3D with RCT3, but Planet Coaster certainly won me over! But everything Atari released in between has been not just disappointing but actually insulting to fans. I can't think of any other franchise going from the top of its genre to crashing and burning this hard, and it's so fucking sad. Even now I want to give Atari the benefit of the doubt and remain hopeful that one day, RollerCoaster Tycoon will have a worthy sequel, but at this point, that seems like a pipe dream. Thank goodness for Frontier and Planet Coaster!

I was absolutely ADDICTED to rct2 back in the day! My playtime was probably mire then my beamng one: like 200 hours in 3/4 year

I don't care what people say but Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 is fucking great

Did anyone else play Thrillville? maybe that was a lame game I thought it was awesome when I was a kid.

I use to play RCT every day when I got home until I fell asleep to it. I would leave my computer on all day with the game on pause while I was at school.

there is an incredible tycoon on roblox called theme park tycoon 2, it is basically RCT3 with roblox things and it has been updated ever since the beginning of 2012! It's currently (when this comment was posted) version 198.

Microtransactions happened

I loved RCT2 when it came out, but didn't know the rest of the story. I guess somewhere along the way I changed computers and didn't bother to reinstall RCT2 on the new machine. Several years later I'm like, "oh yeah I remember that game. It was great. What happened..?" and the story's just sad. Great video tho!

being a Roller Coaster Tycoon fanatic, there is a small part of me that wants Atari to try again. I want it to succeed so bad because it is the Roller Coaster Tycoon Name. I thought there was some hope, but then they pulled that fund raising SCAM for the Switch version, and returned to their ways. Why Atari.... WHY?!?!?! Greedy scumbags

Hey! Thank you for using my footage!

OMG I Played Endless Of Hours Into RollerCoaster Tycoon Back In The Day And I LOVE IT!! Plus I Played THE SIMS Alongside Rollercoaster Tycoon As Well. I Really Hope RollerCoaster Tycoon Make It To Consoles Such As The PS5 Because Its Such A Legendary Series. Make It What It Was Back In The Day With DLC's To Update The Park With New Attractions In The Parks. Make The Game The Same As The First 3 Games But In HD.