RollerCoaster Tycoon® Deluxe

I owned this game when it originally came out and it's one of the few games I ALWAYS go back to time and time again! Brilliant learning curve! Awesome resource management and simply the best atmosphere of any game of this sub-genre. Awesome!

Few games reach this level. A simple to grasp game with much play involved. Can run on a half potato. Seriously, this was a low bar game when it came out in 1999. It will just run. Hours of time can be spent fiddling with this and that and you still want to go back and just that one more minute thing kicks in and you are now another 6 hours past the time you were going to quit. Saves are easy and quick. You can go back and retry yet another hair brained idea different than the one you just tried. The lovely graphics need nothing. The animations are exactly what is needed, no more, no less. A stress free no pressure environment without explosions and shooting. Try it for a change of pace if nothing else. Chris Sawyer's ne plus ultra magnum opus.

I worked as a Ride Operator at Six Flags Magic Mountain in SoCal for 4 years. Fun Fact; I was one of the first human beings to ride Viper, the 7 loop steel rollercoaster! ...With Melissa... She was so HOT! ... and the 80MPH high speed turns were insane! I’ve been playing Roller Coaster Tycoon since the week it launched, and let me tell you, no matter how many modern games come and go, nothing hits the same way this classic does. I easily have enough hours logged to qualify for some kind of honorary civil engineering degree at this point. If GOG tracked my playtime from 1999, it would probably just say “bro… Go touch grass.” The magic of RCT is in its perfect balance: The creative freedom to design absolutely insane coasters that either become legendary fan favorites or the accidental vomit comet. The business strategy that actually makes works when you nail park management and watch the profits roll in. The personality and charm in every sprite, guest, stall, and food vendor. Even decades later, I still catch myself saying, “Just five more minutes while I fix the queue line… three hours later I’m redesigning an entire park from scratch and laughing at guests complaining that the bathrooms cost $5! The fact that a game with such simple graphics can still be this addictive and endlessly re-playable proves one thing: Roller Coaster Tycoon is a timeless masterpiece. It’s the kind of game you never truly stop playing. You just take breaks. If you’ve never experienced it, you’re missing one of the greatest sandbox strategy games ever made. And if you have? You know exactly why I keep coming back. Easy 5/5. Would bankrupt a park with overpriced umbrellas again.

Well maybe not MOO2, but in all honesty I do get more replayability out of this (better watch for pissed nerds)

I have owned this game for only God knows how long. I have played this game for over a decade and let me tell you, I keep coming back. This game is the first and for-most game in all of the Tycoon genre (this is my opinion!)