RollerCoaster Tycoon® Deluxe

Back in the old days, when Tycoon was a main genre, RTC was among the most fun and most engaging ones. Today in 2017, this hasn't changed. RTC offers an incredible amount of customization and a lot of control over your park from the size of coaster trains to the color of it, to the color of pavement in your park to marketing campaigns of your park or rides. Rules of the game are dynamic, realistic and require adaptation from playing with prices of umberallas depending on rain to the importance of vendor placement to rides becoming old and unwanted, requiring a price drop. Game's graphics are surely dated but the style, in my opinion, makes it pretty timeless. All in all, RTC is definitely worth the money if you like such games!

I was worried at first that RCT1 would be too 'primitive' for me, since I first came into contact with the sequel, RCT2. No worries! The game is great, and it's really valuable to get to know the beginning of the series, which according to many, has better gameplay mechanics, than the sequel. But when I'm done with this amazing game that pioneered a genre, I'm moving on to the sequel, because it is different and for a good reason it was done completely from scratch. These games have great replay value and are very ethic (family friendly), developing our creativeness and good nature. By default, the game runs fullscreen in old square aspect dimensions, but within the game options we can select windowed mode and use a support program like Borderless Gaming to stretch that window to get widescreen and fullscreen - it works for 1280x768, though someone said at much higher resolutions it does not. The resolution goes up and the game looks smooth and very nice (not pixelated like by default). And then, scrolling the map by mouse at border does not work, but the right mouse button does work for that, and is better at that. Be aware that the mouse wheel does not zoom (no option for such setup), so use a mouse mapper (keypmapper) program to map the mouse wheel to keyboard keys, like PgUP and PgDN for example (game default for zooming) and you'll have mouse wheel zooming. A good freeware mouse mapper is "X-Mouse Button Control" by Phillip Gibbons. This program will even remember for which program window you want specific mappings, so that they are applied only for that particular program (set in options). There is a initiative by fans of this masterpiece to improve the series and port to different platforms. It's called OpenRCT2, and from what I heard, you can use this game's files and the sequels to get the full experience. The ports run on Linux and Android, and extend game mechanics and features, but first play the original games to know them better.

I have attempted every fix possible and the game refuses to launch at all, be it on GoG Galaxy or downloaded to run without it. Good thing I didn't spend much because clearly something is wrong with the game itself.

This is the best themepark and tycoon game i have ever played. It is highly accessible, while remaining challenging and fun. While it got set goals, it also enable you to get creative, not only in the design and layout of your park, but also in the design of your rides. You can customize almost all of the rides, and you are able to build your own roller coaster tracks. This game also manages to stay accessible while being detailed, and infinitely fun. This is a game you must have tried before you die, and if it's just to name a visitor after your mother in law and drowning her sims style! Yes, every visitor of you park can be named and will be a individual with it's own needs, wishes and stats. This game is a steal at any price, and for 6$ you just owe it to yourself to get it.

I absolutely love this game. I've probably played it more than any other game I own. Even though I would consider the sequel to be a slightly better game, I still say that this is a must own for any gamer. Even though I still have my original disks and the expansion packs I was thrilled to see RollerCoaster Tycoon on GoG, as it can be difficult to get it working properly on modern OSs. I'm happy to say that it works flawlessly on my machine. If you're on the fence about this one then just go for it, you won't regret it.