20 Years of RollerCoaster Tycoon - A Retrospective

20 years ago today, the original RollerCoaster Tycoon came out on PC. I still play this game from time to time as it remains one of the most addicting simulation games due to a great balance of creative play and management. This franchise is also what brought me into making YouTube videos of simulation games more than 10 years ago, and it introduced me to the coaster enthusiast community - without this game, I probably wouldn't be making videos of Planet Coaster or Parkitect. Heck, both of these games might not have existed were it not for RCT.

Making a scripted a video essay like this is a very new excercise for me, but I figured that it was time to share my thoughts about this game which has always influenced everything I do on my channel but I never get to talk about that much. So here you go, I guess.

You can check out Simon Foster's video here: (this was for RCT2, but the technique used is probably the same as in RCT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UKKaTGwIqc
And David J. Ellis' channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/davidjellis

These are some great videos about the game that I'd like to share, just because they're very much worth a watch if you haven't seen them yet:
Sunder's LevelHead on RCT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NShkM01X34w&t=177s
Design Doc on RCT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPl6cGu7zPM
jschlatt's A Tribute To RollerCoaster Tycoon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKyD9TfbI1g&t=249s

Check out OpenRCT2, too!
https://openrct2.org/

That's all, folks. Thank you Chris Sawyer for not only making my childhood, but so far the rest of my life too!

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