A Tribute To Theme Parks Past

Video 150!

Can you believe it, one hundred and fifty videos! I though it would be good to make a video tribute to some of the older theme park games that I have played over the years, and although there is not enough time to show them all in a ten minute video, I have shown what I consider to be four of the most important to me.

The first game is simply called "Theme Park" This game was released back in 1994; however it was not until 1996 that I actually started playing it. At the time I was using a 486/DX 66 MHz machine with only 4MB of ram, to put that into perspective, my current system has 4GB of ram, over one thousand times that amount! I remember enjoying the experience of being able to design something, and to see it come to life on my computer.

The second game is one that you should all be aware of by now, the original Roller Coaster Tycoon! I remember downloading the demo overnight, and this was in the days when you actually had to dial up to use the internet, and using my 56k modem, it took a while to download. However, after only five minutes of playing the demo, I knew I wanted to play it more, so I went out and bought it the next day. You may have seen my coaster "Nimbus" this was the very first successful coaster that I designed in Roller Coaster Tycoon, and I have re-used it several times.

The third game is an interesting one, it was the follow up to the original Theme Park game, this game was called "Theme Park World" What makes this game interesting is that it introduces features that even RCT3 does not have, such as the ability to "walk" around your park, as if you are a guest, and to see everything from ground level. The game was fun to play for a while, but although it did have fancy graphics, it was not as fun to play as Roller Coaster Tycoon.

That brings us to our forth game, Roller Coaster Tycoon 2. I loved this game, especially its scenario editor! It was a feature that we had wanted for years, and I remember designing many scenarios, in fact I think I made more scenarios than roller coasters!

In this video I have re-played every game, so instead of one theme park, in this video you get to see four! Yes I have been quite busy!

I have also played other theme park games, such as Disney's Coaster, Utracoaster, No Limits and Theme park Inc (Sim Coaster in the USA)

You may be surprised by this, but what I said about RCT3 in this video is true, when it was announced, I had decided that I was sick of theme parks, and decided not to buy it! Chris Sawyer was releasing a new version of Transport Tycoon called "Locomotion" around the same time, and at the time I was far more interested in playing that. It was not until 2006 that I finally bought RCT3 in a two-pack with soaked. I remember enjoying the career mode, but I never thought I would be creating parks to show to the world on Youtube!

Well there we have it, a diversion from RCT3 for a while, perhaps this would be a good place to share your memories of those old games?

This is where I would usually say no custom scenery was used, but I don't know if custom scenery was even made for those old games!

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[MegaTim46]

Theres actually a cheat in RCT3 that lets you walk around as a peep.

[alloria]

@MegaTim46 Yeah, but you can't CONTROL the peep! You can in Theme park World!

[MRjessevr]

how old are u now?? im from brittain to :D

[alloria]

@MRjessevr Cool. I'm 30. 

[Wibble199]

Ha ha ha, bundled with a CD-drive...

Whats the blue track through the first park? Is it a log flume or something?

Do you have an good tips for getting money on RCT2?

I still play Locomotion a lot too ;)

[alloria]

@Wibble199 The ride you are thinking of was called "Rubber Tubing"

[kekalel]

My brother born in 1996, but I love the rct and rct3 how you say yes 1996 because before my brother born in December 1996

[TenorCG]

I can remember the day back in 2002 when I went to my friends house and she was playing Roller Coaster Tycoon... and so my addiction began...

[MegaTim46]

I used to be addicted to RCT2 until now, I cant find the disk :(

[ddddddddd116]

thats the dos version of theme park i have that but i dont have the cd rom

[MyRumirumi]

i played the games at 3:50 - 5:40 - 7:50 and now i play, of course rct3!

[pethowl]

Haa I soo played this religiously back on the genesis. Hours and hours and hours and hours at a time e-e I recall actually hallucinating at one point from sleep deprivation. Pretty bad for a 9 year old.. and seeing all the entertainers walking back and forth in the corner of my vision holding those damned picket signs..

They have a kind of dumb down version on DS as well. Brings it back with some rather frustrating controls.

Good show!

[AceAviations2]

Alloria, we share a lot in common, the fact that I also managed parks and built coasters before actually riding one, but that was this year. And the fact that i was also instantly addicted to RCT and I still play it. Will I go on and build massive parks like you? I don't know, maybe.

[1mattcraft]

@Jackoasta but it dous not let u walk round for yourself and the cameras about a metre too high