![]() So far, I’ve only played on one map, and maintained a small park, but I’m really, really enjoying it! I’m hoping to spend some time with it before trying out RCT2 and RCT3 to see how the series changed over time. There’s a lot of customization, even in a game of this age. I enjoy that you can do everything from setting the cost of each ride, to choosing the custom colors and music of rides, to planting gardens and placing decorations in your park. You do have to shut the ride down, but instead of demolishing it completely and building a new one, you can pick it up and move it somewhere new to expand or better organize your park. I also like that rides can easily be moved around. I probably would have never thought to build a slide like this… but I’m a noob at this sort of thing. This gives you an example so you can see what’s possible with new rides. You can pick the pre-made and plop it down. So, maybe you just want to throw a new water slide out there, but don’t want to fuss with building it. As you discover new rides and types of roller coasters, you can choose to place a pre-made version or build a custom coaster. What I really like about RCT, is that it gives you options. but I removed it and made the slope more gentle. I personally didn’t think my long drop was that intense…. Come to find out, if visitors think the coaster is “too intense” they won’t ride it. Now, this was nothing I couldn’t eventually figure out… but then my first coaster was a failure because no one would ride it. It’s also a linear process, which makes it a bit more complex. Editing an existing coaster isn’t super intuitive - I wish there was an easy way to click a part of the coaster and replace it with another part. Then, it took me a bit to figure out why test runs were failing (have to have chains on those lift areas!). To be honest, I had a few failures before I connected a full coaster from start to end. I came to this game knowing nothing, and watched the pre-made tutorial section for a bit to get a feeling on how it worked. I was also concerned that building roller coasters would be hard and frustrating. So in this aspect, the game surprised me. I didn’t feel like it was too cluttered or overwhelming when I was looking for information or building. It did feel like playing an older Sim City game, but that was more positive than negative for me. I was concerned that I might get hung up on the older graphics and UI, but I found that for the kind of game it is, this wasn’t a problem at all. (I have now looked it up and found it has a very different way of screenshotting…) Interestingly enough, my new PC monitor does a really good job for taking pictures, so they didn’t come out too bad. I couldn’t find a way to take screens in game, and Print Screen wasn’t working. I also apologize that the images you get here are taken on my phone. ![]() I do own RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 and 3 on GOG as well, but decided to start with the original. I got an itch to play a laid-back sim game last night, and decided to try out RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 on a whim. I can’t promise every Thursday will have a timewarp, but this one does. So, there’s a lot I’d like to play that I haven’t. I actually missed out on a lot of older PC games since I was somewhat late at adopting PC gaming. ![]() ![]() A free DRM copy of a game I own on Steam? Yes, please!īut for the most part, I use GOG to purchase older PC games since they do a wonderful job of making them run on newer machines. Now, some of these are duplicates of Steam games, thanks to GOG offering DRM free versions through GOG Connect. I know I talk about how bloated my Steam library backlog is, but truthfully, I have over 130 games also in my GOG library! That GOG Library Welcome to my first ever Timewarp Thursday, where I investigate an older game in my PC library.
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