RollerCoaster Tycoon: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Rct_f.jpeg|thumb|The Cover of the US game box.]]

'''''RollerCoaster Tycoon''''' ('''RCT''' or '''RCT1''' for short) was the first game of the RollerCoaster Tycoon series. Roller Coaster Tycoon is a theme park management simulation game. The player must build successful theme parks to fulfill a set of objectives in various scenarios. The player can build custom roller coasters and tracked rides, pre-designed rides, shops and stalls, path systems, and scenery.

RollerCoaster Tycoon started out in 1996 as a planned sequel to Chris Sawyer's [[Transport Tycoon]]. This proposed sequel was soon abandoned and the code of the game was modified to handle roller coasters. By this time, the ex-sequel's name was "White Knuckle". Even when [[Wikipedia:Hasbro|Hasbro]] became involved, the name was still "White Knuckle". After Hasbro bought [[Wikipedia:Microprose|Microprose]] however the "Tycoon" name was too good an opportunity to pass up, even for a name like "White Knuckle". Microprose's [[Wikipedia:Railroad Tycoon|Railroad Tycoon]] had done so well, Hasbro hoped the same would happen for White Knuckle. The name was then changed from White Knuckle to RollerCoaster Tycoon.

'''North America''': March 31, 1999

'''Europe''': ?

'''Australia''': ?

== Where to Buy ==

All of the expansions packs and the game itself is currently available in the cheap section (the place where the $10 and less games are sold) of your local electronics store, preferably Wal-Mart® or Best Buy®, as of 12-01-2006 (in the U.S. only).