RollerCoaster Tycoon: Difference between revisions

'''''RollerCoaster Tycoon''''' ('''RCT''' or '''RCT1''' for short) 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 and add pre-designed rides, shops and stalls, path systems, and scenery to their park. ''RollerCoaster Tycoon'' is the first game of the [[RollerCoaster Tycoon (Series)|''RollerCoaster Tycoon'' series]]; it has two expansion packs - ''[[Corkscrew Follies/Added Attractions]]'' and ''[[Loopy Landscapes]]'', and has two successful sequels - ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon 2]]'', and ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon 3]]''.

''RollerCoaster Tycoon'' started out in 1996 as a planned sequel to Chris Sawyer's [[Wikipedia:Transport Tycoon|Transport Tycoon]]. This proposed sequel was soon abandoned and the code of the game was modified to handle roller coasters. By this time, the 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''.

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

*[[Martian Theming]]

*[[Forest Frontiers]]

*[[Dynamite Dunes]]

*[[Mega Park]]

*[[Corkscrew Follies/Added Attractions]]

*[[Loopy Landscapes]]

Pentium 90 MHz (Pentium 200 MHz recommended)

16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)

[[File:widescreenrct.png|thumb|Example: 1280 x 720]]

If you want to play RollerCoaster Tycoon in a widescreen resolution, you will need to edit the RCT.exe with a Hex Editor [http://www.hhdsoftware.com/free-hex-editor] (create a backup first!). You need to search for these two hex values: "58 02 00 00 68 20 03 00 00" and "20 03 00 00 c7 45 f4 58 02 00 00". In both of them you have to change 20 03 to the new width and 58 02 to the new height. In the game, you need to switch to Fullscreen 800x600 in the options menu, as that is the resolution you customized with this method.