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'''[[File:RollerCoaster_Tycoon_3.jpg|thumb|Box art for Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, released in 2004]]RollerCoaster Tycoon''' is a successful video game franchise, first developed by [[Chris Sawyer]] and MicroProse and distributed through [[Hasbro Interactive]]. The first game in the franchise, ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon]]'', was later followed by multiple expansions and two sequel games, developed either by Sawyer himself or with Sawyer on-board as Executive Producer.
 
==Development==
 
''See [[RollerCoaster Tycoon#History]]''
 
The original title was released in 1999, with two expansion packs following in 1999 and 2000. In 2001, Hasbro Interactive and MicroProse were sold to Infogrames Interactive, a French gaming company, which was later renamed ''Atari Interactive Inc.'' in 2003. ''RollerCoaster Tycoon 2'', the original game's sequel, was released in 2002 under the Infogrames banner; it spawned two Expansion Packs also released under Infogrames. Finally, in 2004 ''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3'' was released under the Atari title, as were its two Expansion Packs.