RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition
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From the release date until October 1, 2020, the game was free-to-own on the Epic Game Store,[2] otherwise, its original price is $19.99 on the Epic Game Store and Steam and $29.99 on the Nintendo eShop.
Meanwhile, for macOS users, Aspyr released a free "Complete Edition" update for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 on the Mac App Store on release.
Changes and improvements[edit]
While RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition is a re-release of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum! under a different name, some minor changes were made such as:
- Change: Splash screens after launching the game include a new copyright splash screen,[1] the new Frontier Foundry logo splash screen (no roller coaster animation), and a QLOC splash screen (on the Nintendo Switch), but excludes the Atari and ATI splash screens.
- Change: The cross on the First Aid and on the Miscellaneous Buildings tab was recolored from red to green to comply with the rules of the usage of the Red Cross outside of official purposes.[3]
- Change: User data location that included MusicGenre.txt and Options.txt changed from:
- Microsoft Windows:
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Atari\RCT3toC:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Frontier\RCT3 - macOS: To be added...
- Microsoft Windows:
- Improvement: Native widescreen support in high definition.
- Microsoft Windows and macOS: In addition to old screen resolutions, new screen resolutions natively added in the game (without having to edit the Resolution values in Options.txt) are 1280 x 720 (16:9), 1366 x 768 (16:9), 1600 x 900 (16:9), 1600 x 1024 (16:10), 1680 x 1050 (16:10), 1768 x 992 (~16:9, 221:124), 1920 x 1080 (16:9). 16-bit and 32-bit color options of each screen resolution that were in Platinum! have been removed.
- Improvement: Faster load times.
- Nintendo Switch: Controller support. Does not support touchscreen controls.
- Nintendo Switch: New user interfaces that can be interacted with gaming controllers.
- Nintendo Switch: New in-game tutorial for game controls.
- Removal: References to the publishing company Atari have been removed. This may be due to the legal dispute Frontier and Atari had over the ownership of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 after Frontier was not receiving royalties in full for the success of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 they developed.[4]
- Removal: The character-naming cheat code "Atari" that made peeps applaud was removed.
- Change: On the title screen, there was a child wearing an Atari shirt which was changed to have a vertically-striped shirt with 3 vertical stripes instead.
- Change: The red Atari shirt on the Novelty T-shirts stall was changed to a plain red shirt.
System requirements[edit]
Compared to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum!, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition on Microsoft Windows and macOS have new, higher system requirements. According to Steam and Epic Game Store, as well as the Mac App Store for the macOS version, the minimum and recommended requirements are:
Microsoft Windows
- Operating system: Windows 7 or newer
- Processor: Intel (i3 or better recommended) or AMD Dual Core Processor for Windows
- Memory: 2 GB RAM (4 GB RAM recommended)
- Graphics: 256MB Graphics Memory / Intel HD 4000 (Nvidia GTX560 or better recommended)
- DirectX: Version 9.0 or newer
- Storage: 2 GB available space
macOS
- Operating system: macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) or newer (according to Steam)
- According to Mac App Store's specification: macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave) (64-bit) or newer
- According to Mac App Store's description: macOS 10.11.6 (El Capitain) (64-bit) or newer
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (2 Cores) (64-bit)
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 2600 / Intel HD 3000 / NVIDIA GeForce 8800 (note: NVIDIA drivers are not supported in macOS 10.14 and newer)
- VRAM: 256 MB
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Videos[edit]
External links[edit]
- Epic Game Store (Microsoft Windows, macOS)
- Mac App Store (macOS)
- Steam (Microsoft Windows, macOS)
- Nintendo eShop (Nintendo Switch)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Copyright splash screen
- ↑ PC Gamer — RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 returns with the Complete Edition, free on the Epic Store. Article published 24 September 2020 by Andy Chalk.
- ↑ Canadian Red Cross — About Us > About the Canadian Red Cross > Red Cross Emblem > It may just be a game to you but, it means the world to us
- ↑ EuroGamer — Planet Coaster dev Frontier sues RollerCoaster Tycoon World maker Atari. Article updated 3 January 2017 by Wesley Yin-Poole.
