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| colspan="3" align="center" | This LIM Launched Roller Coaster Design was designed specifically to use up an entire building plot near the back of Gemini City. It is named after two levels in ''Tyrian 2000'' (which is a legendary freeware scrolling shooter) and inspired, to some extent, by real-life urban parks, as well as Gemini City being a large built environment, which is why the scenery objects that are included in the track design file are mostly organic entities and alien structures. Its low seating capacity is offset by its short ride time.<br/>'''Uses Future ThemingThemeing objects.'''

| colspan="3" align="center" | Referencing the eponymous leader of the Camenae of Roman mythology, this ride design includes waterfalls as tall as the main tower and some extra gardens and cypress trees for effect.<br/>'''Uses Classical/Roman ThemingThemeing objects.'''<br/>'''Uses Water Feature ThemingThemeing objects.'''

| colspan="3" align="center" | The name of this ride means "Beware of the dog" in Latin and bears little context in relation to the track design itself. A medium-capacity log flume design that utilises several Classical/Roman ThemingThemeing objects. This design can accommodate up to 60 guests at any one time. Similar to ''Phalanx'', ''Cave Canem'' was not originally intended to be used beyond the park it first appeared in, but its excellent ride statistics when coupled with scenery objects far exceeded expectations.<br/>'''Uses Classical/Roman ThemingThemeing objects.'''

| colspan="3" align="center" | This is a single three-station dueling layout inspired by ancient hippodromes and modern-day velodromes; in fact, this track design's working name was "Velodrome". The initial version of this design held great promise and was first built at Cloudburst Creek; it was subsequently refined when a park mechanic accidentally discovered that changing the ride's operating mode eliminated its technical glitch of stalling following a complete failure (and repair) of all ride brakes. The incarnation of ''Ferrodrome'' provided here features a reworked station layout, some new scenery objects and a modified return approach to the station, but still features three trains racing each other at speeds so low, they can barely make it around the track.<br/>'''Uses Classical/Roman ThemingThemeing objects.'''

| colspan="3" align="center" | ''Gold Rattler'' is a relatively compact track design created with the intention of pushing the Wooden Wild Mouse coaster type to its specified limits. It is designed to bleed off the speed of each train through sheer ride length alone such that they will always enter the station well below the 48 km/h crash threshold. The original design was never used in any park before it was further developed by Ancient Dynamics. Changes consisted of an extension to the final segment of the ride, so that it now twists and turns below and around&mdash;instead of merely orbit&mdash;the earlier segments (which therefore increases ride length and causes the trains to bleed off even more speed) before connecting to the station platform, as well as moving the ride entrance and exit to more strategic positions, such that constructing a pathway out, while retaining a decent queue path length, requires either going above or below the final section of the ride, which almost always translates into a slight boost for the ride's excitement rating. Amazingly, despite these modifications, Ancient Dynamics was still able to reduce the length and width of the entire track profile by one tile of space, making it even more compact despite increasing ride length. The refined track design was first used in conjunction with several Support Structures and Mine ThemingThemeing objects (that do not come as standard with the track design) in Cloudburst Creek.

| colspan="3" align="center" | ''Juno'' is one of Ancient Dynamics' more ambitious track designs and attempts to combine an incremental upgrade to ''Sandstorm''<nowiki />'s 4-block circuit with an extremely tall and long but still somewhat narrow profile and a considerable amount of Classical/Roman ThemingThemeing objects. The end result is an amazing design comprising nearly 3500 m of track that includes a 119 m drop, a top speed of just over 180 km/h, nearly 15.00 seconds of 'air time' and a 6-block circuit optimised to ensure that all of its 4 trains are always in use, giving ''Juno'' an actual ride capacity of 144 guests. Due to its massive drops, which rival modern wind turbines in terms of height, ''Juno'' is highly visible and impossible to ignore regardless of where it is built in a park; guests will head towards it like moths to a flame (and check out the other rides around it in the process). These perks are matched by its staggering construction cost&mdash;the scenery items that are included with ''Juno'' cost more than some small roller coasters on their own&mdash;but there aren't that many other similar ride designs at its scale that are as compact as it is and/or offer nearly as much drawing power.<br/>'''Uses Classical/Roman ThemingThemeing objects.'''

| colspan="3" align="center" | This high-capacity design was originally named "Phoenix", in response to [[Cheat Codes#RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2 Cheats|Andy Hine's remarks]] about a mythical ride of the same name, and was created as part of Ancient Dynamics' research into the construction of block sectioned circuits. Despite being a "prototype" of sorts, the original design, while not very compact, was still deemed a cost-effective design given its above average ride ratings and was subsequently refined further, even after the organisation shifted towards building more compact track designs. The current version of ''Phalanx'', shown here, has its chain lift speed reduced slightly to provide for a seamless ride on this 4-block circuit and adds Martian ThemingThemeing objects, including Infernal View's volcano trio (sans fire), into the mix, giving it a modest boost to its ride ratings.<br/>'''Uses Martian ThemingThemeing objects.'''

| colspan="3" align="center" | A special park like Cloudburst Creek, which is notorious for its volatile weather, demands an equally special ride design that references its climate while still remaining compact enough for it to fit into most other land plots rather nicely. ''Storm Drain'' fulfils these requirements admirably, with its track profile taking up only 8 tiles of space at its widest, even with accompanying scenery objects built. Its extremely compact coil-like track layout was achieved by making liberal use of S-bends where necessary; this, coupled with the scenery objects that come with it, gives it a respectable excitement rating that exceeds its intensity rating. Although its maximum guest capacity is low&mdash;only 30 guests&mdash;and its ride time exceeds 2 minutes, there are enough boats to ensure that two passengers depart the station every 6 seconds.<br/>'''Uses Water Feature ThemingThemeing objects.'''<br/>'''Increases sign count by 1.'''