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*Twisted Sisters (2) ([[Megaworld Park]])
*Viper ([[Megaworld Park]])
*Roller Coaster 1 ([[Vertigo Views]])
*Corkscrew ([[Alton Towers]])
*Big Loop ([[Heide-Park]])
*Irn Bru Revolution ([[Blackpool Pleasure Beach]])
*Pepsi Max Big One ([[Blackpool Pleasure Beach]])
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The [[Tilt Coaster]] is essentially a duplicate of the Corkscrew Coaster with more track elements, making the Corkscrew Coaster obsolete in Roller Coaster Tycoon 3.
===In Real Life===
The most notable aspect of the Corkscrew Roller Coaster was how diverse the layouts could be. Arrow Dynamics is responsible for many of the Corkscrew roller coasters in the Six Flags parks featured in RCT2. The two most notable are Great American Scream Machine (Great Adventure, defunct as of Summer 2010) and Viper (Magic Mountain, still operating). Both of these rides were semi-copies of each other and were built in 1989 and 1990 respectively. Great American Scream Machine once held the records for World's
[[File:Corkscrew_with_Bayerncurve.gif|thumb|268px|The Vekoma [[w:c:rollercoaster#Corkscrew with Bayerncurve|Corkscrew with Bayerncurve]] model]]
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The boomerang coaster is one of the most common roller coaster designs in the world. Vekoma has built a more modern version of Boomerang. Both companies have built boomerang roller coasters with Arrow halting their production in 2001. The early Vekoma Boomerangs used Arrow trains and most of the still operating Boomerangs from both companies now use Vekoma Trains.
====Arrow Dynamics====
*Arrow is also famous for inventing and coining the term "hyper-coaster." The first Hyper Coaster was introduced in 1989 and stole the world's fastest and tallest title from Scream Machine, which opened only three months prior. Arrow's "Hyper-Coaster" sparked a huge revival in roller coasters known among enthusiasts as the "Coaster Wars."
*Arrow founder Ed Morgan's son Dana Morgan was responsible for building Steel Dragon 2000 at Nagashima Spaland, the longest roller coaster in the world, which is one of only three Giga Coasters in the world. It doesn't look anything like the Intamin-style Giga
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[[Category: Roller Coasters]]
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