CORRECTION: The Double Skywheel was actually based on the Space Wheels built by the Velare Brothers. Only one was ever built, now owned by Drew Exposition, but previously owned by Cumberland Valley Shows and Royal American Shows. The photo I used in the video is correct, but there's actually no such thing a Chance Double Skywheel. Apologies for the mistake, and big thanks to @EclipseOfMusicDJ for pointing this out!

Me waiting to see the inspiration behind all the RCT3 wild animals:

The fact that the chair swing wasn’t RCT 1 or 2 is insane to me. That is a classic.

The Topple Tower's bird design is based on a novelty item called "The Drinking Bird" that was weighted on one side so that it would dip forward into a glass of water and appear to be drinking from it.

Other great thing about RCT3 - the soundtrack

I rode a Tagada in a traveling fair park, the actual insane part was that some people could stand up in the middle of the ride and dance to the music while the thing was shaking up and down. If you could do it without falling down the ride operator would let you ride again without having to wait in line. Absolute insanity.

As a Detroit resident who has never ridden the giant slide. Can confirm, it is a slide.

This needs to be shared across the world. Everyone must learn about this. THIS IS GOLD

3:48 I was like "oh, I've visited that Rotor!" before realizing my own username was the image credit lol. When originally posting that picture, I was told by the guy operating the ticket booth at Sylvan Beach that their Rotor hadn't operated at all in 2017 or 2018. I've since heard that it's running again, albeit somewhat slowly. I remember reading that Washington State Fair removed their Rotor shortly after that, and I'm not sure about the status of Tumbleweed at Frontier City. I know Turkish Twist at Canobie Lake is still running strong, and having ridden that one I can say the experience is significantly better than a Gravitron or Round Up. I understand there are a few traveling models still around, and I highly encourage everyone to try one since they're really magical with the zero restraints and centripetal sensation of gravity.

2:15 The Teacup ride at Plopsaland De Panne also features a glass roof. But was only added af few years ago.

Thanks for all the resarch you did - the video was really interesting 😊 9:24 The Huss Booster is one of the best flatrides ever created - I absolutely love "Ghost Rider" on German fairgrounds. It might look extremely abrupt, but albeit being very intense, the movements are surprisingly smooth and not nauseating at all!

Whirling dervish looks kinda *insane*

Man this is interesting. Also in regards to the Octopus ride I do know of an actual one with an octopus sculpture and seadragon like cars just like the ones in the game. It features a few more vehicles per arm than the ingame version but the "Polyp" at Bakken in Denmark is otherwise a perfect match. Its a Schwarzkpf Monster 3 built in the 1980's. Also I have experienced a Soriani and Moser Polyp too at a fair around here. It was much more nauseating than the Schwarzkopf (and later Gerstlauer) versions, partially due to the the ride spinning the opposite way. So instead of the main structure spinning clockwise and the bottom of the arms spinning counterclockwise, the Soriani version had both spinning clockwise.

Kinda interesting to see how different an American perspective is. For example, I totally assumed the Top Star was based on the KMG Move It 32, which I believe is way more common on the European fair circuit than the Moser-built version (although the name makes it quite obvious which of the two it is based on)

I have been on Thorpe Park's Slammer. It was a cool ride but super uncomfortable, as it used the old S&S over the shoulder restraints with their lapbars which dug into your collarbones when it hung upside down. I haven't a clue to why Thorpe Park has yet to remove it and it now stands as a weird lawn ornament or a piece of theming for Black Mirror Labyrinth

you can find mechanical Bulls in themeparks sometimes. Even Phantasialand used to have one in their former western area, lol

I legitimately had no clue that 90% of those base game flat rides were ever in the game despite me always messing around in the sandbox mode

2:31 There is at least 1 Theme Park that has a Mechanical Bull. It´s Fraispertuis City in France, and it isn´t even a upcharge or coin operated attraction, It´s just a regular "ride" in their lineup.

The research made for this video must have taken days! I respect your effort you put into your videos!

Wow, those are some glaring omissions! I find it hard to believe that the Tilt-a-Whirl and the Matterhorn weren't in older RCT games, they're such icons of flat rides that them not being there is shocking to me. Of course, it is called ROLLER COASTER Tycoon, not Flat Ride Tycoon, so I suppose it's understandable. I would get sick on all of those! I think I love the double Ferris wheel the most, it's just a nice, simple, pleasant little thing. Ferris wheels are just cool to me, though. EDIT: Another great video! Thanks.

Thanks for sharing this; so much nostalgia in one place. I still hold out hope that Chance will begin making the Turbo and Troika flat rides again. If I had to choose from this RCT3 collection, I’m a Trabant style ride from way back. If there’s one around, I’m on it.

The Octopus in RTC3 has fixed gondels, so it is a Polyp manufactured by Bakker in the netherlands.

Frontier brought some of these models over to Planet Coaster, which i don't blame them for doing at all.

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but the octopus (as seen in RCT3) was almost an exact copy of a ride at Drayton Manor Park in England in the early 1990s. You might be able to find an image of it if you search for that specifically 😊

I live in the same town in Minnesota where the Tilt-A-Whirl wad invented and manufactured. It was a bit of a bummer when the company was bought out and manufacturing moved. There are still a number of reminders around town though.

The range of flat rides in RCT3 are better than PlanCo!

Despite moving on to No Limits, I still enjoy playing RCT3, hence my RCT3 classics series.

They really need to bring this game back.

As a finn Id love to ride zipper one day. Several others too but a zipper in particular. Gravitron will always be my fav flat ride. Not only have I turned myself upside down during the ride Ive also walked around it while it was running, holding on the middle bars when it got fast, heh.

There was also a Barnstormer plane ride at Worlds of Fun in the early 1980’s.

I miss Catapult. It wasn't the most comfortable ride, and it took forever to load-cycle-unload; but it was quite intense, and it gave some great sensations that haven't quite been replicated by any other ride I've ridden.

I've been on Sledgehammer it's actually a lot of fun but I can confirm it's rarely operating.

9:39 id like to point out that Kieppi was sold to the same funfair as the other Booster, it has been in storage since it left Linnanmäki though.

As for the Loop the Loop - it reminds me of Rush in Thorpe Park. Definitely not *exactly* the same kind of ride, but it does feel like it might originate from the same family of rides at least.

5:00 the KMG Afterburner model is the original version of this ride, chance rides simply acquired the rights to manufacture and sell the ride for the North American market at some point, as there are some portable KMG Afterburners still operating on the US fair circuit.

I actually had the chance to ride one of the Sky Wheels that he was talking about, and let me just say that those things are SO much scarier to ride than it looks like, it's like a normal ferris wheel on steroids

you made me get into rct3 again, thank you so much :) my childhood consisted of playing this

Thanks for the information! Glad to know the real life rides behind RCT3. My fav ride is Phoenix Twister, there is a model looks like it in Berjaya Time Square Theme Park near my house.

15:39 bro just roasted a good percentage of thoosies 💀

the classic rotor, thankfully i managed to ride that 10+years ago as teenager at a fair, at that fair there were two prices for it one for the ride itself and 1 for the observation deck above it

I have a fond childhood memory of the Gravitron at the local carnival. I lost a shoe in it and went home with just one 😅

10:13 - I was about to say Chaos was made by Zamperla but backtracked Reason being is "Chaos" is the name of the *Chaotic* Frisbee ride at my homepark who just likes to randomly break down (Mainly with the Sensors falsely saying "Restraint Open" or something along those lines) 10:28 - One of my First Eyerly Rides I rode was based off of one of these (Spider at Waldameer - Still Operating today rode it yesterday)

15:39 Love the Six Flags Larson Loop jab!

Fun detail, Fun Spot Kissimmee actually has a permanent Bucking Bull instillation!

Happy to see RCT3 videos still to this day. Such a underrated gem! Also, looking at the footages of the rides really gives me nostalgic vibes despite the only theme park I ever visited is Phantasialand.

I would love to see you do videos on the Planet Coaster models once you’re done with the RCT3 ones !

12:45 While that ride is currently called Professor Delbert's Frontier Fling, it was instead called RipCord at the time the picture used was taken, and was located outside the park near Soak City. It has since been relocated to the Frontier Trail area of the park and renamed.

At 5:00 the portable version is actually the Afterburner 😉 Great vid btw!

11:43 the Waikiki Superflip pictured is the ride Tidal Wave from Flamingo Land UK, it was removed a few years ago - they toned the ride cycle down and it never flipped riders or inverted. Not sure why they did that as it was an awesome ride - pictured behind it is the Vekoma SLC Kumali which is a smaller model of Oddessey at Fantasy Island UK, which in turn is also one of the tallest SLC in Europe!

So happy you mentioned Lagoon. The Samurai is my favorite ride.

You showed my comment at the start! I wanted you do this video for a while

Why did I not know you dropped this till a year later. This is awesome

I’m kind of surprised you didn’t do the buffalo round up because I have never seen a ride like that and I thought it might have a real world counterpart

I'd love one of these for Planet Coaster!

Fun Fact: The Topple Tower Ride was also featured in: Thrillville: Off The Rails in Thrillville Holidays.

I wish the Loop The Loop was a real life flat ride

This game has so many flat rides it’s insane I wish Planet Coaster did

The rolo-plane may have been the most nauseous i have ever been after riding something. Its up there with star tours on a hot day.

i still can't wait to see the inspiration behind the stalls in Classic RCT

Very nice video. I didn't even know that there were so many flat rides :D

Six Flags Great Adventure used to have a Rotor, I think its been replaced by something else. Tagada is like something that crawled out of Action Park looking for more.

My favorite flat-ride (in both game and real-life) was the Kaos/Chaos. So sad to not see them around anymore, or really be talked about.

Frontier also owned a game called thrillville and some of the ride cycles are on thrillville original and off the rails

The fact that Tagada still operates somewhere in the world is insane

So you did every RCT series. Then, maybe now it's time for Planet coaster?

This what pees me of about the limit choice of flat rides on planet coaster RCT 3 got alot of choices

Hard rock is indeed still alive and well.... I both seen and rode it at the CA State Fair in 2022. Pretty sure it's there every year ❤️‍🔥

i wish they could bring back the sky swat. i remember always wanting to ride SWAT at six flags

I can't speak for the fair circuit, but I wanted to come back to pour one out for the Chaos, considering the final permanent one at the Adventuredome closed last year. sleep well, my downtime-plagued, candy-colored prince.

Xcalibur has been removed from SFSL. I did get to ride it once and that was enough. 😅 I grew up calling the Loop o Plane the salt and pepper shaker…. Has anyone else ever heard of that or did my dad just make it up?

Can you contact any developer of rct3 to tell them what the loop the loop was based on?

I was not expecting to get a mention of Wild Waves in this video. There was also an Octopus at the Puyallup Fair, just 20 minutes south.

I always think of the Loop the Loop as an impossified Moser Extraordinary Bike.

6:48 the Top Scan was introduced in 1996, the prototype is currently operating at Barry Island Pleasure Park in Barry Island Wales.

I once rode a tagada... It was soooo much fun!

Canobie Lake still has a classic Rotor model called the Turkish Twist. I know flat rides hardly get any love but it's definitely a treat to ride.

Sledgehammer (Giant Jump) is such a fun ride, those jumps are very satisfying

I rode sledge hammer at Canada’s Wonderland! I didn’t know it has many technical issues! Glad I rode it while I could!

Well, seeing my hometown in one of your videos was not on my bingo card today. I'm also not surprised it was for the tragada, I even went on it that year as I was working at the airshow it was at. They're absolutely insane but you are going on the ride at your own risk.

Ring of fire and tilt a whirl will forever be my 2 favorite

15:00 I don't thing the red smoke is "Condensation" bro

Another great video!

12:21 the photo on the right is Wipeout at Knott's Berry Farm aside from that, fantastic display of rides in RCT3 and their inspirations.

Everyone wake up new jnattyboi just dropped

Some of these could be considered medieval torture. But I still have ridden kaos, tilt-a-whirl, and several disc rides. Only the disc rides were fun

The top star at 19.07 could be a modelled on the KMG Move It 32 was built in 1996

I have been on Hard Rock. It is absolutely stupid cool. Shame more weren't produced.

Went to Thorpe Park 2 days ago, Sadly Slammer (Sky Swat) is just sitting there abandoned, rusting away, while all the other rides surrounding it are operational most of the time, the ones that were even older have been torn down already, so there's still hope. (But the main problem with the Sky Swat is that the required parts for the ride are no longer being manufactured by S&S so the ride cannot be operational due to safety concerns) I do remember being at the park once, when it was in operation but my friend was too scared to go on it so we didn't, wish I could've back then.

From What I understand about the Sledgehammer from Canadas Wonderland. It doesnt suffer from technical problems in the obvious way of "it keeps breaking down." Being one of a kind, if they ever need simple parts, they have to wait weeks for them. Imagine if you needed to get something simple like an oil filter or tires for your car specifically built everytime you needed a new one.

Walibi holland which was owned by sixflags years ago during rct3's release actually has one of those mechanical bulls

The Double Skywheel is loosely based on the Space Wheels built by the Velare Brothers. The photo in the video is of the Space Wheels. Only one was ever built, now owned by Drew Exposition, but previously owned by Cumberland Valley Shows and Royal American Shows. I say loosely because both sides of the Space Wheels travel in the same direction instead of opposing like what is shown in the game.

you're a hero for making this video

Another fantastic video ❤

I definitely rode the Hard Rock at the state fair in Tulsa, OK a few times during the 2010s

2:37 there is one Mechanical Bull in the German Themepark "Freizeitpark Plohn"

the hard rock ride used to come to my local fairs but im pretty sure it’s defunct (if not defunct it’s probably in a warehouses, hard rock was owned by butler amusements

1:42 that is kinda mad that the first example of a ride when to my local amusement park! seems a lot more modern than that!

I got to ride on the slammer at thorpe park (sky swatter ride) the year before it closed and it was my favourite lol. glad i got to ride it before it closed but it always seemed to have technical issues and when it was operating the queue was never more than 2 ride cycles long bearing in mind most thorpe park rides can reach up to 2 hour queues. its sad seeing it sbno its pretty overgrown now (well as of last year when I went) and they have been using its queue line as a queue line for black mirror maze

RCT3 is one of my top 5 favorite games ever.

If you want to see something insane.. there are many many videos of people successfully dancing in the middle of a Tagada