My favorite part was watching the individual guests. If you stalk one of them for long enough, eventually you'll see the thought "I feel like someone's watching me." appear.

You forgot to mention the greatest joy of this game, collecting all of the people who complain, placing them in a fenced in area and killing them via drowning. Ah memories.

The most impressive part is he coded this from the ground up in assembly. That's why it runs on nearly everything.

I've gotta say, in the years that have passed since this video, my views on the RollerCoaster Tycoon games have changed somewhat. I'm now a much larger fan of RCT1 and 2, and less of a fan of 3. I still think RCT3 did some great stuff for its time, but I'd now say that RCT2 takes the cake as the best in the series and has aged better than 3.

Yes, sir, the ultramegasuperduper fat burger costs only ten cents. But, mind you, the toilet admittance fee is 25 bucks.

This game was my 12 year old self's meth. You never recover from the addiction, you are just in remission.

RCT is special for me. My big brother lived abroad in the Netherlands, and he came over for a few days. He brought me a copy of RCT 1. We played this game quite a lot. In fact, I still have some habits from the game that I learnt with him - building a Mery-go-Round right in front of the park four tiles away from the footpath. He also brought me a F1 simulator that was really fun. My brother passed away in 2010. We had a lot of fun together - went to nice concerts where we drank large amounts of beer (and had shawarma after the concert). And we played a lot of games. So... playing RTC will always remind me of him.

I remember having RT2 and creating my own scenario. I'd give the guests excessive money and low tolerance for rides and then make a hedge maze 1 square big with no hedges. They'd walk right in, pay a dollar, walk right out the other side and love it. Had 300 mazes running on that park, earning $300 a second. Memories...

My favorite part is that if someone in the park is in a bad mood, you can literally pick them up with a giant pair of tweezers. And *murder* them.

I remember buying a box Captain Crunch with a copy of RCT in it. Cereal companies aren't half as cool as they used to be.

When I was a kid, before I even heard of the term "sandbox mode" I took one of my parks that was super successful (made over a billion dollars when I let it sit for a while), bulldozed the whole park, saved it as a new file, and used that as my "sandbox mode." LOL

2023 and this game still hits hard 😩

Ah yes, the childhood game that introduced me to sadism.

10 years ago? This video is timeless. What an incredible review.

Excitement: Low Intensity: Very High Nausea: Up to the Sky My whole childhood RCT experiences XD

And now there is even an OpenRCT2, an open-source rewrite which improves everything about this classic game. There some of the things mentioned are addressed - screen resolution is one of them. Speed up mode. It totally rekindled my passion for this game.

“I WANT TO GET OFF MR. BONES’ WILD RIDE!”

One of my favorite gaming memories is with my brother and this game. He kept getting guest complains that the park is untidy. He pans the camera up and down the park and we both search hard. We find no problem. Complains still come in. I suggest searching again from another camera angle. We see the previously obscured exit path from a ride... Well actually, we don't. It's still obscured, every inch buried under a river of vomit.

The calming voice you speak in while saying and doing the most hilarious things ever makes these reviews the best ever in my opinion.

$10 to take a dump in Clint's amusement park. Yayyyy XD

I remember when I got that game back in 2000 or so. I would set up food and beverage stands to be free but charge $50 to use the restroom!! LOL

I actually got this game as a cereal box prize many many years ago.

Its sort of like a model railroad. Watching the whole park work can be so mesmerizing.

back in middle school i would day dream all day about what coaster or theme i wanted to build next. when i got my first pc (specifically to play this game) i would get up early before school just to play RCT. just one of those games i could always spend 8-10 hours straight a day on and not give a damn! lol

literally my favorite game of all time.

One fateful afternoon while I was still in primary school my family went to visit a good friend of ours. When we arrived he was playing roller-coaster tycoon 1, I was mind blown. That was the day that I become a massive fan of RCT games, still do this day my all time most favourite game

t's so amazing that the hole game was written in Assembly by Sawyer himself.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 is my favorite still. It improves on one and still has that nice charm.

I always loved the simplicity of the graphics in the first two games. It feels more like playing with a model than trying to build a real-life park, which also adds to the nostalgia.

I loved that game. It was my childhood.

This made me want to go play RCT3. When I was a kid, it was my second favorite PC game after Zoo Tycoon 2 (because I was obsessed with animals).

Actually, you're wrong about there being no sandbox mode - there IS one in the form of the "Mega Park", but it only becomes available when you have completed EVERY LEVEL IN THE GAME. In fact, the actual park map scenario file doesn't even manifest itself in the level folder until this happens.

Subbed, love these 'nostalgic' game reviews

There is a park in the Loopy Landscapes Expansion (I think) called Arid Heights. It doesn't have to be unlocked, is fairly big and most importantly you have unlimited money. It makes for a pretty good sandbox.

It blows my mind that this game was coded in assembly.

Sometimes, even after so many years of KZfaq, I get impressed by how the internet has given such talented people the space to create their own shows with often better quality than those of the mainstream media. Thanks for the upload.

This game will forever be in my heart. Such a great childhood memory.

RCT 1 and 2 are games I still go back to. Love em.

I spent more time with RTC than I care to admit.

After all the talking, the last few seconds where you just...HEAR the game, is instantly showing you why it's such an amazing game. It's just so calm, so chill, perfect sounds to to ehears. I would love a ASMR of just RollerCoaster Tycoon in the background.

All I have to say is this game aged really well. Considering how old it is the graphics are quite good even by todays standards and it still hours and hours of entertainment any time you load it up.

8:37 10 bucks to use the crapper 🤣

I grew up with THIS game, and I was a toddler when it came out. I have never even played Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 because I never did everything there was to do in Roller Coaster Tycoon 1, let alone Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, and I spent probably multiple weeks of my life just playing this game. I remember I would name parks or my favorite rides or what would have been their favorite rides after my best friends or family (geez, I was a sentimental kid). This game means so much to me, and I'm glad you did a review on it because now I'm going to go back and start playing again.

Here in 2021! Still love the look of this game and have great memories playing it as a young teen when it came out waaaay back in the day

Remember this game, good times. Still have the 2nd one I think.

I remember I used to play this all the time when I was little. Once my roller coaster crashed and killed some people and I threw a fit and cried.

My favorite LGR quote thus far: “if someone really needs to take a dump...” I could not put it more eloquently myself.

My god the AMBIANCE. The sounds of an amusement park sends shivers down my spine.

I just found my sister's old copy of Roller Coaster Tycoon Gold and I've been playing for 2 days straight

I love this fucking game so much!

Old school LGR, I played RCT1 so much I never watched this video, now I have. You've gotten a ton better with your delivery and I love all your stuff man. Finally subbed.

I grew up playing RCT1, and recently got back into it, after finding it on Steam. Its a great nostalgia trip for me, and it was nice seeing a review of the game, since I haven't seen anyone talk about this game on the internet before, (although I was never really looking...), but I've watched several of your videos, and stumbled across this, and it made my day to hear you talk about this game, especially after having an emotional breakdown a few minutes ago. And even though I love the game, all the windows that open when you try to do anything is pretty dang annoying. Thanks for this!

this is by far my favorite game of all time

"This park will give you aids".

This game was a significant part of my childhood, I spent MANY hours building successful theme parks, and I still occasionally come back to this game.

Rollercoaster Tycoon was one of the first games on PC that I have played. Good memories of sitting on a park, 3a.m. on a Sunday morning, already in year 6 and wondering about the scenario goals because I didn't see a "you win" message, just to realise that I've failed the scenario in year 2. I still play it from time to time.

I'd say skip 1 and 3. 2 was the best

Oh man, I miss this game.

What makes this one of my favorites of your videos to this very day is all the hilarious names you keep giving all of your rides. Every time I watch it, I keep finding a new joke hidden in all the scrolling signs. XD

I hadn't realised LGR had been making videos for this long

I was kinda disappointed with RCT3 when it came out. Being able to use the rides was awesome tho. I'd say RCT2 is the best one in the series, as it's an improved but definetly same-playing sequel.With a sandbox mode.

I always enjoyed picking up my employees in the animal costumes and unceremoniously dropping them in the nearest body of water.

This game is a timeless classic.

Just seeing and hearing that nain screen brought back so many wonderful childhood hours.

I remember playing this game. Can you review RCT2 and RCT3, please?

Played this on steam yesterday, still an awesome game!

oh my gosh, this appearing on my recommendations and now I'm hit with memories of this game. I loved this game when I was a kid

Brings back old memories. I used to play this a lot though I spent a lot more time in RCT2.

"People dying, so inconsiderate of your profit margin." LGR predicting 2020

Even the Retrospective is now over 10 years old. Retrospective on Retrospectives?

Aw man, I loved this game so much. Thanks for enlightening me that a fellow Scot was the man behind a childhood favourite.

This video brings back soooo many memories. My mom played Sims religiously and my sister and I played Roller Coaster Tycoon even more. Thats how a big part of my childhood time was spent. I especially liked making amazing parks just to get tons of people and then open an unfinished coaster to throw hundreds of tiny people into a fiery death. Goooood times.

I don't know about you, but when I quit I do it like a boss.

It's funny because RCT2 fixed most of the problems with RCT1

This was my very first game I got addicted too lol. None of the future releases ever grabbed me like the first one did. Now my poison is open world rpgs but man I had so much fun in this game!

This brought back great memories from my childhood. I loved this game and other building/management games. Thanks for this review!

Never actually got the original... But I played the hell out of the demo version.

6:40: Watch out for those lateral G's! Use banked turns so you don't go over 2.5. This is what's causing your intensity to go through the roof, which is killing your excitement and keeping everyone away from your ride. I liked the window driven interface, and didn't like the new UI in RCT3. In fact, I didn't like RCT3 at all. I played it for a bit and then went back to RCT2. If you want to get the best RCT experience, I strongly recommend playing OpenRCT2, which is a source port of RCT2 that is also compatible with all of the RCT1 content and runs well on modern systems. You can't find a better theme park management game than that.

Things I loved that you didn't mention here: 1) Whimsical food stalls. I loved those designs! And everything was exactly one tile square, so it was very satisfying to drop a booth into a tiny spot. 2) Underground and nighttime gameplay. I don't think either of those made it to RCT3, and I was very disappointed. 3) I preferred the art style for the characters in RCT2. They seemed a bit too cartoonish in RCT3. 4) Discovering the joys of near-miss pathing and track placement. Free excitement with no nausea! On the other hand, it was great to be able to rotate the map in RCT3, because some things were very frustrating to place, in this game. All in all, I'd say Planet Coaster is the ultimate, but it takes a mighty rig, if your park gets very large.

this video is 11 years old. can we get a retrospective Review of this video? RCT was 12 years old when the video was dropped

6:34 Lol there is no engine, the game was created completely in assembly coding which is insanely impressive

I didn't understand this game at all as a kid, I watched my dad play it. The sound effects and visuals of this game bring back so much nostalgia. I love it.

This game was the game that completely opened up the world of PC gaming up to me. This used to be a game students could play in school when it rained,snowed,etc. I never got to play it much, but it started everything simply by convincing me to get either it or the sequel, I got the sequel as a gift. Though the original disk no longer works, I re-bought all of the games through GOG. I can only imagine how it will shape kids today if it continues to stand the test of time.

"That's life" Ayyyyyyyyyy

i find that rct2 is my favourite out of the three with rct being second and rct3 being 3rd

this was my childhood man. it was awesome when i figured out you could make buildings by raising land and stuff and using the brick wall sidings and such. i just wish there would have been more options for themes.

absolutely astounding that they coded this in assembly. Probably what makes it so compatible and is was also key in making it perform well on a broad scale of pcs when it released

Luckly with openRTC we can speed up the game and complete everything in few hours :)

Too bad you didn't know about the Mega Park, this is essentially a sandbox that is unlocked after you beat the game

I love the both the first and second games, Good times, building massive, complex death traps which oddly end up being the most popular attraction.

I love that OpenRCT2 fixed virtually every complaint in this review.

Is it just me, or does the original look EXACTLY like RCT2?

I drowned some of my workers and guest on this game. It added value to my park.

I love the RCT franchise. They all have their own style, game play, look and feel. I've played this game my entire life. One of the first words I said was Park. This game has got me addicted to rollercosters and RCT.

I actually really liked the window system. It allowed me to keep an eye on several things at once. For example, while testing a ride, I could manage another part of the park and then come back to see the results when I saw that the testing finished.

Your mascot description was basically furries

Too bad that the 4th game in the roller-coaster tycoon series is only a watered down pay to play pile of shit on a fucking mobile phone.

Chris Sawyer drew every sprite by hand, including all the different coaster cars and their different perspectives and turns. You'd never have anything like that today, they'd model them in 3D and then render 2D images from it.

This game never gets old. It is my most played game since Windows 95 - Windows 7. Now i know where to get a stable copy for todays PC. Thank you LGR.