Best theme Park Based game?

smogsy · 31 Jan 2009 at 23:09

I used to love playinfg Rollercoaster Tycoon (1)

but lost the CD so looking for a alternative!

is rollercoaster tycoon 3 any good? is there a better alternative?

SkeeterUK · 31 Jan 2009 at 23:11

Theme Park?

Tenzen · 31 Jan 2009 at 23:19

RC3 is ok. not that great. Tycoon games arent what they used to be.

Vern1961 · 31 Jan 2009 at 23:24

AFAIK RCT3 was the last mainstream theme park game. Graphically better than RCT1/2 (I think Chris Sawyer passed the torch to someone else) but I never really got too far into it. Set up a park, built a couple of rides, tested in first person (a good feature improvement over the earlier versions) but that was about it.

Don't think there's been much in the way of theme park/funfair orientated games since.

mr.sly · 31 Jan 2009 at 23:29

Definitely either Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 or 2 with the expansion packs. Played 1 the most, so I'd go with that.

smogsy · 31 Jan 2009 at 23:30

i have 1 but lost cd

Lagmeister · 31 Jan 2009 at 23:39

Theme Park the original and the best

Phatjayunoi · 31 Jan 2009 at 23:43

I think you can easily get all three games in one pack for cheap anyways. And definately the first or second games.

Schnippzle · 31 Jan 2009 at 23:56

Lagmeister said:
Theme Park the original and the best

Meritor · 1 Feb 2009 at 00:01

Likes Theme Park, RCT-1 and RCT-2 but didn't find RCT-3 as good, not to sure why but it just didn't seem to grab me like the previous games in the series,

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smogsy · 1 Feb 2009 at 00:57

found the CD

Wizzfizz · 1 Feb 2009 at 01:05

Got the original Theme Park here, going to install it now

Many hours lost as a teenager playing this!

Gashman · 1 Feb 2009 at 01:08

rollercoaster tycoon 1 with expansions as said above, sorry but theme park is simply rubbish by comparison, i know it was before RCT and all but doesn't change the fact its not as good!

G18241 · 1 Feb 2009 at 11:10

RCT 1 + 2 wich expansions will keep you happy for ages

3 went all 3D and just doesnt fell the same type of game anymore

Digital · 1 Feb 2009 at 11:53

I've got RCT3 with all the expansions, very good especially the water park one.

sharpygsxr · 1 Feb 2009 at 11:56

maybe its just be but teh only pleasure i got from these games was watching it all go pear shaped.

I bought RCT3 deluxe a while ago and went out of my way to build the most suicidal and death defying park i could.

The actual resource management side is a bit meh for me

Mucky_Pup · 1 Feb 2009 at 11:57

Chalk up another one for orignal rollercoaster tycoon and expansions packs, tis great game, Theme Park is ok, just doesn't really beat rollercoaster tycoon in many departments though, if any.

Blackhawk47 · 1 Feb 2009 at 12:55

Sabotaj said:
Got the original Theme Park here, going to install it now

Many hours lost as a teenager playing this!

I love that game too, i do have the cd however it doesnt seem to work properly...scratched disk?

I loved making my fries really salty and then put a drinks stand right next to the fries stand...

I did enjoy rct though i felt it was slightly more like a sim than theme park.

AHarvey · 1 Feb 2009 at 13:16

Blackhawk47 said:
I love that game too, i do have the cd however it doesnt seem to work properly...scratched disk?

I loved making my fries really salty and then put a drinks stand right next to the fries stand...

I did enjoy rct though i felt it was slightly more like a sim than theme park.

if its a scratched disk you may be able to use brasso in small circular motions going from the inside out to repair it.

not sure but you made need to use DosBox to run it as well!

Schnippzle · 1 Feb 2009 at 14:32

AHarvey said:
not sure but you made need to use DosBox to run it as well!

I find ScummVM to be slightly easier to use