Hi All,

Does anyone know whether atari have any plans for RCT4? Iv looked but only found RCT3D out on DS this year.

Got quite addicted to RCT3, making rides that throw guests into waterfalls etc etc

Christ I've not played Roller Coaster Tycoon for years!

Used to spend many hours on it when I was younger.

Yeah me neither! was bloody addictive no matter how old you are!

I think they got sued for something after rct 3, thats maybe why they've gone quiet.

But with the DS version coming, i dont know.

Found it: In November 2005, Sawyer sued Atari, claiming that they had failed to pay him certain royalties.[3] Sawyer and Atari settled out of court for an undisclosed amount in February 2008.

I still play the original RTC

Only the demo though because I cant find the original full anywhere

I have it somewhere mate! im sure it would be easy to copy as little protection was on them days.

There's supposed to be a new on coming:

on DS only mate

colin79666 said:

There's supposed to be a new on coming:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D Teaser Trailer - YouTube

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on DS only mate

sammclean23 said:

on DS only mate

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ah boo!

I remember playing the origional. Wish it would work on my newer computers.

RCT3 works on newer computers

i have it running in windows 7, intel core i7, radeon 5200 (i think been that long since I built it)

Goes to see if it's mac compatible. Tempting :chin:

try it mate im sure there'll be someone whos managed to get it on a mac somewhere!

There are no official announced plans for an RCT4. Whether Atari have plans though is another matter. I'm sure it has been discussed.

There was a post on the official Atari forums by Atari themselves a while back asking what fans would like to see in RCT4. This sparked wild rumours of a new game but nothing more has ever been said or suggested by Atari.

Its a shame as its a fantastic game series. RCT3 was a let down for me and I've never got into it. Probably because I don't think Atari pulled off the whole 3D thing very well. Chris Sawyer, the creator of the RCT series had nothing to do with RCT3. He sold the rights to the series to Atari who greated the 3rd game on their own. Much prefer the isometric graphics of 1 and 2. I Still play both occasionally and have done since first released in March 1999 .

http://www.nedesigns.com is probably the premier fan site still running for the games.

I would love to see a 4th game but can't see it happening any time soon.

its a shame to be honest. especially as there is no new alternative, other than daft ones.

Yup. Anything released after the RCT series has been gimmicky rubbish.

I guess the difference being that RCT was created by a game designer who was also a fan of engineering and a roller coaster enthusiast to boot. The game was designed and coded off his own back with a very very small team of addtional outside help including consultation from John Wardley who is a very well respected roller coaster/ride designer. It was the game he wanted to make, not what a board of shareholders thought would put loads of money into their pockets.

The RCT series has a lot of realism in it. There is so much detail in the game. All other "theme park simulation" games seem to have a babyish image and try to be homourous to try and cover up what is actually a pretty poor game. I hink RCT3 fell into this trap. The 3d graphics were far more cartoony and the whole atmosphere of the game changed from having function over style to looking like a 5 year old designed it.

It's still possible we will see another RCT but it's highly unlikely Chris Sawyer will have anything to do with it. He's a multi millionaire off the back of 4 outstanding games (Transport Tycoon, Locomotion, RCT1 and RCT2)... Why would he bother?

yeah exactly. a game like rct1 in todays graphics but keeping the gameplay would be great. As you said though, why should he bother.

theme park was always my fav in this genre but RC1+2 were quality

RC3 was spoiled by the 3d gfx which was a shame

the theme park that i played on ps1?

probably might even have it somewhare