Roller Coaster Tycoon (PC, CD-ROM) Hasbro Interactive - 1999 UK Release

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Roller Coaster Tycoon
Packaging cover Roller Coaster Tycoon.
Product ID 023117-522703
Product UPC 5023117522703
Platform(s) PC
Packaging Retail Box
Media CD-ROM
Copyright date 1999
Publisher(s) Hasbro Interactive
Category(s) Entertainment, Simulation, Business Simulation
Country of Origin United Kingdom

Description from the packaging.

Riding high or riding for a fall this is the ride of your life!

Now you can take a trip to fame and fortune by building the biggest, best, scariest and most thrilling rides ever seen in any theme park. Can you make money in this volatile business? Can you become the ultimate Roller Coaster Tycoon?

  • Design and construct your own roller coaster rides, or choose from fantastic pre-built designs, all with accurately simulated motion dynamics.
  • Raise the prices, increase research, monitor your customers' moods, fire your staff, all at the click of the mouse.
  • Take advantage of technology as it develops; from the traditional 'Wooden Roller Coaster', to the high-tech 'Steel Corkscrew' and the terrifying 'Reverse Freefall'.
  • Raise and lower land and water levels to enhance your rides, build tracks underground, in tunnels or suspended over lakes.
  • Invest in food and drink stalls, hire entertainers and deck out your park with themes, color schemes, trees, statues and fountains, making it more attractive to your public.
  • Carry out over 20 mission-based scenarios in a diverse range of environments.
  • View all events instantly and clearly with superbly detailed quality graphics, menus and message boards.
  • Personalize and customize to your hearts content. You can save your roller coaster designs to use in other scenarios.

But remember, where there's an up, there'll always be a down. The rides may break down, you could get bad publicity from fatal crashes, the weather might be terrible! Rise or Fall, Boom or Bust, you're in charge of it All: giving your visitors what they want for the right price!

System Requirements

PC Windows 95
Required CPU Pentium 90
Required RAM 16MB
Req. Hard Drive 50MB Free
Requires Mouse Yes
Required CD Speed 4X
Recommend RAM 32MB
Rec. Hard Drive 180
Recommend CD Speed 8X
Required Audio DirectX 5.0 Compatible
Supported Video SVGA 256 Color
SVGA Hi-Color
SVGA True-Color
PC Windows 98
Required CPU Pentium 90
Required RAM 16MB
Req. Hard Drive 50MB Free
Requires Mouse Yes
Required CD Speed 4X
Recommend RAM 32MB
Rec. Hard Drive 180
Recommend CD Speed 8X
Required Audio DirectX 5.0 Compatible
Supported Video SVGA 256 Color
SVGA Hi-Color
SVGA True-Color

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Retail Box cover Roller Coaster Tycoon. Retail Box back Roller Coaster Tycoon.

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