It offers new coasters, flat rides, and animal-focused gameplay additions that further extend the RollerCoaster Tycoon experience. —————————— System Requirements —————————— If your system does not meet these minimums, RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 will NOT run on your Mac. 64-bit processor and operating system. Making the old Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 work with Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit)? Help I have been trying to get my old copy of roller coaster tycoon to work on my computer but every time I try to launch it the game immediately closes before before anything is visible on screen (other than the screen going black for a few seconds sometimes).
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Genre: Strategy
Release Year: 2002
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 64 Bit Crash
Developer: Chris Sawyer Productions
Publisher: Infogrames
Age Rating: Everyone
Playability Status: Perfect
Tested On: Windows 8 x64
Availability: Copyright retained - Still sold
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Why be a tycoon for oil, property or other such boring commodities when you can be a rollercoaster tycoon? In this strategy and simulation game you will get to build your own theme park, complete of course with huge roller coasters. Similar in concept to Theme Park World, successful tycoons will need to carefully manage their money while keeping visitors happy and re-investing in bigger more spectacular rides. If you were disappointed with the dreadful Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 that recently released on mobile devices, then what better time to dust off your old copy of the second game and build a whole new park?
Installation
The game should install from the original CD without any issues. While installing the game, be sure to choose “Custom” installation and then choose “Full Install”. Since the game places its save file in the same directory it is installed to, you may want to place the game in an alternative folder (e.g C:Games) to avoid issues with save game files later.
If you have any of the expansion packs for the game, install them too before proceeding.
Patching
There was only one patch issued for the game. The patch updates the games copy protection for users who were having difficulty starting the game. The patch can be downloaded here. We recommend all users install the patch before attempting to start the game.
Once you have downloaded the patch, double click on it to install it. Be careful when installing the patch, it does not automatically detect the games installation folder. Users on 64 bit systems should be particularly aware that the patch will install into the “Program Files” and not “Program Files (x86)” directory unless the installation path is manually changed.
Running the game
Before starting Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, browse to the games installation folder and use the compatibility options to run the “RCT2.EXE” file in compatibility mode for Windows 98/Windows Me. Without this option set, we found the game simply would not start at all. This also applies if you bought the game from a download service such as GOG.com. If you are unfamiliar with using compatibility options, see this tutorial.
Tweaking visual quality
There are only a couple of visual quality options for the game. To change them, you first need to start a new game and then go to the Options menu (the small floppy disc icon). You should then see the option to change the screen resolution and toggle Landscape Smoothing off or on. Make sure this is on and set the game to any resolution you like. The maximum possible is 1280×1024, so if you are playing on a TV or high-definition monitor, you should probably choose 720p, which is 1280×720.
Troubleshooting
Black screen after changing screen resolution:- If the game crashes or goes to a black screen after changing resolution, use the Task Manager to exit the game, make sure to disable any secondary monitors and then try again.
Problems saving games or patching:- Like many older games, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 places its save game files and various configuration files in the same directory that it is installed to. This can cause problems on more modern versions of Windows as programs are not normally permitted to write to the program files directory. To avoid this problem, either install the game to an alternate location (e.g c:GamesRCT2) or manually edit the permissions on the “RollerCoaster Tycoon 2” folder. A tutorial on editing folder permissions is available here.
| Platforms: | PC |
| Publisher: | Infogrames |
| Developer: | Chris Sawyer Productions |
| Genres: | Strategy / Business Simulator |
| Release Date: | October 14, 2002 |
| Game Modes: | Singleplayer / Multiplayer |
If you’ve played the first RollerCoaster Tycoon then you’ve already played the sequel. The isometric graphics are exactly the same, the gameplay is essentially unchanged, and the most requested feature — the ability to ride coasters in a first-person perspective — remains absent. That said, it’s still the best rollercoaster / amusement park sim ever made. Though why it’s been deemed a full-fledged sequel instead of an expansion pack can be anyone’s guess (*cough* money *cough*).
So what’s new in RollerCoaster Tycoon 2? The big news is that the second-most-requested addition — a separate rollercoaster editor — has finally been implemented, allowing you to design coasters free of crowd or cost considerations and then save them for later. And then there’s the acquisition of the Six Flags license. Though the box advertises that you can test your Tycoon skills with five Six Flags parks — Magic Mountain, Great Adventure, Belgium, Holland, and Six Flags Over Texas — what it doesn’t say is that a ton of licensed props and rides have been left out.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 comes with a total of 20 new scenarios, larger park maps, and all-new rides and rollercoasters (like the Giga Coaster and Inverted Impulse Coaster). It also adds more prop themes (Wild West, Pirates) and a few minor customization tweaks, such as the ability to build tunnels or enclosed cue lines.
Managing your park is exactly the same as in the first game — like before, you can borrow money, launch advertising campaigns, hire staff, buy land, and put money into developing new rides and attractions. The detail is dazzling: some of the Six Flags–exclusive coasters even have the rides’ actual logos emblazoned on their entrances. A tested coaster can categorize a range of data, such as maximum speed, ride time, gravity force, “air time,” and number of drops. An exhausting amount of info.
Don’t get the wrong idea, despite the lower score, RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 is definitely a better game than the original – if only for having more stuff to play around with. In every other regard it’s essentially the same game. But players who’ve spent days or weeks building the best amusement park around from the first RCT will be thrilled to find not much of its addictive A-game has changed.
System Requirements: Pentium 133 MHz, 32 MB RAM, Windows 95
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