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The Story of RollerCoaster Tycoon | Noclip Greatest Hits

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Noclip explores the design and legacy of RollerCoaster Tycoon, its creator Chris Sawyer, and the OpenRCT2 community keeping it alive.

SUBSCRIBE for More Free Game Docs ► bit.ly/noclipsubscribe Become a PATRON to unlock more videos ► patreon.com/noclip In our brand new series Greatest Hits, we celebrate the legacy of RollerCoaster Tycoon by exploring its original design and talking to the people holding the torch today. RCT was chosen by a subset of our patrons - to pick the next game, consider joining them. Noclip's work is 100% crowdfunded. Patreon: patreon.com/noclip Website: noclip.video Store: store.noclip.video Instagram: instagram.com/noclipvideo/ Twitter: twitter.com/noclipvideo Twitch: twitch.tv/noclip Podcast: noclippodcast.libsyn.com/ Podcast Channel: youtube.com/noclippodcast Edited by Jeremy Jayne & Danny O'Dwyer Filmed & Colored by Jeremy Jayne Gameplay Capture by Frank Howley Captions by Megan Carnes Motion Design by Dan Silverstone (Pica) Twitter: twitter.com/pica_creative IG: instagram.com/vivapica/ pica.me.uk - Intro - What is RollerCoaster Tycoon? - Marcel Vos - OpenRCT2 - Why Are People Still Playing? - What Happened After RCT2? - Parkitect - The Legacy of RCT - Credits Tracks used; au.audionetwork.com/browse/m/track/illusory_145286 au.audionetwork.com/browse/m/track/tender-reflections-2_1364… au.audionetwork.com/browse/m/track/glowing-moon-2_1027035 au.audionetwork.com/browse/m/track/walk-in-the-park-2-60_145… au.audionetwork.com/browse/m/track/smooth-light_1022022 au.audionetwork.com/browse/m/track/eon-expansion_1019549

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What people say. Recommended as an excellent documentary on the history, design, and community of RollerCoaster Tycoon.

DavidPiperon Hacker News • Recommends

On “RollerCoaster Tycoon was the last of its kind [video]”

Folks may also like the noclip documentary on RollerCoaster Tycoon: link to this video . It goes into more detail, particularly about what happened after RCT2, and has some perspectives from people in the OpenRCT2 community.

HelloUsernameon Hacker News • Recommends

On “The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon”

Fun read, thx! I'd also recommend more about RCT: "Interview with RollerCoaster Tycoon's Creator, Chris Sawyer (2024)" link "Rollercoaster Tycoon (Or, MicroProse's Last Hurrah)" link "RollerCoaster Tycoon at 25: 'It's mind-blowing how it inspired me'" link "RollerCoaster Tycoon was the last of its kind link to this video" link "The Story of RollerCoaster Tycoon" link to this video

markedathomeon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’”

Noclip did a documentary1 on RCT and successor games, and tried to interview Chris. The response passed through his representative is stated in the 2nd to last segment (The Legacy of RCT at 30m55) in the video. 1 link to this video