Rct3 Download Parks

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (abbreviated as RCT3) is the third installment of the RollerCoaster Tycoon series. The gameplay is based on managing amusement parks and building roller coasters. The player must build rides, paths, food stalls, and scenery to attract guests to their park and fulfill a set of objectives.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is a construction and management simulation video game. It is the third installment in the RollerCoaster Tycoon series, first released on October 26, 2004, in North America. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 places players in charge of managing amusement parks; rides can be built or demolished, terrain and scenery can be adjusted, and prices can be controlled to keep visitors or 'peeps' happy.^[1]

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 features two methods of gameplay. In career mode, players must complete predetermined objectives in predesigned scenarios. In the newly added sandbox mode, players have unlimited time and money to create their own custom parks and rides.^[2] Features introduced in the series include the ability to import and export custom attractions, design custom scenarios and peeps, as well as design an in-game roller coaster and a fully three-dimensional world players can view from all angles.

In 2016, publisher Atari continued the series with its fourth instalment, RollerCoaster Tycoon World, to largely negative reception. Frontier, developer of RCT3, released Planet Coaster, a spiritual successor, which received considerably better ratings.

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• 3Reception

Gameplay[edit]

Like the previous games in the series, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is a strategy and simulation game in which players manage all aspects of an amusement park by building or removing rides, scenery and amenities, placing shops and facilities, adjusting the park's finances, hiring staff, and keeping the park visitors, known as 'peeps', happy. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 features two main game modes. The career mode features scenarios where players must accomplish goals, such as impressing a visiting celebrity or attaining a certain park rating. Each scenario has three levels of objectives, which are ranked as Apprentice, Entrepreneur, and Tycoon; the higher the level, the more challenging the goal is to complete. A third of the scenarios are playable from the start, with the rest unlocked when the player completes the objectives at each level. The second mode of play is the sandbox mode. Players are given a large, empty plot of land and unlimited funds with which to build their own custom parks.^[3] However, the land given in this mode is limited as it cannot be expanded.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 introduces gameplay features in the series such as the CoasterCam, which allows players to 'ride' roller coasters and other rides,^[3] and the MixMaster, which allows the player to coordinate firework shows and time them to in-game music.^[3] Unlike the two previous versions of the game, RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, the guests, called 'peeps', arrive in groups and show variation in gender and age, including children, teenagers and adults. A day/night cycle changes the demographics of the park's peeps; rides at night appeal to teenagers, while the daytime attracts families with children. Peeps can be harmed and injured by crashing vehicles, but will never die as they did in the previous titles, and if placed in water they will swim out. When cars derail from the tracks, they explode after a short period, whereas in the older games, they exploded on contact. Furthermore, a feature was added in which, after a cheat code was entered, people could utilize the Peep Cam from which they could see the park through a peeps' eyes.^[4] Parks now have opening and closing times, and the time of day is displayed. Scenery is divided into themes to customize parks, with western-, spooky-, science fiction-, prehistoric-, tropic (Paradise Island)- atlantis- and adventure-themed pieces.^[5] Another feature is the ability to import coasters from previous games in the series into RollerCoaster Tycoon 3.The game uses full 3D graphics instead of the isometric viewpoint of the previous games; this means that players can rotate and zoom the view of the park to any degree. However, there is an option to fix the camera's rotation to a preset angle, as in the previous games. 3D land shaping is also available for creating mountains and hills inside the park, as well as the ability to change portions of the land into water.

Development[edit]

Although the core features of Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 are based on the previous games, Chris Sawyer, the developer of the first two games, acted only as a consultant, as the game was instead developed by Frontier Developments, and published by Atari and since Sawyer was developing Chris Sawyer's Locomotion at the time.^[6][7]

Expansion packs[edit]

Two expansion packs for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 were released – Soaked! and Wild!. A bundle, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Gold, was also released, including the original game and the Soaked! expansion pack; this was followed by RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum (Deluxe for the EU version of the game), including both expansion packs and the original game. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum is available for Windows and macOS.

Soaked!, the first expansion, allows the player to build water parks, which include swimming pools, water slides and underwateraquariums, while adding more rides and scenery to the original game such as the ability to create waterfalls. Using the MixMaster feature, the expansion pack also allows players to make their own water-jet displays and co-ordinate them to music.^[8][9]Soaked! received an average rating of 79 on Metacritic.^[10]

Wild!, the second expansion, allows the player to build zoos and safari rides, similar to Zoo Tycoon in an amusement park setting, in which animals can be placed, and adds more ride types and scenery to the original game. Additionally, it addressed several criticisms of the first game, such as the inability to build underground, which is available without the expansion pack in the form of an update patch. Wild! received an average rating of 71 on Metacritic.^[11]

Mobile port[edit]

Developer Frontier released an iOS port of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 on August 12, 2015.^[12]

Reception[edit]

Release[edit]

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 received mostly positive reviews. The game has an average rating of 81/100 at Metacritic and 84% at GameRankings.^[13][14]Publications such as GameSpot and Computer Gaming World were overall positive about the game citing its many new features. However, fans of the original and the second game in the series tended to be more critical. Several other criticisms stemmed from bugs and technical issues,^[19][21] such as the game crashing, the camera freezing, staff getting stuck on railings, low framerates and graphical glitches mainly caused when adjusting the landscape.^[21]

The editors of Computer Gaming World nominated RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 as their 2004 'Strategy Game of the Year (General)', although it lost to The Sims 2. They wrote that it 'overcame the series' sophomore slump with a great state-of-the-art design.'^[24]

Sales[edit]

According to The NPD Group, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 was the ninth-best-selling computer game of 2004.^[25] It claimed fifth place on NPD's annual chart for the following year.^[26] The game also received a 'Silver' sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),^[27] indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom.^[28]

In June 2015, Frontier CEODavid Braben reported that the game had sold 'more than 10 million copies'.^[29]

Lawsuits[edit]

In 2007, Atari, Inc. was involved in a lawsuit against Frontier Developments, the game's developer, and Chris Sawyer. During that time, Atari claimed that Sawyer was in breach of contract when he helped Frontier in developing an enhanced version of the game. The lawsuit ended with an out of court settlement.^[30]

In January 2017, TMZ reported that Frontier sued Atari for not paying the company enough for royalties for the game. When Atari filed for bankruptcy in 2013, Frontier modified its contract for how future royalties would be paid. Atari has paid Frontier $1.17 million to date for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, but Frontier observed from an unnamed third-party website that sales of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 were much larger than Atari claimed, and under the new contract, Frontier would be owed an additional $2.2 million. Frontier seeks to have rights to audit Atari's records and claim the additional royalties it is owed. Frontier's Chief Operating Officer David Walsh confirmed the report in statements to Eurogamer and GameSpot, stating that they had previously attempted to resolve the issue without legal action since April 2016.^[31][32] Later, in May 2018, Eurogamer reported that the game was pulled from both Steam and GOG due to 'expiring rights'.^[30]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Game Info'. Atari. Archived from the original on March 5, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2010.Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)
2. ^'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 by Atari – PC Video Game Review'. Kidzworld. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
3. ^ ^abc'Atari - RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum'. www.atari.com. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
4. ^'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Cheats Verified'. GameGuideFAQ. November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
5. ^Frontier Developments (2004). Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 – Instruction Manual. 'Peeps' (PC version ed.). Atari. pp. 9–10.
6. ^Staff, Gamespot (April 2, 2004). 'RollerCoaster Tycoon designer offers first details on new title'. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
7. ^Yin-Poole, Wesley (March 3, 2016). 'A big interview with Chris Sawyer, the creator of RollerCoaster Tycoon'. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
8. ^Wilcox, Mike (July 30, 2005). 'Disney for a day – Games – Reviews – Technology – smh.com.au'. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
9. ^Saltzman, Marc (July 4, 2005). ''Soaked' makes splash with wild, watery fun'. USA Today. Archived from the original on September 15, 2005. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
10. ^'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!'. Metacritic. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
11. ^'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild!'. Metacritic. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
12. ^'Frontier ports RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 to mobile with no in-app purchases'. Eurogamer.com. August 13, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
13. ^ ^ab'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 for PC'. GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
14. ^ ^ab'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
15. ^'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 for iPhone/iPad Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
16. ^Staff (December 25, 2004). 'Reviews: RCT3'. 1UP.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2008.Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)
17. ^McDonald, T. Liam (February 2005). 'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3'. Computer Gaming World (248): 88.
18. ^Juba, Joe; Biessener, Adam. 'You Must Be At Least This Awesome to Ride'. Game Informer. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008.Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)
19. ^ ^abOcampo, Jason (October 26, 2004). 'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3'. GameSpot. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
20. ^Abner, William (November 10, 2004). 'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (PC)'. GameSpy. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
21. ^ ^abcAdams, Dan (October 27, 2004). 'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Review'. IGN. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
22. ^PC Zone Staff (November 26, 2004). 'Roller Coaster Tycoon III'. PC Zone. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008.Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)
23. ^Lazarides, Tasos (August 26, 2015). ''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3' Review – Life is a Fun, Micromanaging RollerCoaster'. TouchArcade. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
24. ^Staff, ed. (March 2005). '2004 Games of the Year'. Computer Gaming World. No. 249. p. 60.
25. ^Essential Facts about the Computer and Video Game Industry; 2005 Sales, Demographics and Usage Data(PDF) (Report). Entertainment Software Association. May 18, 2005. p. 5. Archived from the original(PDF) on November 4, 2005.Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)
26. ^'Essential Facts about the Computer and Video Game Industry; 2006 Sales, Demographic and Usage Data'(PDF). Entertainment Software Association. May 10, 2006. p. 5. Archived from the original(PDF) on August 21, 2006.Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)
27. ^'ELSPA Sales Awards: Silver'. Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009.Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)
28. ^Caoili, Eric (November 26, 2008). 'ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK'. Gamasutra. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017.Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)
29. ^Campbell, Colin (June 22, 2015). 'Planet Coaster is getting ready for a big ride'. Polygon. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
30. ^ ^abYin-Poole, Wesley (May 9, 2018). 'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 pulled from Steam, GOG'. Eurogamer. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
31. ^Hussain, Tamoor (January 3, 2017). 'Atari Being Sued for Alleged Unpaid Rollercoaster Tycoon Royalties'. GameSpot. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
32. ^Yin-Poole, Wesley (January 3, 2017). 'Planet Coaster dev Frontier sues RollerCoaster Tycoon World maker Atari'. Eurogamer. Retrieved January 3, 2017.

External links[edit]

Downloads

This page contains links to user posts that have park downloads for them. It is by no means complete, if there's something missing, please edit the wiki and fill in the reason for revision section. Please only post complete (not WIP) parks that are available for download on r/rct and post the link to the comment page. Please refrain from posting r/rollercoastercontests parks, those are easily found on their sub, this list is to help organize r/rct downloads. RCT3 players, don't be disappointed by the lack of parks for download. You can help us by posting more in r/rct and also check out r/rct3 for their stuff as well. List is ordered by post date - most recent at top.

Custom Parks

These are custom parks that users have completed and posted. Contest parks can be found at r/rollercoastercontests. For more custom parks, visit nedesigns.com as well.

Avonturenpark Naardermeer Incomplete by gijsdaboss <2> Mar 17, 2014.

Malibu's Mirth by Bigshootergill <2> Mar 5, 2014.

Rocky Mountain Miners by disco-disco1 <2> Feb 26, 2014.

Wacki Wakiki by disco-disco1 <2> Feb 24, 2014.

Crush's Keep by 7296663 <2> Feb 22, 2014.

SoNY - Court Square by inthemanual <2> Feb 9, 2014.

Infinity by Baffron <2> Jan 29, 2014.

Rct3 Park Downloads Disneyland

Aurutawa Lake by Brykly <2> Jan 21, 2014.

Landsknecht by gjsdaboss <2> Jan 18, 2014.

Six Flags Over Something by cycloneclone <2> Nov 23, 2013.

Vacilla City Rides by otsdarva <2> Oct 10, 2013.

State of Decay by gijsdaboss <2> Sept 10, 2013.

Imaginarium by Poonish_ <2> Sept 9, 2013.

Horizon Lake by EricShayna <2> Sept 1, 2013.

Ollys Funland WIP by Ghostanus <2> Aug 29, 2013.

A Land of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones Park by Brykly <2> Aug 18, 2013.

Dusk by Valdair <2> Aug 1, 2013.

Star Gardens by CurbYourNewUrbanism <LL> July 27, 2013.

The Void by cdcarch <2> July 25, 2013.

Waterfalls Park by Navalin <2> June 8, 2013.

Black Mountain and Monaco Islands by NewBootGoofin87 <2> May 26, 2013.

Worlds Collide by dinosaurfour <2> May 4, 2013.

Launched Wooden Miner by Rekenna <2> Apr 28, 2013.

Admiral Plains by Wolfsting <2> Apr 22, 2013.

Rei by Valdair <LL> Mar 11, 2013.

Deus Ex Machina by FLUXtrance <2> Jan 30, 2013.

Grizzly by inthemanual <2> Jan 27, 2013.

Miniature Kingdom by dinosaurfour <2> Jan 25, 2013.

Park 75 by ZaQri <2> Jan 10, 2013.

Windy Hill by inthemanual <2> Jan 7, 2013.

Green Gardens by dinosaurfour <2> Jan 6, 2013.

Flux Park by FLUXtrance <2+WW/TT> Dec 25, 2012.

Amber Springs by dinosaurfour <2> Dec 25, 2012.

Park 100 by ZaQri <2> Dec 17, 2012.

Eldwood by ImTheMoon <2> Dec 1, 2012.

Six Flags Great Adventure by omgukk <3> Nov 29, 2012.

SilverWood and Boulder Beach by inthemanual <2> Nov 15, 2012.

Carlow Pier, Port Stanley by Loozrboy <2> Oct 15, 2012.

Infineon by Valdair <2> Nov 6, 2012.

The Park by Poonish_ <2> Oct 7, 2012.

Redditland 2012 by r/rct <2> Oct 1, 2012.

Various by Yazza <2> Sep 16, 2012.

Flight by Valdair <2> Sep 16, 2012

Project Ten by Valdair <2> Sep 16, 2012.

Eclipse by Valdair <2> Aug 25, 2012.

Astro by Valdair <2> June 6, 2012.

The Dark Knight by Valdair <2> May 26, 2012.

Hyperion by Valdair <2> Apr 10, 2012.

Disneyworld Magic Kingdom by SlamTheDoor <LL> Mar 17, 2012.

Tropic City by pisobarz <3> Jan 3, 2012.

Scenario Based Parks

These are the scenarios that users have completed and posted.

Electric Fields by Guggaman <2> Mar 23, 2014.

Great Wall of China by disco-disco1 <2D> Mar 1, 2014.

Octagon Park by Navalin <2> July 29 2013.

Bumbly Bazaar by vulcanizr <2> Jan 21, 2013.

Overview of Valdair's Scenario Parks Sept 5, 2012.

Evergreen Gardens by deebs22 April 17, 2012.

Custom Scenarios

Rct3 Custom Coaster Downloads

Play scenarios made or found by r/rct users.

Cliffside Climb by MotoSpace <2+Exp> Jan 13, 2014.

RCT1 Scenarios in RCT3 posted by 7revor July 7, 2013.

RCT1 Scenarios in RCT2 + /v/ custom parks by 64fanatic <2> June 28, 2013.

Fairview Field by MotoSpace <2> April 28, 2013.

Hillside Point by MotoSpace <2> Mar 20, 2013.

Alpine Adventures by Funkyfookarate <3> Oct 20 2012

Coastal Coasts by CaptainMcGillicuddy <2> Aug 12 2012.

Fairwind Dunes by adamcarrot <2> July 18, 2012.

Edge of the World by Pantherwolf <2> July 9, 2012.

Oak City Mall by Ghost_144 <2+WW+TT> Mar 15, 2012.

Tri-Park by darkdemon42 Mar 14, 2012.

Super Speedway by Ghost _144 <2+WW+TT> Mar 10, 2012.

Beach Resort by Oli414 <2> Oct 22, 2015.

Custom Tracks

Wooden Tracks by disco-disco1 <2> Feb 24, 2014.

Mayhem by disco-disco1 <2> Feb 23, 2014.

The Unlucky 13 Track Pack by Anthrax_92 <2> Aug 21, 2013.

Khaos' Second Track Pack by MrKhaosRaider <2> June 22, 2013.

Hypnosis by blenderdut <2> May 17, 2013.

Celtic Knot by blenderdut <2> May 13, 2013.

The Rose by Poonish_ <2> Feb 7, 2013.

9x6 Vertical Drop Coaster by KhaosMexican <2> Jan 6, 2013.

Compact Track Designs by dinosaurfour <2> Dec 11, 2012.

Rct3 How To Download Parks

GoKart Tracks by desrtfx Nov 24, 2012.

Busch Gardens Tampa Scorpion <2> Nov 11, 2012.

4x4 coaster from /v/ by doomed Nov 4, 2012.

Spaghetti by hippiecow <2> July 7, 2012.

Assent by hippiecow <2> May 19, 2012.

Garden Roller by crimsoncube <2> May 13, 2012.

Rct3 Download Parks

Benches

Try the contest threads in r/rollercoastercontest sub. There are benches on NEDesigns as well (check the Scenery Workbench list on the right side) or use the r/rct search function.

Custom Stuff

Rct3 Download Free

RCT1 and 2 Scenarios in 3:

To install, just unzip the folder and place the .dat file in the Scenarios folder usually found in My Documents/RCT3 or Documents/RCT3.

Rct3 Coaster Download

Feel free to add more. Last updated Mar 21, 2014.