LOVED❤️ To 🔥HATED -🎢The History Of RollerCoaster Tycoon

RollerCoaster Tycoon began as a critically acclaimed series, sold very well, and was loved by fans. After the third installment however, the IP was untouched for close to 10 years, after suddenly coming back and being almost universally hated by the fans who once adored the series...
But, how did this happen anyway? In this discussion, we'll be taking a look at the history of the RollerCoaster Tycoon series, from the games, to the parties involved, to even several lawsuits that happened behind the scenes, and how Atari managed to destroy their brand...

I apologize that part of the RCT Classic footage is as jumpy as it was, I did not know how to fix that...

📄Contents
0:00 - Intro
0:49 - 1994 Transport Tycoon
1:37 - 1999 RollerCoaster Tycoon
3:41 - 2002 RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
6:19 - 2004 RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
8:44 - 2005 Lawsuit #1 Chris Sawyer Vs. Atari, 2007 Lawsuit #2 Atari Vs. Chris Sawyer
9:34 - 2012 RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D
12:43 - 2014 RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile
13:32 - 2015 RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Mobile
14:23 - 2016 RollerCoaster Tycoon World
16:50 - 2016 Planet Coaster
20:06 - 2016 RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic
21:58 - 2016 RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch
22:57 - 2018 The Massive RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures Scandal
35:29 - 2016 Lawsuit #3 Frontier Vs. Atari, The Fate Of RCT3 (resolved now)
37:30 - 2020 RollerCoaster Tycoon Story
38:37 - Conclusion

🎢RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch & Story Gameplay + First Impressions

📄RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures Wayback Machine Funding Page

🎥Some Footage Used
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(Which itself ^ used footage from LGR & MotGames)

Much of the footage was either recorded by me for this video, or taken from my series on a few of these games
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🎵Music
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0:00
Summer Air
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
Amigos Creations

1:37
Main Theme
RollerCoaster Tycoon
Amigos Creations

3:41
Main Theme
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
Amigos Creations

6:19
Summer Air
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

8:44
The Villain Of Your Dreams
Batman Telltale Series

13:32
Galaxy Trooper
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

16:50
The Light In Us All
Planet Coaster

19:24
You, Me & Gravity
Planet Coaster

29:43
Small Hands Make Big Things
Planet Coaster

32:23
Aspect Imaginarium
Planet Coaster

36:51
With Friendship & Peace
Planet Coaster

38:37
Theories Of An Eager Heart
Planet Coaster
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[tehmusicjesus]

EA: We're the worst game company of the 2010's.

Atari: Hold my stolen cash.

[PineappleDealer]

Normal developers: if you invest 20$ you'll get a free copy

Atari: if you invest 750$ you will get 5$ discount

[methoxeta]

Chris Sawyer will forever remain an absolute legend in my eyes. The combined depth, complexity, and simultaneous simplicity of RCT 1 & 2 is just incredible. His vision for the design, aesthetic, and 'feel' all brought to life in a way so well optimized, what a beast of a human being.

[ddnava]

"Candy Crush was a copy of Bejeweled"
I'M SO GLAD TO FINALLY FIND SOMEONE ONLINE WHO KNOWS THAT!!!!

[magpye]

Basically, Planet Coaster is RCT4. Parkitect is RCT2.5 . The other games don't count.

[blu]

So basically

"I want to go on RCT again!"
"RCT2 was great!"
"RCT3 is really good value!"
"Just looking at RCT Adventures makes me feel sick!"

[madisonhudak]

Atari: "We've made over 2 billion dollars on our best franchises!"
Also Atari: "Can you spare $250 *cough* (minimum)??"

[potawatadingdong]

How not to start a crowd-funded project: "We've made over two billion dollars worldwide"

[Piemations]

Great video. RCT 1, 2 and 3 were HUGE parts of my childhood, so I stopped following anything about it after the failure of World and arrival of Planet Coaster. I had no idea it got so... so SO much worse after. What in the hell Atari lol

[benanderson]

"We know what we're doing"
Actually, no you don't Atari, and those best selling franchises you mentioned, like Asteroids? Yeah, that was a different company.
The ACTUAL Atari, Atari Inc, died in 1984. Everything since then has been various different companies using the Atari name, the current one being a French developer that bought the name and renamed themselves to Atari Interactive.
RCT is my #1 all time game. I got the original in a big box for my birthday in 1999. I don't have the box but I still have the original disk (and being British, the Twister ride is actually called TWISTER, not... Scrambled Eggs... I still don't understand that about the North American release). Chris Sawyer is a monumentally talented developer that poured so much passion into his games, and I can't even imagine how angry he must feel at the butchering of RCT.

[csykoe]

RCT 1 and 2 are probably my most played games ever. They brought me so much joy in my childhood

[StarryScribbles]

RCT3 also introduced the ability to use elephant-grade tranquilizers on your guests

[private]

i refunded rct world right after i bought it.. it was terrible, just after that i bought planet coaster. and i still play it lol

[fordrollhaus]

Frontier: Makes best RCT game
Atari: Gets a new developer
Frontier: Develops best amusement park management game that destroys Atari’s offering
Atari: :0

[acolytesun]

My elementary school was having a book fair and this game was at the fair. My dad bought it for me since I aced a book report. I still play it to this day. 🥰😍

[ZacharyDietze]

I just want to give an important update to everyone and say, with absolute pride, that Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 is not only re-released again without Atari’s input like with the iOS version, and not only is it the “Complete Edition”, but it’s also on the Nintendo Switch.

Frontier, you absolute *king...*

[yeemcgee]

My dad bought rollercoaster tycoon 2 for himself, but I found it and fell in love several sequels and expansion packs later, here I am playing planet coaster. It’s a shame the tycoon brand went downhill so hard, but to me planet coaster is an updated fully realized RTC3 and I love it so much

[andresagme]

i remember playing this game as a kid not knowing english very well, just clicking and making my way through the game, i remember it took me like 6 months to figure out how to delete the trees, and about 2-3 years to fully master the game, but what i loved most was the graphics, once it became 3d i was over it

[WhatAboutJacob]

that rct2 theme song threw me back to sitting in a dark room only illuminated by my gateway at midnight naming all of my caretakers in themes, the nostalgia

[FestArc]

RCT: WOW! This is amazing!
RCT2: Holy Cow! This is awesome! So much new scenery!
RCT3: It's in 3D! You can ride the rides! This is amazing! Check out the lighting!


But at least Planet Coaster and Parkitect exist!