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RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

For the first time on Mac: build, operate and "attend" the amusement park of your dreams in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, where you can actually ride the rides!

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4.5

Based on 4 reviews

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29,95 EUR

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Overview

Key Features:

Experience incredible 3D graphics!

  • Ride the Rides with the Coaster Cam
  • Design amazing coasters, place down rides to create the park of your dreams with an easy-to-use new interface
  • Light up the night with the stunning park lighting system
  • View your park from any angle with complete camera control
  • See breathtaking park vistas including realistic sunsets, moonlight and more....

A huge array of diverse guests in your park - everyone is unique!

  • Amazing crowd scenes take place before your eyes
  • Create your own family members and friends and add them to your park
  • Respond to the individual likes and dislikes of kids, teens and adults
  • See fully animated individuals (including facial expressions!) exhibit intelligent behavior, both individually and as a crowd

Let your imagination run free using amazing rides, attractions and terrain modeling!

  • Meet the challenge of the renowned RollerCoaster Tycoon gameplay - can you progress to "Tycoon' level in "Career" mode?
  • Build your dream park with unlimited funds in "Sandbox" mode
  • Create pyrotechnic wonders with the incredible Fireworks MixMaster!
  • Add your own music to rides and fireworks shows
  • Design your park with 5 fun themes: Generic, Spooky, Western, Adventure and Sci-fi

This game has been published for the Mac by Aspyr.

System Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
  • PowerPC G4/G5 or later
  • 1GHz or faster (1.2GHz recommended)
  • 256 MB or higher (512 MB recommended)
  • 2.0 GB free disk space
  • 32 MB VRAM or higher
  • Radeon 9000 or better or GeForce FX5200 or better
  • DVD Drive
 

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

Based on 4 reviews

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  • RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

    5.0

    The ride of your (computer's) life
    • Written by FG from WOKING
    • Jan 1, 2006

    RCT3 is fun and exciting to play. There is a huge array of pre-built rides that let you build your dream park with ease. The 'sandbox mode' is great if you just want the fun of building as much as you want be you eight or eighty eight. The game works well on laptops - both the iBook and Powerbook play this with ease. Ride the mouse! …More

    105 of 125 people found this useful

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  • RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

    5.0

    A good quality, fun Sim game
    • Written by SP from BRADFORD
    • Mar 11, 2007

    RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is a really fun Sim game whose roots can be traced back to the original Theme Park (in 1997 for DOS), there are several scenarios and a free-for-all mode which should give many hours of quality gameplay for those wanting to build the ultimate theme park.

    Hardware:
    RCT3 is originally a PowerPC game but has now been made a Universal Binary via a freely downloadable patch from the Aspyr Techincal Support site. This makes the game run nicely on an Intel iMac (lots of RAM needed though). Even with the graphics set to medium, the game looks very pretty. MacPro owners with good graphics cards can push the graphics quality further but on all hardware, the game will slow as the park size and complexity increases, especially with lots of scenery. This is most evident when going to the "coaster cam" and riding the rides may become stuttered or even unviewable.
    Despite some lag which will begin to occur in large parks, the game is still very playable and should not become a concern.

    GamePlay:
    You can either play scenarios of increasing difficulty (with the later ones becoming unlocked once the earlier ones have been successfully completed). Or for those who want a blank canvas, there is a Sandbox mode for you to build the park of your dreams without having to worry about mundane things like money.
    Scenarios begin with a gentle learning curve that steepens as you become more experienced with the game and obtaining "gold" entrepreneur standard becomes challenging.
    There are also extras like a rollercoaster designer and a fireworks display designer. The fireworks display designer is quite complex and it is more likely that you will download ready made shows from the internet. The rollercoaster designer is more interesting (and useful) as it will let you make out and test the ultimate ride.
    There is a lot of detail in RCT3 and you can change and customise just about anything, from paint work to the amount of sugar put into lemonade drinks. This vast amount of options and information can seen a little overwhelming at first and make starting off slow and to an extent too complicated for young gamers.

    Bugs and Issues:
    In personal playing experience, I have not come across any major issues that have made the game crash (on my Intel iMac at least), nor any game crippling bugs. Note that this is with the game updated to Universal Binary to the latest patch release.     …More

    71 of 89 people found this useful

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  • RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

    5.0

    RCT3
    • Written by KD from Ilkeston
    • Jan 6, 2009

    Good product the must buy game on the market for mac. Very good game.

    18 of 24 people found this useful

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  • RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

    5.0

    RCT3
    • Written by KD from Ilkeston
    • Jan 6, 2009

    Good product the must buy game on the market for mac. Very good game.

    18 of 24 people found this useful

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  • RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

    2.0

    crashing
    • Written by PH from London
    • Jul 30, 2008

    great game but on a macbook 2.16 ghzs it is always crashing

    19 of 43 people found this useful

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  • RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

    5.0

    A good quality, fun Sim game
    • Written by SP from BRADFORD
    • Mar 11, 2007

    RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is a really fun Sim game whose roots can be traced back to the original Theme Park (in 1997 for DOS), there are several scenarios and a free-for-all mode which should give many hours of quality gameplay for those wanting to build the ultimate theme park.

    Hardware:
    RCT3 is originally a PowerPC game but has now been made a Universal Binary via a freely downloadable patch from the Aspyr Techincal Support site. This makes the game run nicely on an Intel iMac (lots of RAM needed though). Even with the graphics set to medium, the game looks very pretty. MacPro owners with good graphics cards can push the graphics quality further but on all hardware, the game will slow as the park size and complexity increases, especially with lots of scenery. This is most evident when going to the "coaster cam" and riding the rides may become stuttered or even unviewable.
    Despite some lag which will begin to occur in large parks, the game is still very playable and should not become a concern.

    GamePlay:
    You can either play scenarios of increasing difficulty (with the later ones becoming unlocked once the earlier ones have been successfully completed). Or for those who want a blank canvas, there is a Sandbox mode for you to build the park of your dreams without having to worry about mundane things like money.
    Scenarios begin with a gentle learning curve that steepens as you become more experienced with the game and obtaining "gold" entrepreneur standard becomes challenging.
    There are also extras like a rollercoaster designer and a fireworks display designer. The fireworks display designer is quite complex and it is more likely that you will download ready made shows from the internet. The rollercoaster designer is more interesting (and useful) as it will let you make out and test the ultimate ride.
    There is a lot of detail in RCT3 and you can change and customise just about anything, from paint work to the amount of sugar put into lemonade drinks. This vast amount of options and information can seen a little overwhelming at first and make starting off slow and to an extent too complicated for young gamers.

    Bugs and Issues:
    In personal playing experience, I have not come across any major issues that have made the game crash (on my Intel iMac at least), nor any game crippling bugs. Note that this is with the game updated to Universal Binary to the latest patch release.     …More

    71 of 89 people found this useful

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