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strongpigeon · 19 days ago
If someone ever gets the itch to play RCT again, I’d recommend taking a look at OpenRCT2 [0] for a bunch of QoL improvements (and MacOS support).

[0] https://openrct2.org/

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HeYmaney · 19 days ago
I was around 10 the first time I played RCT. A friend of mine brought me a copy disk of his original one. I could install the game but not play since there was a protection against copied CDs with an error message. In a desperate attempt, I bruteforced the exe by clicking 50 times on it and suddenly the game magically started. I was so happy I started a dance of the joy and would then use this trick to play the game.

To this day I still don't know how it was possible to bypass the protection.

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DavidPiper · 19 days ago
Folks may also like the noclip documentary on RollerCoaster Tycoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts4BD8AqD9g . It goes into more detail, particularly about what happened after RCT2, and has some perspectives from people in the OpenRCT2 community.
proxysna · 19 days ago
Ahoy is one of the best creators on the platform. I’d would recommend his video about Polybius. Great stuff. https://youtu.be/_7X6Yeydgyg
tim333 · 18 days ago
I was curious what happened to the programmer Chris Sawyer. From Wikipedia:

> He volunteers with the media team at a local primary school. Sawyer travels the world to visit roller coasters as an enthusiast, and gave his "coaster count" at 770 in 2024.

Here's a video of him checking out a roller coaster https://youtu.be/UU73g72NTHc

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