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Looking through those alternatives makes me believe that maybe I'll can enjoy one more time that game...
Parkitect is the real evolution of RCT2, like Gangsters 2 the latest version Omerta has great textures and graphics and the original game style, I hope that Parkitect can reach their goal on time as a Kickstarter project
Fans of Roller Coaster Tycoon would do well to consider entertaining themselves by playing OpenTTD, a community reverse-engineering / rewriting / extension effort based off Transport Tycoon (Deluxe), which was in turn the predecessor of Roller Coaster Tycoon. (RCT was originally going to be Transport Tycoon 2, but when Chris Sawyer tried out the new track-layout features the idea of roller coasters became obvious, an…
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OpenRCT2: https://github.com/IntelOrca/OpenRCT2 Not finished yet though.
The developers behind OpenRCT2 call it open source but because it's a derivative work they don't actually have the ability to license it under anything.
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I remember reading that and being totally amazed, especially since I personally think RCT 1 and 2 are far superior games to RCT 3. It's a wonder how much discipline and drive went I to those two games - if only we had the code/documentation to review, that'd be a dream come true.
We have the code, just run the binary through a disassembler. What I think is more interesting is the open source clone: http://freerct.blogspot.ca/ and the indie clone: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=39904.0 There was also an effort to migrate the ASM to C as a fan project, despite the glaring copyright issue.
I'll check those out though, alongside Caesar III, this was one of my favourite games of my childhood.
I think most people know this already but the original RCT was written almost entirely in assembly by Chris Sawyer[1]. It was almost 15 years ago but still not the norm for the time and quite an impressive feat. [1] http://www.chrissawyergames.com/faq3.htm
I remember reading that and being totally amazed, especially since I personally think RCT 1 and 2 are far superior games to RCT 3. It's a wonder how much discipline and drive went I to those two games - if only we had the code/documentation to review, that'd be a dream come true.
Let's just say that it is not for people that want instant results and that tend to work sloppy.
Fans of Roller Coaster Tycoon would do well to consider entertaining themselves by playing OpenTTD, a community reverse-engineering / rewriting / extension effort based off Transport Tycoon (Deluxe), which was in turn the predecessor of Roller Coaster Tycoon. (RCT was originally going to be Transport Tycoon 2, but when Chris Sawyer tried out the new track-layout features the idea of roller coasters became obvious, an…
I play a bit of OpenTTD from time to time. There's quite a learning curve, but it's enjoyable. For all the tweaks though, there's a couple that I always want, are always the source of me stopping play: I don't like negotiating with towns to let me lay down roads and other infrastructure. After a while dealing with this nonsense by planting thousands of trees gets old and doesn't work all the time. I wish I could just…
A really interesting thing about this is the length of the development cycle. It was released in March 1999, so that's 2.5 years from start to release...I think I would go stir crazy if I worked on a dev project that long without a release. But glad they did, because RCT brought me hundreds hours of enjoyment back in the day.