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The Story of RollerCoaster Tycoon | Noclip Greatest Hits

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A Noclip Greatest Hits documentary on the legacy of RollerCoaster Tycoon, covering its original design, Chris Sawyer and the OpenRCT2 community that keeps it alive.

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HN recommends it as a detailed RCT documentary in threads on the game's optimization and design legacy.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2021–2026

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HelloUsername · 2026-03 · Recommendation

Fun read, thx! I'd also recommend more about RCT: "Interview with RollerCoaster Tycoon's Creator, Chris Sawyer (2024)" [LINK] "Rollercoaster Tycoon (Or, MicroProse's Last Hurrah)" [LINK] "RollerCoaster Tycoon at 25: 'It's mind-blowing how it inspired me'" [LINK] "RollerCoaster Tycoon was the last of its kind [video]" [LINK] "The Story of RollerCoaster Tycoon" [VIDEO]

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DavidPiper · 2024-12 · Recommendation

Folks may also like the noclip documentary on RollerCoaster Tycoon: [VIDEO] . It goes into more detail, particularly about what happened after RCT2, and has some perspectives from people in the OpenRCT2 community.

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markedathome · 2021-09 · Reference

Noclip did a documentary[1] on RCT and successor games, and tried to interview Chris. The response passed through his representative is stated in the 2nd to last segment (The Legacy of RCT at 30m55) in the video. [1] [VIDEO]

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