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I removed the following section from the article:
It's poorly written and the last bullet is POV. If someone wants to take a shot at rewriting it, please do so. I think it'd be a nice addition to the article, but is just too hard to decifer in its current state. — Frecklefoot | Talk 17:36, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
These idiots won't stop linking to those sites. If it persists, would banning them be out of the question?-- DooMDrat 10:27, Mar 7, 2005 (UTC)
I think the Errors section is wrong. I've been using RCT under Windows XP for years and never had any of the problems described. Is there some external verification for it? — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:00, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
The page looks crowded without those line spacing breaks just to fix image placement, especially at and after the RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 section. We could just use those <br> html tags to make the spaces without leaving huge gaps in the editing section, so it wouldn't be as crowded. -- FlyingPenguins 06:30, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
Maybe it should separated into several articles, all 3 games? 213.190.42.88 15:11, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
I really think that the list of fansites in the external links need trimming badly, per Wikipedia:External links. Perhaps it should be trimmed to the most popular site, as determined by Alexa rank.-- Drat ( Talk) 13:36, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
By how it appears, a few websites in the past have linked to the Wikipedia article and caused quite a few website/fansites to be added. It would be best to re-arrange the websites by their age than how active they are than what they have to offer. That might be best. -- BC 21:58, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Alrighty, I have re-arranged the links from what i remember since my time getting into the RCT series in 2000. Hopefully, it looks much better than what it was. ;] -- BC 22:11, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Whatever happened to the most of the fan sites after the pages were split? Why were they all removed? The only one I see is RCT2.com in the RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 page. If there is no response, I will be adding them back soon on the main series page soon, since fansites are crucial to RCT. -- FlyingPenguins 19:38, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
In regards to the small paragraph:
"Some people did, however, defend Frontier Developments' work on the game by pointing out that Chris Sawyer rarely participated in or listened to the community, and saying that he would've most likely kept the game 2D, such as Rollercoaster Tycoon 2."
I was an avid fan of the series; played the game since RCT1 was in it's demo stage and visited many RCT communities. I can say that many of the fans, although they would have liked to see the game go 3D, felt that it would take away any appeal from the original game. Most wanted the game to stay in its 2D, isometric view. With the conversion to 3D, the game lost many fans.
I'm just not sure if that paragraph is valid. It's not really backed up by anything. Saying that Chris Sawyer didn't listen to the fans is kind of... awry. If the fans wanted the game to stay in 2D, then why would Chris need to listen to them?
I guess my point isn't backed up either, but you'll just have to trust me on this one.
Why is this in Category:Transport infrastructure computer and video games? -- BANG ! 02:16, 13 February 2007
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If the books are mentioned why is the Rollercoaster Tycoon board game not mentioned? Surely it is just as relevant? 82.40.132.163 ( talk) 09:23, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Should this be moved to RollerCoaster Tycoon (Series) and the other page to the current name of this one? It makes more sense for this to be named "Series" so the one that says (Game) can be moved here. It's mostly how all the other series go on the Wiki. I wanted to get the OK before doing so. Starfox Roy |guestbook| 23:43, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
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The Atari forum source is listed in the references section twice (as reference #2 and #4). This linking needs to be fixed so that it limits to only the first link of this source. trainfan01 19:14, September 13, 2010 (UTC)
With the release of RCT3D, there are technically no longer just three games in the series, though the opening paragraph calls it a trilogy. Should this be changed?
Musicmaster890 ( talk) 18:54, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
Has it been released on Switch in Europe? Nintendo Life claims that the game has been released today, but there's no mention of it on Nintendo of Europe's release schedule. JamminBen also claims that it wasn't released on November 29th. Would someone back me or him up please? Zacharyalejandro ( talk) 21:19, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
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The original price of RCT when it was released in 1999 was not $5.99. It was $39.99. In the LA Times Article linked below, the price of the game at release is at the end of the article. Please update the article to reflect the true price.
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Can editing be unlocked for this page? There are many grammatical errors in the Legacy section. Slusho815 ( talk) 18:38, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
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I removed the following section from the article:
It's poorly written and the last bullet is POV. If someone wants to take a shot at rewriting it, please do so. I think it'd be a nice addition to the article, but is just too hard to decifer in its current state. — Frecklefoot | Talk 17:36, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
These idiots won't stop linking to those sites. If it persists, would banning them be out of the question?-- DooMDrat 10:27, Mar 7, 2005 (UTC)
I think the Errors section is wrong. I've been using RCT under Windows XP for years and never had any of the problems described. Is there some external verification for it? — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:00, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
The page looks crowded without those line spacing breaks just to fix image placement, especially at and after the RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 section. We could just use those <br> html tags to make the spaces without leaving huge gaps in the editing section, so it wouldn't be as crowded. -- FlyingPenguins 06:30, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
Maybe it should separated into several articles, all 3 games? 213.190.42.88 15:11, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
I really think that the list of fansites in the external links need trimming badly, per Wikipedia:External links. Perhaps it should be trimmed to the most popular site, as determined by Alexa rank.-- Drat ( Talk) 13:36, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
By how it appears, a few websites in the past have linked to the Wikipedia article and caused quite a few website/fansites to be added. It would be best to re-arrange the websites by their age than how active they are than what they have to offer. That might be best. -- BC 21:58, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Alrighty, I have re-arranged the links from what i remember since my time getting into the RCT series in 2000. Hopefully, it looks much better than what it was. ;] -- BC 22:11, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Whatever happened to the most of the fan sites after the pages were split? Why were they all removed? The only one I see is RCT2.com in the RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 page. If there is no response, I will be adding them back soon on the main series page soon, since fansites are crucial to RCT. -- FlyingPenguins 19:38, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
In regards to the small paragraph:
"Some people did, however, defend Frontier Developments' work on the game by pointing out that Chris Sawyer rarely participated in or listened to the community, and saying that he would've most likely kept the game 2D, such as Rollercoaster Tycoon 2."
I was an avid fan of the series; played the game since RCT1 was in it's demo stage and visited many RCT communities. I can say that many of the fans, although they would have liked to see the game go 3D, felt that it would take away any appeal from the original game. Most wanted the game to stay in its 2D, isometric view. With the conversion to 3D, the game lost many fans.
I'm just not sure if that paragraph is valid. It's not really backed up by anything. Saying that Chris Sawyer didn't listen to the fans is kind of... awry. If the fans wanted the game to stay in 2D, then why would Chris need to listen to them?
I guess my point isn't backed up either, but you'll just have to trust me on this one.
Why is this in Category:Transport infrastructure computer and video games? -- BANG ! 02:16, 13 February 2007
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If the books are mentioned why is the Rollercoaster Tycoon board game not mentioned? Surely it is just as relevant? 82.40.132.163 ( talk) 09:23, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Should this be moved to RollerCoaster Tycoon (Series) and the other page to the current name of this one? It makes more sense for this to be named "Series" so the one that says (Game) can be moved here. It's mostly how all the other series go on the Wiki. I wanted to get the OK before doing so. Starfox Roy |guestbook| 23:43, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
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The Atari forum source is listed in the references section twice (as reference #2 and #4). This linking needs to be fixed so that it limits to only the first link of this source. trainfan01 19:14, September 13, 2010 (UTC)
With the release of RCT3D, there are technically no longer just three games in the series, though the opening paragraph calls it a trilogy. Should this be changed?
Musicmaster890 ( talk) 18:54, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
Has it been released on Switch in Europe? Nintendo Life claims that the game has been released today, but there's no mention of it on Nintendo of Europe's release schedule. JamminBen also claims that it wasn't released on November 29th. Would someone back me or him up please? Zacharyalejandro ( talk) 21:19, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
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The original price of RCT when it was released in 1999 was not $5.99. It was $39.99. In the LA Times Article linked below, the price of the game at release is at the end of the article. Please update the article to reflect the true price.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-07-fi-45067-story.html 206.219.255.152 ( talk) 20:44, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
Can editing be unlocked for this page? There are many grammatical errors in the Legacy section. Slusho815 ( talk) 18:38, 2 January 2020 (UTC)