RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
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Developers | |
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Chris Sawyer | |
Expansions | Frontier Developments |
Publishers | |
2002-2003 | Infogrames |
2003-present | Atari |
Re-release | Sold Out Software |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 14, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 74 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building |
Themes | Amusement park |
Series | RollerCoaster Tycoon |
RollerCoaster Tycoon | |
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RollerCoaster Tycoon | 1999 |
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 | 2002 |
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 | 2004 |
OpenRCT2 (Engine fanport) | 2015 |
RollerCoaster Tycoon World | 2016 |
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic | 2017 |
RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures | 2019 |
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 runs on a slightly improved RollerCoaster Tycoon engine. The core gameplay is identical to the 1999 original - it is an isometric amusement park building game. The game features additions like a scenario editor, new rides and themes, retouched UI, and the ability to build rides and scenery at any elevation, including underground.
After release, the game received two expansions by Frontier Developments in 2003 - Wacky Worlds and Time Twister. Both added new scenarios, themes and rides which are reskinned variants of existing ones (sometimes with different vehicle stats), but unlike the expansions for the original, they did not change the gameplay in any way.
While the game has no compatibility issues with modern systems, the community has de facto moved to playing OpenRCT2, an open-source rewrite of this game with many fixes and quality-of-life improvements compared to the original game, which requires its files to run.
General information
- RollerCoaster Tycoon Wiki - A wiki dedicated to everything RollerCoaster Tycoon related
- NEDesigns - park and scenery showcase site for Loopy Landscapes and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM DRM disc check. See Play without a CD for a workaround. | |||
Amazon.com | Triple Thrill Pack. | |||
GamersGate | Triple Thrill Pack. | |||
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RollerCoaster Tycoon Mega Pack | |||
GOG.com | Triple Thrill Pack. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Triple Thrill Pack. | |||
Humble Store | Triple Thrill Pack. | |||
Steam | Triple Thrill Pack. | |||
Discord (unavailable) | Triple Thrill Pack. |
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
- A faithful, higher quality icon can be found on SteamGridDB.
Version differences
- The Gold Edition (known as Combo Park Pack in North America) includes the base game and the Wacky Worlds expansion pack.
- The Deluxe Edition (known as Triple Thrill Pack in North America and on digital stores) includes the base game and both expansion packs.
- There is also a retail release bundling both expansion packs, but without the base game.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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Expansion pack | The expansion packs include new scenarios, scenery and reskinned rides. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Wacky Worlds | ||
Time Twister |
Essential improvements
Patches
- An official patch was made for players who have issues with the SecuROM copy protection, but does not bring any other changes. It's available as an installer and as a ZIP file.
- The Wacky Worlds expansion had an official patch that fixed some of the scenery items and entry points in several scenarios. It is available here.
Official add-ons
- Panda World scenario
- Pink water (to be used with scenario editor)
Play without a CD
Edit registry files |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/285330/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saved Games[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/285330/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Discord | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Max resolution is 1280x1024, making 1280x720 the highest native widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | OpenRCT2 supports this. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | OpenRCT2 supports this. | ||
4K Ultra HD | OpenRCT2 supports this. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use the RCT2 windowed mode hack.[1] | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | OpenRCT2 supports this. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | OpenRCT2 supports this. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | FPS locked to 40, although this lock can be removed with OpenRCT2. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | The UK and US English releases differ slightly in certain names and terms. The digital releases have US English. | |||
Simplified Chinese | Retail only. Translation by «Biggamer(天人互动)». The expansion packs are translated by «Eastern Audio and Video Publishing House(东方音像出版社)» (it is not yet known whether they have obtained copyright) | |||
Traditional Chinese | Retail only. | |||
Dutch | Retail only. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Retail only. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail only (Atari Brasil). | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish | Retail only. |
Issues fixed
Moving camera with mouse erratic in windowed mode
Set high DPI scaling override for game |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | OpenRCT2 supports both 32-bit and 64-bit. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | 850 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/285330/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (285330) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ HACK: Run RCT2 in windowed mode, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023