RCT 3 PC RollerCoaster Tycoon 4

In an ironic sense, if tpb3d does come out as originally planned, even though it would be totally free and open source, there is a tremendous potential for commercial developers to make future licensed expansions for it. Here is a prime example David Braben might explore.

David, you are aligned with LucasArts. That means Hollywood baby! Yup yer in tinsel town, my backyard, and LucasArts opens many licensing doors. For instance, we come out with true dark rides. But hey, there is the Indiana Jones dark rides set officially including animated events and logos. Or a Star Wars them and set. The TPB3D community can't legally do that, but guess what, commercial interests can. In fact there is room for Harry Potter, Aliens, Dracula, Frankenstein, Space 1999 in fact many licensed and logo sets, example there is Marvel Comics and the WB to name but a few. Its only an extended thought, but if we can do what wasn't done right, this can benefit everyone in the long run.

Sorry canand, you will have to find tpb3d sites on your own ;) but they are available to those who look closely.
 
we no longer get the famous "Braben Shots" anymore or "Brookes Shots" respectively known also as () and since RCT is close to being, if not, a dead platform, kept alive by the very scenerymakers the publisher or developer might have stopped from importing custom scenery, David sometimes throws the starving masses a clue to the future, or perhaps a bread crumb.

I guess when one is starving after being so loyal to a product, any crumb seems tempting and delicious, even if its old and moldy, it still is better than starving for any information you can come by.

Currently the way it appears, you have ThrillVille as the only 3DRCG (3D Roller Coaster Game) or 3DTPG (3D Theme Park Game) available, since RCT3 is dying a long slow death, and its very doubtful that an RCT4 will be along anytime soon. But the future is always changing, uncertain, to loosely quote one of ol' Georgie Boy's Star Wars characters namingly "Yoda" not Yogurt! Eeew what a horrible thought, a yogurt bar named Yoda...yuck!

One never knows where things will end up, and its my hope that there is an RCT4 and RCT5 and a ThrillVille for the PC, and that NL and VR merge to begin a 3DTPG, and most of all that the community gets its act together and makes their own game, something Braben has seriously dismissed, but I think may well happen and much to the dismay of professional developers and publishers. Because there is no price for raw determination and control of one's own future, especially when one or lets say, a great many, were so loyal only to be abandoned and ignored.

Example. Look at this one single guy named Jonwil. While the publisher of rct3 promised early on scenery importing and dev kind of reaffirmed it through misc. statements in the old Atari forums, they ignored the issue and their customer's, so this one single guy with (get this David Braben) "Tremendous Talents in Programming" figured out not only how to import custom made scenery but also animated scenery and many other things as well.

David, while Jonwil's success may seem trivial to you, I greatly applaud his efforts and talents and I'll tell you why. Because his efforts have allowed the RCT3 platform to stay alive. In fact the RCT3 platform has greater value and a longer life now than it ever has, even if the Publisher abandoned the userbase and the Developer won't fix certain, erhmmm, older issues that need fixing.

So like I say, where there is a way there may well be a will, and the winners in the long run may well be the users who were abandoned and the general 3DTPG marketplace. By having many resources for park builders like myself to build our 3D parks and model them accurately after the real deal, I don't care how, but I'll take whatever works.
I agree with you, I do hope there will be an RCT4, RCT5 and so on... It's such a great game, and the other theme park/amusement park management type games just don't breath some er, life into it like the RCT series does. RCT was the game that made me start playing tycoon games.
 
I agree with you, I do hope there will be an RCT4, RCT5 and so on... It's such a great game, and the other theme park/amusement park management type games just don't breath some er, life into it like the RCT series does. RCT was the game that made me start playing tycoon games.

Yeah me too
 
I agree with you, I do hope there will be an RCT4, RCT5 and so on... It's such a great game, and the other theme park/amusement park management type games just don't breath some er, life into it like the RCT series does. RCT was the game that made me start playing tycoon games.


Two years and countdown ;) Than the marketplace may be different, perhaps even in less time than that!
 
I doubt Atari would publish RCT4 if it were to be made as they abandoned RCT3, not supporting further expansions/updates/patches etc
 
I doubt Atari would publish RCT4 if it were to be made as they abandoned RCT3, not supporting further expansions/updates/patches etc

They havent RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 2 and 3 had 2 expansions each maybe they are waiting for this court thing to finish
 
RCT4, what rct4?

Well I did read it, but it didn't really say much as far as Atari not supporting rct3 as far as the initial comments were a bit too vague. But it did become a hate sebar crowd at the end of the post ... :rolleyes: comes with the turf I guess.

Michael looked good sitting there and having fun. David in a black suit....whoa dude! And I can just guess who the white hotrod belongs too...:cool:

Actually I do hope TVPC comes out, cause there isn't anything to be available for a while.
 
Well I did read it, but it didn't really say much as far as Atari not supporting rct3 as far as the initial comments were a bit too vague. But it did become a hate sebar crowd at the end of the post ... :rolleyes: comes with the turf I guess.

Michael looked good sitting there and having fun. David in a black suit....whoa dude! And I can just guess who the white hotrod belongs too...:cool:

Actually I do hope TVPC comes out, cause there isn't anything to be available for a while.

It wont come out for PC
 
A shame if it doesn't Even though we are making a brand new full blown 3D community created 3DTPG (Theme Park Game) I would have preferred to have had many others including ThrillVille and I actually encourage David to continue and bring it to the PC/Mac platform as we are going to do.

You need to understand that from my perspective I actually like these and each would offer their unique fun as well.

Now for the folks with the we can post anything. Yes I coined the phrase of Braben or Brookes Shots, because both were good enough to post them for the community when RCT3 was in its hey day at the Atari forums, and the stands for Braben or Brookes Shots which are the initials regardless of what some may think. RCG is another acronym I coined for Roller Coaster Game and TPG for Theme Park Game which RCT3 and TV (yet another acronym) ThrillVille actually are. It is just easy to type two letters than spell it out, and generally almost everyone figures out what the acronym means.

The shame would be if TV didn't come out for the PC "Personal Computer" not 'Politically Correct'.

So here is to my use of acronyms proudly in the "EL" ENGLISH Language which of course was founded by the English and used around the globe....very proudly!
 
A shame if it doesn't Even though we are making a brand new full blown 3D community created 3DTPG (Theme Park Game) I would have preferred to have had many others including ThrillVille and I actually encourage David to continue and bring it to the PC/Mac platform as we are going to do.

You need to understand that from my perspective I actually like these and each would offer their unique fun as well.

Now for the folks with the we can post anything. Yes I coined the phrase of Braben or Brookes Shots, because both were good enough to post them for the community when RCT3 was in its hey day at the Atari forums, and the stands for Braben or Brookes Shots which are the initials regardless of what some may think. RCG is another acronym I coined for Roller Coaster Game and TPG for Theme Park Game which RCT3 and TV (yet another acronym) ThrillVille actually are. It is just easy to type two letters than spell it out, and generally almost everyone figures out what the acronym means.

The shame would be if TV didn't come out for the PC "Personal Computer" not 'Politically Correct'.

So here is to my use of acronyms proudly in the "EL" ENGLISH Language which of course was founded by the English and used around the globe....very proudly!


Why dont you PM him or E-mail Frontier
 
Actually David knows where I stand on issues. I am here originally from 1998 and the official sales release of rct in 1999 so I have pretty well been here from the very start. I also made the most flatrides for rct2 originally though they are getting close to my old record now-a-days...:rolleyes:

It just shows you the fine line betwen my genius and their insanity, but hey, at least we did get for a "SHORT" time a 3D RCG of sorts even if it wasn't a true 3D RCG. (I do love so bugging the people who hate acronyms by the way) but that's life in the RCG world.

I am sure that ol' George Lucas and David are making TV for the PC. It doesn't make good business sense not too. In fact I hope they do, and when they do, I will purchase their product faithfully, and David, I will give it an honest ;) review. If it is good I will recommend it, even with TPB3D on the way. If it is bad I will also tell you the low points. You need to understand that my review will be based on what is actually there. I have been a major advocate of having many TPG (Theme Park Games) the more the better, and this will remain my stance. For me, it makes new literary material to author stories or news based upon and that is my primary interest. In this case it would be news as I do this journalistically.

I do wish I could review an RCT4 but I truly see RCT as a platform as being about as dead as Jeannie blinking a doornail to life when her powers are gone. But the future as Yoda said, is always uncertain, so who knows, maybe we will see an RCT4 if things straighten out in time.
 
Actually David knows where I stand on issues. I am here originally from 1998 and the official sales release of rct in 1999 so I have pretty well been here from the very start. I also made the most flatrides for rct2 originally though they are getting close to my old record now-a-days...:rolleyes:

It just shows you the fine line betwen my genius and their insanity, but hey, at least we did get for a "SHORT" time a 3D RCG of sorts even if it wasn't a true 3D RCG. (I do love so bugging the people who hate acronyms by the way) but that's life in the RCG world.

I am sure that ol' George Lucas and David are making TV for the PC. It doesn't make good business sense not too. In fact I hope they do, and when they do, I will purchase their product faithfully, and David, I will give it an honest ;) review. If it is good I will recommend it, even with TPB3D on the way. If it is bad I will also tell you the low points. You need to understand that my review will be based on what is actually there. I have been a major advocate of having many TPG (Theme Park Games) the more the better, and this will remain my stance. For me, it makes new literary material to author stories or news based upon and that is my primary interest. In this case it would be news as I do this journalistically.

I do wish I could review an RCT4 but I truly see RCT as a platform as being about as dead as Jeannie blinking a doornail to life when her powers are gone. But the future as Yoda said, is always uncertain, so who knows, maybe we will see an RCT4 if things straighten out in time.

Yeah we might see one
 
Nope its dead and even if it wasn't by the time they were ready to peddle more add-ons the community will be a fierce competitor. Ironically the Frankenstein that is growing is because nobody cared about the community to start with. While all of the RCT politics has been spinning around, people just got tired of waiting for nothing.

What they wanted was many expansions for rct3 and instead the community was completely abandoned. You know the old saying, "If you want it done, do it yourself."

Cheers...and remember as my signature says I am...
 
Why are theme park games so underated? I love them and own almost ever single game out there that has to do with building theme parks. I would hate to see them park games dissapear in a poof, Rct is the name that everyone recognises when you mention a theme park game and if that last flare goes out the theme park gaming industry is doomed. But i have faith in the game Sebar and his crew are making and am constantly waiting to see what a tiny bit of the game will look like. With 4 versions of another Thrillville on the horizon i am still hopefull to see a headline on Pc Gamers Magazine Cover "Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 Announced at E3" or "Greatest fanbased game ever made....Theme Park Builder 3-d!" Even though Thrillville 2 is on gamespots list im still questioning the fact that under developer it's empty. As for Thrillville on the pc doubt that i might not sell well since many Rct'rs despise Frontier for making a sloppy game and others already own it on consoles, i for one would buy it since i dont own a console only my pc. Why isnt Frontier taking responsibility for Rct?! I dont want the series to die out just cause 1 development studio made a sloppy sequal, I wonder if another company made the next Rct would the Rct'rs buy it? Some would and some wont since some are stubborn or just lost interest due to the fact that they had to wait ages for a sequal. If a 4 ever comes out in the furture and it bombs Rct is dead.
 
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