Keyboard Shortcuts cheat-sheet from the back of the User Manual.Return to The Definitive RCT Reference Guide homepage
Here is a jpg scan of the Keyboard Shortcuts cheat-sheet from the back of the User Manual.
Details in depth about each Scenario.
An interview with Chris Sawyer.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 is very similar to RCT, but with the advantage that you can build vertically. Most of the information in this RCT Loopy Landscapes reference guide also applies to RCT2.
The Amusement Park Guide by Tim O'Brien
order from: Globe Pequot Press, P.O. Box 833, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
ISBN: 0-7627-0437-3
subject: Operating US and Canadian Amusement Parks.
Guide To Ride by American Coaster Enthusiasts
order from: American Coaster Enthusiasts, P.O. Box 8226, Chicago, IL 60680
subject: Operating North American Roller Coasters.
Scary Dark Rides by Doug Higley
order from: Doug Higley, 111 Via Solaro, Encinitas, CA 92024-5326
subject: Ghost Trains and other "dark rides".
The Journal of Ride Theory an infrequently published magazine by Dan Howland
order from: Dan Howland, Box 2044, Portland, OR 97208-2044
subject: Amusement park rides (has included articles on Dark Rides, Motion Simulators, Disneyland rides, Worlds Fair rides, etc.).
Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers by Robert R. Reynolds
order from: Northern Lights Publishing, 10214 Trailwood Circle, Jupiter, FL 33478
ISBN: 0-9657353-5-4
subject: The Story of Ed Morgan & Karl Bacon, ride inventors and founders of Arrow Development.
Harry G. Traver: Legends of Terror by Richard Munch
order from: Amusement Park Books, 20925 Mastick Road, Fairview Park, OH 44126
ISBN: 0-935408-02-9
subject: The Story of Harry G. Traver, ride inventor and founder of Traver Engineering.
These WAV files were created from some of the games background sounds (they are intended just for your listening pleasure, not as sounds to be added into the game itself):
Lift Chain
Miniature Train
Toilet Flushing
Scream 1
Scream 2
Warning Noise
This Fancy Fonts ZIP file contains a number of Windows fonts used in the Steve Franks Track Packs documentation. The zip file contains a readme that describes how to install them.
These are b&w PDF scans of the RollerCoaster Tycoon User Manual, the supplemental LoopyLandscapes User Manual, and the RCT Strategy Guide. These books are offered only for reference purposes, as some of the information contained in them has been proven to be incorrect. All the important information from these books, and far more, can be gleaned from instead reading the "Definitive RCT Reference Guide":
User Manual (15Mb)
Supplemental User Manual (2Mb)
Strategy Guide (28Mb)
Note: Although the supplemental User Manual discourages using unofficial saved files or scenarios, this will no longer be an issue after installing the Drexler patch.
Here is a freely distributable playable demo of original RollerCoaster Tycoon. It is a full working version of the actual game, with the exception that you cannot Save or Load "Saved Games". This Demo is only suitable for computers running Windows 95/98/ME, but allows persons with such outdated hardware to amuse themselves with a minimal resource requirement version of RollerCoaster Tycoon 1.
WARNING: Never install this Demo on a computer that already has RollerCoaster Tycoon (1 or 2) installed!
Do not confuse this stand-alone Demo with the Tutorial built into LoopyLandscapes. The Tutorial available when you start LoopyLandscapes is fully compatible, can be replayed multiple times, and is highly suggested as a way to give persons who have never played RCT an opportunity to experience the game for themselves on your PC (they will not be interferring with any of your regular Scenarios progress).
RCT was developed as a Windows 95 compatible game. As such, Windows NT based Operating Systems (Win2k, WinXP, etc.) cannot run the game without the official RCTLL-US patch (sometimes called the Win2k patch). Windows Vista and above may have difficulty running even the patched game, depending on what compatability features Microsoft has chosen to drop in the OS you are using (
Technical information for programmers.
