{"id":13819,"date":"2024-03-22T12:37:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T11:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/22\/rollercoaster-tycoon-at-25-its-mind-blowing-how-it-inspired-me\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:37:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T11:37:26","slug":"rollercoaster-tycoon-at-25-its-mind-blowing-how-it-inspired-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/22\/rollercoaster-tycoon-at-25-its-mind-blowing-how-it-inspired-me\/","title":{"rendered":"RollerCoaster Tycoon at 25: \u2018It\u2019s mind-blowing how it inspired me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real-world rollercoaster designers and the game\u2019s creator, Chris Sawyer, reflect on the impact of the primitive-looking theme park sim that became a late 90s icon<\/p>\n

\u2018I remember I would rush home from school just to play RollerCoaster Tycoon,\u201d recalls John Burton, a senior creative lead at Merlin Entertainments (the owner of UK-based theme parks including Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adventures, and Legoland Windsor) and the man designing the forthcoming 236ft (72-metre) drop Hyperia rollercoaster at Thorpe Park. \u201cI would then go to sleep dreaming I could become the next Walt Disney.\u201d<\/p>\n

When he reflects on the game, the adult Burton speaks with the excitement of a teenager on a sugar high. \u201cI learned so much about how rollercoaster systems work with their block zones, or even the little tricks of the trade at theme parks like adding side queues and strategically placed toilets,\u201d he continues, confirming my suspicion that the Jumanji-themed jungle world he helped to design for Chessington has what he calls \u201csubconscious similarities\u201d to the classic PC game\u2019s Jolly Jungle scenario. \u201cIf I have to travel to a theme park abroad for work, I still load up the original game on the plane and sketch out ideas. I never really stopped playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nReal-world rollercoaster designers and the game\u2019s creator, Chris Sawyer, reflect on the impact of the primitive-looking theme park sim that became a late 90s icon
\n\u2018I remember I would rush home from school just to play RollerCoaster Tycoon,\u201d recalls John Burton, a senior creative lead at Merlin Entertainments (the owner of UK-based theme parks including Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adventures, and Legoland Windsor) and the man designing the forthcoming 236ft (72-metre) drop Hyperia rollercoaster at Thorpe Park. \u201cI would then go to sleep dreaming I could become the next Walt Disney.\u201d
\nWhen he reflects on the game, the adult Burton speaks with the excitement of a teenager on a sugar high. \u201cI learned so much about how rollercoaster systems work with their block zones, or even the little tricks of the trade at theme parks like adding side queues and strategically placed toilets,\u201d he continues, confirming my suspicion that the Jumanji-themed jungle world he helped to design for Chessington has what he calls \u201csubconscious similarities\u201d to the classic PC game\u2019s Jolly Jungle scenario. \u201cIf I have to travel to a theme park abroad for work, I still load up the original game on the plane and sketch out ideas. I never really stopped playing.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Real-world rollercoaster designers and the game\u2019s creator, Chris Sawyer, reflect on the impact of the primitive-looking theme park sim that became a late 90s icon \u2018I remember I would rush home from school just to play RollerCoaster Tycoon,\u201d recalls John Burton, a senior creative lead at Merlin Entertainments (the owner of UK-based theme parks including …<\/p>\n

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