History Trivia / RollerCoasterTycoon

** There was a common rumor that there was a neighboring park outside of yours, and if you intentionally launched a roller coaster train, it would lower ''their'' park rating instead of yours.

* AscendedFanNickname: ''[=RCT3=]'' and onwards calls guests "peeps", which was an common FanNickname for guests in the ''[=RCT1/2=]'' community.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In 2017, due to an ongoing lawsuit between Atari and Frontier Developments, all digital releases of ''[=RCT3=]'' were pulled from sale. It was eventually rescued with the release of ''[=RCT3=] Complete'' in 2020, which was self-published by Frontier.

** [=OpenRCT2=] includes building pieces by [=ToonTowner=] as part of its default scenery selection.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://rct.fandom.com/wiki/RollerCoaster_Tycoon_Wiki RollerCoaster Tycoon Wiki]] on Fandom.

* DummiedOut:
** Via the efforts of the ''[=OpenRCT2=]'' developers, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/rct/comments/3n0qga/rct2_two_new_previously_unknown_cheats/cvjtnyt/ it is established]] that Chris Sawyer actually coded a cheat to [[SpontaneousHumanCombustion randomly blow peeps up]] in ''[=RCT2=]'', but did not provide any legitimate way for players to use it in the game's official releases.

** Although not official, ''[=OpenRCT2=]'' has a lot of quality of life changes that try to combine the first and second games to make the best of both worlds. It also makes it much easier to pick rides (during scenario creation, they're categorized by what game they were added in, allowing you to easily filter rides you don't want), and tweaks the stats of rides considered {{Low Tier Letdown}}s. The new save format even allows you to accumulate far more guests/staff/rides than before, and allows footpaths to be customized like they were in ''[=RCT1=]''.

** ''World'' was up against ''VideoGame/PlanetCoaster'' (which is made by ''[=RCT3=]'' developers Frontier Developments), ''VideoGame/{{Parkitect}}'' (a 3D ''[=RCT1/2=]'' throwback made by a smaller development team named Texel Raptor that was funded via Website/{{Kickstarter}}), and ''Theme Park Studio'' (no relation to the ''Theme Park'' series, but this game was also funded via Kickstarter, and has VR support along with a handful of unique features). Despite having the most recognizable name, ''RCT World'' lost [[CurbStompBattle big time]].

* AscendedFanNickname: ''[=RCT3=]'' and onwards calls guests "peeps", which was an uncommon FanNickname for guests in the ''[=RCT2=]'' community.

** A common belief among ''[=RCT1/2=]'' fans is that bobsleigh coasters will crash if they take turns too quickly. Actually, they only crash if they take hills too quickly; they can go through small unbanked turns at 100 km/h with no problem except ridiculous Intensity from the off-the-charts lateral G's. The opposite is actually true in ''RCT 3'', where the bobsleigh trains will derail when taking a curve at too great a speed, but will remain on the track when going through hills a ludicrous speeds.

** A common belief among ''[=RCT1/2=]'' fans is that bobsleigh coasters will crash if they take turns too quickly. Actually, they only crash if they take hills too quickly; they can go through small unbanked turns at 100 km/h with no problem except ridiculous Intensity from the off-the-charts lateral G's.

** The chair lift has a stat penalty setting its excitement to 0 if it doesn't have at least two stations. However, all the modes it operates in won't let you even start it up without at least two stations anyway, so this behavior is never seen.

** ''World'' was up against ''VideoGame/PlanetCoaster'' (which is made by ''[=RCT3=]'' developers Frontier Developments), ''VideoGame/{{Parkitect}}'' (a 3D ''[=RCT1/2=]'' throwback made by a smaller development team named Texel Raptor that was funded via Website/{{Kickstarter}}), and ''Theme Park Studio'' (no relation to the ''Theme Park'' series, but this game was also funded via Kickstarter, and has VR support along with a handful of unique features). Despite having the most recognizable name, ''RCT World'' lost big time.

* AscendedFanon: ''[=RCT3=]'' and onwards calls guests "peeps", which was an uncommon FanNickname for guests in the ''[=RCT2=]'' community.

** With ''VideoGame/ThemePark'' early on.
** ''World'' was up against ''VideoGame/PlanetCoaster'' (which is made by ''[=RCT3=]'' developers Frontier Developments), ''VideoGame/{{Parkitect}}'' (a 3D ''[=RCT1/2=]'' throwback made by a smaller development team named Texel Raptor that was funded via Website/{{Kickstarter}}), and ''Theme Park Studio'' (no relation to the ''Theme Park'' series, but this game was also funded via Kickstarter, and has VR support along with a handful of unique features). Needless to say, despite having the most recognizable name, ''RCT World'' lost big time.

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* FranchiseZombie: After ''Rollercoaster Tycoon 3'', the series reputation became downhill really fast especially as the original developers moved on from Atari's mismanagement of the series.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.nicscorner.com/evo_of_rct.htm This page]] relating the development of ''[=RCT1=]'' shows several rides and features that never made it into the game, such as rusty tracks and exploded tracks. The above-linked official FAQ also mentions that an early Beta version of the game had the ability to build rides underground (similar to the "press Shift to adjust the ride's height" feature introduced in ''[=RCT2=]''), which was eventually scrapped due to it causing too many problems.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: For some people, ''[=RCT3=]''[='=]s poor performance was an example of this, with people blaming the developers for not spending more time to fix it. Given that TechnologyMarchesOn, however, the game has become much more VindicatedByHistory.

** For unknown reasons, the ''Loopy Landscapes'' scenario Urban Jungle is not available to play in ''RCT Classic''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As of 2017, due to an ongoing lawsuit between Atari and Frontier Developments, all digital releases of ''[=RCT3=]'' were pulled from sale.

** ''World'' is currently going against ''VideoGame/PlanetCoaster'' (which is made by ''[=RCT3=]'' developers Frontier Developments), ''VideoGame/{{Parkitect}}'' (a 3D ''[=RCT1/2=]'' throwback made by a smaller development team named Texel Raptor that was funded via Website/{{Kickstarter}}), and ''Theme Park Studio'' (no relation to the ''Theme Park'' series, but this game was also funded via Kickstarter, and has VR support along with a handful of unique features). Needless to say, despite having the most recognizable name, ''RCT World'' is losing big time.

* TroubledProduction: ''World'', a hundred times over, ''World''. Between going through no fewer than '''[[DevelopmentHell four developers]]''', a year's worth of delays and development restarts, a trailer and an early access that both garnered scathing reception, and being released the day before [[VideoGame/PlanetCoaster another game that had already won past fans of the franchise after it was far too late for this game to make any recoveries]], plus also being close to [[VideoGame/{{Parkitect}} yet another theme park sim's release]], ''RCTW'' is pretty much in the running as a ''de facto'' example of how not to cash in on a brand AAA game name.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As of 2017, Due to an ongoing lawsuit between Atari and Frontier Developments, all digital releases of ''[=RCT3=]'' were pulled from sale.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As of 2017, Due to an ongoing lawsuit between Atari and Frontier Developments, all digital releases of ''RCT3'' were pulled from sale.