Atari auctioning off Roller Coaster Tycoon

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/23/atari-auctioning-off-game-assets-in-july

Atari is in financial troubles again, so they are selling off some assets, chief among them is RCT. Hopefully it goes to a good studio and not someone like EA. What this means is we are likely to see a new RCT game in the relative future because any studio that picks up the rights to it is going to want to capitalize on their investment.

That would be cool to get a new RCT game out, its been awhile.

Hopefully it will be more realistic. One can only hope...

At least RCT3 is better, but is nothing close to the realness of NoLimits coasters.

Used to play this game for hours! I remember one of the games incorporated Six Flags... It would be nice to see Cedar Point thrown into the mix

I think it was RCT2 that had a Six Flags partnership, RCT3 had a partnership with hersheypark. I'd love to see RCT4 have a partnership with Cedar Fair.

One thing I'd love to see happen with a RCT4 would be more organic layouts for your park and ride elements. As far as RCT3, everything from paths to food stands is snapped to a grid, so recreating a park like Cedar Point where midways go off at an angle and don't follow a perfect grid is really tough to do, let alone make look good.

Agreed, more freedom is needed for a new game. However, the simplicity of RCT1 was great when it first released.

I don't really have a fast gaming PC, so it would be great to see RCT4 release on PS3 or even a next gen console

I don't think it matters who gets the franchise, provided they also hire on Chris Sawyer as a producer, if he's interested. I had a great e-mail exchange with him way back in 1999 or 2000 or something, and he totally gets what made his original two games so much fun to play.

It says something that after all these years I still have RCT2 on my laptop in waiting...just in case spare time comes my way.

Hasn't happened since 2009, but I'm ready when it does. :)

Is there a Win7 patch available that lets the games run on it? I have tried to load it but it does not work.

Can't you run it in "compatibility mode" in Win7?

Huh. I don't recall installing anything special at all on my laptop (Win7) and I just played it to make sure it works fine...and it does.

That was fun. :)

Just right click the .exe and run in compatibility mode for XP SP2 or SP3 if you are having trouble with Windows 7 or 8.

If only I won that powerball last week....

I'd like to see Roller Coaster tycoon continued if they sell. I loved 1 & 2 but never really caught on to 3. I was already into Hyper Rails when it came out and I eventually made it over to NoLimits. Reading this, though, makes me want to play 2 once again. I do miss making awesome custom parks.

If they were to come out with a new RCT i would love to see realistic support structures corresponding to the type of ride. I used to hate how the supports on the rides were always vertical, then if you wanted realistic supports you had to download a trailer and add it all by hand.

RCT4 should be released for Xbox 360. I have spoken

I still play RCT2 all the time... It is somewhat of a "timeless" game, and many friends who played the game in its prime, still play it today.

I hated RCT3... Uninstalled and never played again after a few weeks with it. I want the only 2D style, simplistic game. It is perfect, it just needs some more flat rides and such :)

If you could take the ride selection and non-moronic peep behavior from RCT3 and cram it into RCT2, you'd have the perfect game, in my opinion.

I would also love more freedom when building roller coasters, paths, buildings, etc.

^That's my biggest dislike of RCT, any of the 3 versions. I actually prefer RCT3 unlike some people on here. I never played RCT2 but I don't see how it would be too different from the 1st.

So if there is a RCT4 that comes out, I'd definitely like to be able to have more freedom when designing rides and parks. It doesn't have to be completely up to par with NoLimits, but it would be nice for the game to be just a little more realistic.