So the developers didn't have a " thing" for Hersheypark while developing RCT3. Hershey actually helped fund the game in its developments so in turn the developers made sure there was a "Hersheypark" influence in the game. The same goes for RCT2 where there is Six Flags influence. Again during development. Six Flages helped fund the game. Now move on to Planet Coaster. That game had funding from no other, you guessed it! Cedar Fair! Hence alot of the coasters and modles are based off Cedar Fair coasters. It's all a big advertisement really. Your literally play and interacting with advertising while playing these games.
Certain RCT3 ride reskins DO have real-world counterparts. The "shuttle" corkscrew trains are based off the original Disneyland Paris Space Mountain (before it's conversion to Hyperspace Mountain), the "Dragon" inverted trains are based off the now-defunct Dueling Dragons (Universal IOA), and there could certainly be others if you look hard enough!
RCT3 is by far the game I've sunk the most hours into. Despite its graphics and coaster building system being outdated compared to Planet Coaster, I do think it still has its own unique charm and niche by letting you make waterparks and implement animal exhibits into your parks, something you cannot do in Planet Coaster, and of course all those more unique coaster types can't be made in Planet Coaster either sadly. Anyway, I'd say the splitting coaster looks the most interesting as far as coasters I'd want to see get made irl.
I've noticed that the Ball Coaster prototype shown at 10:00 actually even resembles Scarlet Bean, the pre-designed Coasterball that can only be unlocked by completing Scrub Gardens (Wild's first scenario). Something neat that I think is worth mentioning.
You're absolutely right! I quickly played through Scrub Gardens to see for myself, really cool detail that I wish I had known about before making this video. Thanks for the comment!
@@JNattyBoi You're welcome! Sorry for replying a year later, but I only just found some interesting information on SBF's Tower Coaster (named the MX875 model). All of this comes from RCDB. The Tower Coaster that traveled the fair circuit (where it was named "Cool & Fresh") was acquired by a Dutch park named DippieDoe Attractiepark in 2007. It was rumored that it would be part of a new area at the park, but it was never set up, remaining in storage until the following year (2008), where it was moved to the Australian fair circuit. It seems like it was more recently purchased by Wonderland Eurasia (called Ankapark up to a month before opening, after the city of Ankara, Turkey it was located at), with the same paint scheme and theming of the cars in the photos. It was named "Migfer" (Turkish for "helmet") and set up with some theming elements, but Melih Gökçek, the former mayor of Ankara who came up with the idea for the park, was put under a corruption investigation related to usage of funding, including for the park, and was removed from office, resulting in construction being halted in 2017. His successor is not in favor of the park, but acknowledged the investment put into it and suggested that its future be determined by a referendum. Little information is known after this point, but it seems, as recent as May 2018, the lease was granted, and an offer has been made by a company to purchase the park. The park does appear to have operated briefly in 2019, with some of the other rides having photos of people on them, but as of 2020, the park, and all 17 of its coasters, is standing but not operating.
I think this game really holds up, the scenarios are kinda laughably easy, but that just allows for more creativity faster imo. I love how far Frontier has gone with planet coaster, but the simplicity of this game allows for you to create a satisfying park without needing to be a dual engineering/art major
There's only really a few hard-ish scenarios, New Blood i've personally had problems with, since there's barely any land, and you have to deal with free rides. Which in turn, makes it an upward battle to meet the 600 guest limit on the Tycoon objectives
Wouldn't say easy ether. There is new blood which gives you a hard challenge since rides are free so you have to rely on stands and there is one that is on islands where you have to build a certain coaster at a maximum limit but it is bugged so you have to start over from scratch and build multiples of them to beat it as well as pay off loan early
that drifting X-Car would've been fantastic for an Initial D-themed coaster at Universal Studios Japan or something also HELL YEAH ADVENTURELAND MOMENT
I feel as if this game aged a lot better than most people give it credit for. Everyone always talks about RCT2 as if it’s the only good game in the series, but I think 3 holds its own really well and expands on its ideas. It’s also the most forgiving, user friendly, and content focused, which is why it was the one I played the most as a kid and is still my favorite. RCT2 is special for sure, but RCT3 feels even more so, especially since it was from a completely different development team that succeeded at it. It was so influential in fact that Frontier had to buy back the rights to the publishing rights of this specific game from “Atari”, as they want nothing to do with it. I’m very surprised to hear that all of the coaster types used in this game were actually based on something, I always thought that some of them were so outlandish because they wanted to test the game’s physics and engine, which isn’t entirely wrong to think like that by the way since this was a PC game back in 2004, so it was a very ambitious game for its specs and time. It’s a shame that they still haven’t put any of the prototype designs into Planet Coaster yet though. I know they aren’t relevant anymore and won’t be built, but they would still be very cool to use and see. Anyways, I’m very happy that this game was re-released on PC and Switch. It actually plays on the latter surprisingly well once you get the hang of it, and it’s really good for people like me who can’t afford decent computers anymore. (Seriously, most of them go into for over a thousand dollars, it’s absurd) It warms my heart to see this game not being forgotten by not just the fans, but the developers themselves too. RCT3 Complete Edition and RCT Classic should be preserved and constantly re-released for generations.
Couldn't agree more. Between all the new coaster types and the new mechanics added in the expansions (pools and animals), there's just so much to do in this game. You're very right about the approachability and user-friendliness. When I was younger, I definitely played RCT3 more than RCT2 because of that - I felt like I had so much more creative freedom with the new terrain tools and the 3D graphics. I had a lot more fun than I excepted to re-visiting it for this video. Maybe this is just nostalgia talking, but I feel like it has a charm all its own. Thanks for the comment!
@@gustavrshThe graphics don’t look any worse than a game like Super Mario 64, and they had to replicate that look for a much bigger and complex game. In fact, it still actually looks better than that, and you don’t need to look far to see drastic comparisons, you only need to look at the water used in both themselves. Again, I think both aged significantly better than many people give them credit for, especially now with the 90’s 3D graphics art style making a comeback in other games. The blocky polygons and low res textures just gives video games from that era a lot more charm than if they were a lot cleaner otherwise, like Planet Coaster. (Which looks good in its own way and is similar to RCT3 in art design, but it still doesn’t capture that style perfectly, it was a lightning in a bottle situation) Basically what I’m saying is that both the PS1/N64/early 3D PC games are just as nostalgic as pixelated games. One can make a case for how RCT2 didn’t exactly age too well with how restrictive some things are either, especially in regards to moving around in special dimensions, but I still think both RCT2 and 3 are classics in their own ways. Maybe I’m just a sucker for those more crudely made 3D games since I was born around the time those were in their prime, but I still think they look nice when done right. The best example of early 3D games I think is stuff from Rareware, with games like Banjo-Kazooie, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, and so on, and they still look just as colorful now as they did when they first came out. Are they perfect? Definitely not. Would they all make for great remasters like the Crash and Spyro games got? Absolutely yes. But it’s not like they’re not good as is, especially for the times they all came out, that’s just not true at all. Besides, not everything is about the graphics anyways, it’s about the gameplay. How it is to actually *play* the game is a lot more important, and all 3 original RCT games play spectacularly.
@@JNattyBoiHaha, no problem, and thanks for reading all of it! I hope you can also one day do a video going over the unique coaster types of other games like Planet Coaster. :)
Playing this game as a kid I’ve always wondered where these crazy coaster ideas came from, especially in the wild expansion pack! Thank you so much for making this video dude, very well done! :)
I knew where most of these coasters came from, but some of them - like the Splitting Coaster - have baffled me for years! It’s crazy to see how forward thinking the developers were, especially considering most of these concept-coasters would’ve only been revealed within a year or so of release. As for what I’d like to see in real life… the Splitting Coaster! I think there are so many interesting things a park could do with it. I’d also love to see a park tackle a true Robo Coaster - I think the extra dynamic of a coaster track could make for an epic dark ride/coaster hybrid!
I agree! The possibilities of the Splitting Coaster are endless, assuming it's even possible to build in the first place from an engineering standpoint. As for the true Robo Coaster, I'm still holding out hope that Universal will one day give it a go. Thanks for the comment!
Now THIS is the video I was waiting for! Fantastically done! I would love to see that splitting coaster built, that's such a weird and cool concept! And that revolving tower coaster, what the heck?! What a great video, this is the only game in the series I can properly play, so it's an invaluable resource. Thank you! I saw the robotic coaster and I said "Wait a minute, that's Harry Potter!" And I was right!
That first halfpipe coaster pic is at Elich Gardens! I remember when it debuted there. Also that flying coaster there was also only open for a year before being walled off for ages and ages before being dismantled
6:06 fun fact there was an intamin half pipe model installed on top of an eight story building in japan that sat for more than 10 years and never opened because its operation caused unpredicted lateral forces on the building's structure.
There are some truly weird concepts in this game - I often wondered where they came from, thanks for the research! But the towering coaster existing in real life looks like a torture device...
Wonderful video! I too thought that many of these coasters were far too bazaar to be based off of real life concepts. Also, thank GOD Alton Towers went with B&M for Nemesis for their first "secret weapon" and that plans fell through for that janky Hershey Park project! lol
Thank you! While it would’ve been cool to see an Arrow Pipeline coaster operating at a real park, you’re definitely right, Alton Towers was definitely much better off going with B&M in the end lol
As someone who was a huge fan of RCT3 back in the day (and produced the first mod tools for the game) its great to know that the rides in the game were inspired from real world rides. Love to see a video talking about the real-world inspiration for the other new tracked rides in the game (including the water slides from Soaked!)
Amazing video dude. The amount of research and backtracking you’d have to do to get the information you gathered on these rides, plus writing it into a script for your video. Highly appreciated. Subscribed and easily one of my favourite coaster channels already.
One accelerator not on that list it seems is the dueling accelerators, launched by linear motors. Had a short life as Batman & Robbin at Great Adventure. But it was plagued with upkeep issues and supposedly dual launching could dim the lights in the general area around the park.
GUH omg Summer Air hit me right in the feels at the start - very enjoyable video! When I was younger I just assumed loads of every coaster type in RCT3 already existed somewhere, it wasn't until I started properly getting into theme parks/rollercoasters *recently* that I discovered a lot of them were either based on a single unique coaster or coasters that didn't exist outside of concepts at the time!
amazing video, I had learned a fun fact about the game early on that said that all new types had some real world influence, whether it was concept, prototype, or actual model. I also want to see a video on all the coaster types in Planet Coaster
Still my favorite coaster game. I have made some monstrosities. I have used the sandbox to build an Extended Coaster that used every square in the map and used the Vertical type to make a 1869.68 ft drop. 52.36 Positive g's, -27,27 Negative G's, and an intensity rating of 27.33. It would kill any riders but very fun to make.
Liked and subscribed, such a well put together video and I learnt so much and didn't intend to learn anything interesting... Wow! Thank you for putting this all together, it's making me want to download it again and re-live childhood memories.
I know RCT3 doesn't get a lot of love compared to RCT1 and RCT2, but it was to me one of the best in terms of coaster design because there was a decent sized modding community for it which allowed people to make some truly magnificient designs. There were custom supports, custom train sets, and a whole bunch of other cool stuff To me, RCT3 is actually my favourite, even though I discovered the RCT franchise with the first game when I was just a 6 year old kid. Also ironically, the Stormrunner design was actually the preferred choice for re-creating Top Thrill Dragster because of it's very smooth hills
The coasters in Wild expansion pack looks like something straight out of a cancelled S&S concepts. Also, the guy in red shirt at 5:15 is the GCI co-founder Mike Boodley!
I'm one of the few "lucky" people that have ridden the tower coaster. It's first fair was in Amsterdam in 2001 and it's last was in 2003 (only traveled in the Netherlands) It break during the ball part of the drop, it braked during the drop and after the loop. It was more broken down than running I heard it is still somewhere opperating It was called cool&fresh
Thank you! I had pronounced it incorrectly up until I finally visited the park when I was 15. Had never heard anyone say it before then, only read the name in books!
I’m giggling like an idiot because “kuka” means trash in Hungarian… the Germans played themselves On a more serious note - great video, very well done!
Atari bought the rights to use Hershey products in their game. That’s why there are so many Hershey references such as Storm Runner and even the Hershey kiss lamps you see in the real life town in RCT3!
Everyone credits RMC with being the first to develop the "single rail" coaster to its magnitude. Maybe the serphant coaster concept was one of their inspirations.
I see SOMEone is a fan of CinemaSins 😉 Appreciate the shout-out to Long Island! I never got into this game for some reason, unlike the first 2. I think I was just really getting into FPS games at the time; I didn't even get a Nintendo console between GameCube and Switch, and barely played GameCube. Super informative video, thanks for all the research.
There's only one trilogy that I know that wasn't hit by the Curse of the Threequel, and that's the BttF Trilogy. god DAMN, those movies just got better and better.
I think it would be fantastic to have a real coaster with a thrill lift *and* a rotating tower! Imagine how over the top that would be, and how complex the layout 😂
Alien 3 slander in the first 12 seconds of the video :( I can't escape it, that movie was good and people are just disappointed it was more like Alien than Aliens. Oh also yeah roller coasters and stuff great video as always yes yes👍
I feel this. I gave up trying to make my splitting coaster look nice/duel properly, it really is such a pain to get the tracks to line up. Very satisfying when you do though!
First, thank you for this follow-up! Second, I don't see that thrill lift element being physically _possible_ in reality, at least with as long of a track as it has in the game...
I mean... all this video showed me was, how much more content you got back then for your 20-30€ expansion pack... And Today... well, we got Coaster Planet and Zoo Planet. These games could have easily been added together and form the next big expansion for planet coaster. There will be a Planet Splash or something in the Future, I guess!
Yeah frontier really milked the hell out of those games. There aren't any unique prototype coasters in PlanetCo either, except for the T-rex model. Would have loved to see an axis coaster or a surf coaster in the game
So the developers didn't have a " thing" for Hersheypark while developing RCT3. Hershey actually helped fund the game in its developments so in turn the developers made sure there was a "Hersheypark" influence in the game. The same goes for RCT2 where there is Six Flags influence. Again during development. Six Flages helped fund the game. Now move on to Planet Coaster. That game had funding from no other, you guessed it! Cedar Fair! Hence alot of the coasters and modles are based off Cedar Fair coasters. It's all a big advertisement really. Your literally play and interacting with advertising while playing these games.
I like to think they chose love over money ;)
@@JNattyBoi I think so too
From what I remember, Hershey also hosted a coaster designing contest around the time of the games release using RCT3 as the design mechanism!
I think they did a planet coaster rendition of steel vengeance when they were about to debut it at cedar point
@@johnfoltz8183 they did. They also have copperhead strike as well in the game.
This was exactly how i thought it was going to be like. Bonus points for using the best song on the OST.
Thanks! I forgot how many great songs were on the OST, it was tough to choose
When you said “vekoma only build one tilt coaster”. I said UNTIL NOWWWW
Certain RCT3 ride reskins DO have real-world counterparts. The "shuttle" corkscrew trains are based off the original Disneyland Paris Space Mountain (before it's conversion to Hyperspace Mountain), the "Dragon" inverted trains are based off the now-defunct Dueling Dragons (Universal IOA), and there could certainly be others if you look hard enough!
RCT3 is by far the game I've sunk the most hours into. Despite its graphics and coaster building system being outdated compared to Planet Coaster, I do think it still has its own unique charm and niche by letting you make waterparks and implement animal exhibits into your parks, something you cannot do in Planet Coaster, and of course all those more unique coaster types can't be made in Planet Coaster either sadly. Anyway, I'd say the splitting coaster looks the most interesting as far as coasters I'd want to see get made irl.
Couldn't agree more! I spent so much time playing RCT3 when I was younger, there was just much to mess around with
I've noticed that the Ball Coaster prototype shown at 10:00 actually even resembles Scarlet Bean, the pre-designed Coasterball that can only be unlocked by completing Scrub Gardens (Wild's first scenario). Something neat that I think is worth mentioning.
You're absolutely right! I quickly played through Scrub Gardens to see for myself, really cool detail that I wish I had known about before making this video. Thanks for the comment!
@@JNattyBoi You're welcome! Sorry for replying a year later, but I only just found some interesting information on SBF's Tower Coaster (named the MX875 model). All of this comes from RCDB.
The Tower Coaster that traveled the fair circuit (where it was named "Cool & Fresh") was acquired by a Dutch park named DippieDoe Attractiepark in 2007. It was rumored that it would be part of a new area at the park, but it was never set up, remaining in storage until the following year (2008), where it was moved to the Australian fair circuit.
It seems like it was more recently purchased by Wonderland Eurasia (called Ankapark up to a month before opening, after the city of Ankara, Turkey it was located at), with the same paint scheme and theming of the cars in the photos. It was named "Migfer" (Turkish for "helmet") and set up with some theming elements, but Melih Gökçek, the former mayor of Ankara who came up with the idea for the park, was put under a corruption investigation related to usage of funding, including for the park, and was removed from office, resulting in construction being halted in 2017. His successor is not in favor of the park, but acknowledged the investment put into it and suggested that its future be determined by a referendum. Little information is known after this point, but it seems, as recent as May 2018, the lease was granted, and an offer has been made by a company to purchase the park. The park does appear to have operated briefly in 2019, with some of the other rides having photos of people on them, but as of 2020, the park, and all 17 of its coasters, is standing but not operating.
I think this game really holds up, the scenarios are kinda laughably easy, but that just allows for more creativity faster imo. I love how far Frontier has gone with planet coaster, but the simplicity of this game allows for you to create a satisfying park without needing to be a dual engineering/art major
There's only really a few hard-ish scenarios, New Blood i've personally had problems with, since there's barely any land, and you have to deal with free rides. Which in turn, makes it an upward battle to meet the 600 guest limit on the Tycoon objectives
Wouldn't say easy ether. There is new blood which gives you a hard challenge since rides are free so you have to rely on stands and there is one that is on islands where you have to build a certain coaster at a maximum limit but it is bugged so you have to start over from scratch and build multiples of them to beat it as well as pay off loan early
4:31 Makes sense that it was introduced so late in the game’s development. It’s easily the most broken/glitchy coaster type in the game.
i had so much fun as a kid making trains go backwards through the tilt section which would make them teleport and reach insane speeds.
that drifting X-Car would've been fantastic for an Initial D-themed coaster at Universal Studios Japan or something
also HELL YEAH ADVENTURELAND MOMENT
My goal is to shout out adventureland in every video moving forward lol
Write it down, WRITE IT DOWN!
Initial D roller coaster? HELL YES
Imagine a dueling coaster of that type, with one side called Takumi with AE86 cars while the other called Keisuke with FD cars.
You got really close there…
I feel as if this game aged a lot better than most people give it credit for. Everyone always talks about RCT2 as if it’s the only good game in the series, but I think 3 holds its own really well and expands on its ideas. It’s also the most forgiving, user friendly, and content focused, which is why it was the one I played the most as a kid and is still my favorite. RCT2 is special for sure, but RCT3 feels even more so, especially since it was from a completely different development team that succeeded at it. It was so influential in fact that Frontier had to buy back the rights to the publishing rights of this specific game from “Atari”, as they want nothing to do with it.
I’m very surprised to hear that all of the coaster types used in this game were actually based on something, I always thought that some of them were so outlandish because they wanted to test the game’s physics and engine, which isn’t entirely wrong to think like that by the way since this was a PC game back in 2004, so it was a very ambitious game for its specs and time. It’s a shame that they still haven’t put any of the prototype designs into Planet Coaster yet though. I know they aren’t relevant anymore and won’t be built, but they would still be very cool to use and see.
Anyways, I’m very happy that this game was re-released on PC and Switch. It actually plays on the latter surprisingly well once you get the hang of it, and it’s really good for people like me who can’t afford decent computers anymore. (Seriously, most of them go into for over a thousand dollars, it’s absurd) It warms my heart to see this game not being forgotten by not just the fans, but the developers themselves too. RCT3 Complete Edition and RCT Classic should be preserved and constantly re-released for generations.
The game mechanics are good, but the graphics didn't age well at all. RCT2 with the pixelated graphics still looks great
Couldn't agree more. Between all the new coaster types and the new mechanics added in the expansions (pools and animals), there's just so much to do in this game. You're very right about the approachability and user-friendliness. When I was younger, I definitely played RCT3 more than RCT2 because of that - I felt like I had so much more creative freedom with the new terrain tools and the 3D graphics. I had a lot more fun than I excepted to re-visiting it for this video. Maybe this is just nostalgia talking, but I feel like it has a charm all its own. Thanks for the comment!
@@gustavrshThe graphics don’t look any worse than a game like Super Mario 64, and they had to replicate that look for a much bigger and complex game. In fact, it still actually looks better than that, and you don’t need to look far to see drastic comparisons, you only need to look at the water used in both themselves.
Again, I think both aged significantly better than many people give them credit for, especially now with the 90’s 3D graphics art style making a comeback in other games. The blocky polygons and low res textures just gives video games from that era a lot more charm than if they were a lot cleaner otherwise, like Planet Coaster. (Which looks good in its own way and is similar to RCT3 in art design, but it still doesn’t capture that style perfectly, it was a lightning in a bottle situation) Basically what I’m saying is that both the PS1/N64/early 3D PC games are just as nostalgic as pixelated games. One can make a case for how RCT2 didn’t exactly age too well with how restrictive some things are either, especially in regards to moving around in special dimensions, but I still think both RCT2 and 3 are classics in their own ways. Maybe I’m just a sucker for those more crudely made 3D games since I was born around the time those were in their prime, but I still think they look nice when done right. The best example of early 3D games I think is stuff from Rareware, with games like Banjo-Kazooie, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, and so on, and they still look just as colorful now as they did when they first came out. Are they perfect? Definitely not. Would they all make for great remasters like the Crash and Spyro games got? Absolutely yes. But it’s not like they’re not good as is, especially for the times they all came out, that’s just not true at all.
Besides, not everything is about the graphics anyways, it’s about the gameplay. How it is to actually *play* the game is a lot more important, and all 3 original RCT games play spectacularly.
@@JNattyBoiHaha, no problem, and thanks for reading all of it! I hope you can also one day do a video going over the unique coaster types of other games like Planet Coaster. :)
I still play it tbh fam. The sheer amount of custom content made by the community has made the game age wonderfully.
Playing this game as a kid I’ve always wondered where these crazy coaster ideas came from, especially in the wild expansion pack! Thank you so much for making this video dude, very well done! :)
I knew where most of these coasters came from, but some of them - like the Splitting Coaster - have baffled me for years! It’s crazy to see how forward thinking the developers were, especially considering most of these concept-coasters would’ve only been revealed within a year or so of release.
As for what I’d like to see in real life… the Splitting Coaster! I think there are so many interesting things a park could do with it. I’d also love to see a park tackle a true Robo Coaster - I think the extra dynamic of a coaster track could make for an epic dark ride/coaster hybrid!
I agree! The possibilities of the Splitting Coaster are endless, assuming it's even possible to build in the first place from an engineering standpoint. As for the true Robo Coaster, I'm still holding out hope that Universal will one day give it a go. Thanks for the comment!
The closest thing sorta is rides like chinese dueling dragons
Now THIS is the video I was waiting for!
Fantastically done!
I would love to see that splitting coaster built, that's such a weird and cool concept!
And that revolving tower coaster, what the heck?!
What a great video, this is the only game in the series I can properly play, so it's an invaluable resource. Thank you!
I saw the robotic coaster and I said "Wait a minute, that's Harry Potter!" And I was right!
Thanks so much! Yeah I have no idea what they were thinking with some of these concepts, but they made for fun coaster types!
You genuinely are criminally underrated. I really hope you get recommended to everyone some day, you really deserve the attention. Keep being awesome!
Please do all rct3 soaked slides and pool related attractions next. These videos are really enjoyable to watch
That first halfpipe coaster pic is at Elich Gardens! I remember when it debuted there.
Also that flying coaster there was also only open for a year before being walled off for ages and ages before being dismantled
6:06 fun fact there was an intamin half pipe model installed on top of an eight story building in japan that sat for more than 10 years and never opened because its operation caused unpredicted lateral forces on the building's structure.
There are some truly weird concepts in this game - I often wondered where they came from, thanks for the research!
But the towering coaster existing in real life looks like a torture device...
The splitting coaster always fascinated me. Would love to see that become a thing one day!
Wonderful video! I too thought that many of these coasters were far too bazaar to be based off of real life concepts. Also, thank GOD Alton Towers went with B&M for Nemesis for their first "secret weapon" and that plans fell through for that janky Hershey Park project! lol
Thank you! While it would’ve been cool to see an Arrow Pipeline coaster operating at a real park, you’re definitely right, Alton Towers was definitely much better off going with B&M in the end lol
Its honestly crazy how far ahead of arrow B&M was
The effort put in to making beautiful examples with a park makes me think you deserve a subscription. Well done man!
Hey thanks so much! Glad you liked the parks/rides, it was great to go back and revisit this game
@@JNattyBoi I'm doing the same too and building an ncs park aside from support and track retextures.
As someone who was a huge fan of RCT3 back in the day (and produced the first mod tools for the game) its great to know that the rides in the game were inspired from real world rides. Love to see a video talking about the real-world inspiration for the other new tracked rides in the game (including the water slides from Soaked!)
Amazing video dude. The amount of research and backtracking you’d have to do to get the information you gathered on these rides, plus writing it into a script for your video. Highly appreciated. Subscribed and easily one of my favourite coaster channels already.
Thanks so much! Appreciate the support and kind words
3:09 That's how Alton Towers adopted the name "Secret Weapon" when it came to building new coasters
One accelerator not on that list it seems is the dueling accelerators, launched by linear motors. Had a short life as Batman & Robbin at Great Adventure. But it was plagued with upkeep issues and supposedly dual launching could dim the lights in the general area around the park.
Speaking of Frontier.
You definitely have something to say about RCT3's unofficial successor, Planet Coaster.
The music was so good in this game. Thanks for the reminder :)
It really was! It was tough for me to choose which songs to include, there are so many bangers on that OST
GUH omg Summer Air hit me right in the feels at the start - very enjoyable video! When I was younger I just assumed loads of every coaster type in RCT3 already existed somewhere, it wasn't until I started properly getting into theme parks/rollercoasters *recently* that I discovered a lot of them were either based on a single unique coaster or coasters that didn't exist outside of concepts at the time!
Wow this is very cool! Love to see those obscure coaster ideas were real!
I HAVE ONE BRILLIANT IDEA EVER IMAGINED!!!
Just discovered this channel and it's giving me EVERYTHING
Really glad you did!
Wasn't there an indoor drifting coaster in Dubai?
Truly fantastic video, thank you so much for making it!
Of course! Glad you enjoyed it :)
They certainly did their research throughout all the RCT games. Not sure if Chris Sawyer or team was a coaster enthusiast or not.
Unquestionably yes.
Some of these are pretty niche.
That dueling alpine coaster is at my home park in Belgium, I even used to work there for like 2 days
That's awesome! Looks like a really unique, interesting ride
The split coaster and 2 versions of the Tilt Coaster is always a dream to see come to life.
amazing video, I had learned a fun fact about the game early on that said that all new types had some real world influence, whether it was concept, prototype, or actual model. I also want to see a video on all the coaster types in Planet Coaster
I put god knows how many hours into RCT3 as a kid, and I don’t care if it’s not quite as polished as the prior 2D isometric games, I still love it🥰
Same here! I've actually probably put in more hours overall into RCT3 than RCT2
Woo turbulence. Very ironic that the same park that has turbulence now has a roller ball coaster that looks like the concept for the OG turbulence
Still my favorite coaster game. I have made some monstrosities. I have used the sandbox to build an Extended Coaster that used every square in the map and used the Vertical type to make a 1869.68 ft drop. 52.36 Positive g's, -27,27 Negative G's, and an intensity rating of 27.33. It would kill any riders but very fun to make.
Amazing video man, great work!
Thanks so much!
Can you do two videos on the origin of the non-coaster rides in RCT Classic and RCT3?
Decinitely thinking about doing videos like that in the future!
Liked and subscribed, such a well put together video and I learnt so much and didn't intend to learn anything interesting... Wow! Thank you for putting this all together, it's making me want to download it again and re-live childhood memories.
Thanks so much! Definitely suggest re-visiting it, had a lot of fun making the parks seen in the video. Brought back a ton of memories
The Tilt Coaster is the most glitchy coaster in the game 😂
Did your tilt track glitch up too?
@@SpaceScreaminJohn Yes! And the train would always glitch through the track when it was rolling on the “thrill lift” lol
I wish Frontier would add all these obscure coaster types to Planet Coaster. Some of the fun in RTC 3 was all the weird and wacky coaster types!
I know RCT3 doesn't get a lot of love compared to RCT1 and RCT2, but it was to me one of the best in terms of coaster design because there was a decent sized modding community for it which allowed people to make some truly magnificient designs. There were custom supports, custom train sets, and a whole bunch of other cool stuff To me, RCT3 is actually my favourite, even though I discovered the RCT franchise with the first game when I was just a 6 year old kid. Also ironically, the Stormrunner design was actually the preferred choice for re-creating Top Thrill Dragster because of it's very smooth hills
The coasters in Wild expansion pack looks like something straight out of a cancelled S&S concepts.
Also, the guy in red shirt at 5:15 is the GCI co-founder Mike Boodley!
It'd be so cool to have these in Planet Coaster 2
congrats on 1K Subs My Man Keep Up The Good Work !!!
Hey thanks so much! Appreciate the support
I'm one of the few "lucky" people that have ridden the tower coaster.
It's first fair was in Amsterdam in 2001 and it's last was in 2003 (only traveled in the Netherlands)
It break during the ball part of the drop, it braked during the drop and after the loop.
It was more broken down than running
I heard it is still somewhere opperating
It was called cool&fresh
Very cool! Definitely right to put “lucky” in quotations. Cool & Fresh is an excellent name though, I’ll give it that
@@JNattyBoi yeah everything around the ride was good. How it looked, the name and presentation. Just the ride it self was bad
It’s at a (currently) closed park in Turkey and is called Migfer.
Nice video. I also appreciate that you pronounced knoebels correctly!
Thank you! I had pronounced it incorrectly up until I finally visited the park when I was 15. Had never heard anyone say it before then, only read the name in books!
Keep up with the great content, love all the research you do to make your videos!!
Thanks so much!
So happy TH-cam blessed my feed with your videos
I'm glad too! Thanks for coming by
I’m giggling like an idiot because “kuka” means trash in Hungarian… the Germans played themselves
On a more serious note - great video, very well done!
I can't imagine how much time you put into research for this one! Nice!
Thank you! Yes this script took a while to write lol
such a shame that the rotating tower coaster has little to no information about it, definitely the most interesting in my opinion
Great video! Thanks for taking my suggestion!
I believe that a Giant Flume is located in the Six Flag parc in Canada, Quebec Montreal. It is called Splash. :)
It's nice te see RCT3 get some love
The best thing about RCT3 was how the developer Frontier was also a rock band
Wow I the biggest surprise from this video for me was the fact that rct3 was developed by frontier! Great as always
Sad planet coaster doesn't include such unique rides...
I was hoping planet coaster would add a weird coaster dlc which included nothing but strange coaster concepts which never came to fruition.
@@wills1437 yes would be awesome.. also we need a lot more like common ones😂
Nice video! Although you should’ve also done watersides in RCT3, maybe in other video?
Thanks! Perhaps in another video I’ll tackle the slides/water rides
@@JNattyBoi Thanks for noticing! Wasn’t thinking about water rides, perhaps flat rides could also be mentioned? (That might be too much though)
Atari bought the rights to use Hershey products in their game. That’s why there are so many Hershey references such as Storm Runner and even the Hershey kiss lamps you see in the real life town in RCT3!
oh my gwad you are simply amazing
seriusly I love the pipeline coaster in rct3 because it looks awesome and it does a true barrel roll
Love the cinema sins inspired intro
Awesome video can’t wait to see more !!
That Rotating Tower Coaster and the Splitting Coaster would be awesome in real life
They look interesting, but I think maintenance would be a nightmare with these coaster types...
7:34 " Great news for any mini suspended coaster fans out there" I feel personally called out here xD
Is that comic sans in the ‘Frequent Faller’ promo image at 10:49 ??
Hahaha I think you're right! That's amazing
Everyone credits RMC with being the first to develop the "single rail" coaster to its magnitude. Maybe the serphant coaster concept was one of their inspirations.
True! I didn't make that connection but you're right, the Cobra-1 model looks like a sad, portable version of the RMC T-Rex model
The track design on the RCT3 Inverted wild mouse is based on Afterburner's track design though
Nice documentary!
Thank you!
I see SOMEone is a fan of CinemaSins 😉
Appreciate the shout-out to Long Island!
I never got into this game for some reason, unlike the first 2. I think I was just really getting into FPS games at the time; I didn't even get a Nintendo console between GameCube and Switch, and barely played GameCube.
Super informative video, thanks for all the research.
There's only one trilogy that I know that wasn't hit by the Curse of the Threequel, and that's the BttF Trilogy. god DAMN, those movies just got better and better.
I don't know if you know but the pic you used for hydro/ drenched, there the same boats colour that a 16 year old girl died on in early 2000's
The first coaster does exist, it's called the Wild Mouse. Also goes by the name Crazy Mouse.
Well done video you always make great content and you deserve more subs
Hey thanks so much!
are you going to do this for planet coaster?
Yes I'm planning to someday!
This is really interesting information! Thank you for researching and compiling all of this!
Oh, I'd absolutely want to try out a rotating tower coaster if one were ever built.
This game has so much nostalgia to me, despite its flaws I still love it
RCT3 is one of the best simulator games ever
A long with rct1 and rct2 yes!
Maybe you could make a video for the flat rides in rct1,2,3
This game is heavily underrated.
I think it would be fantastic to have a real coaster with a thrill lift *and* a rotating tower!
Imagine how over the top that would be, and how complex the layout 😂
Vekoma is actually making a new version of the tilt coaster, so there is still hopes for them making an elevator version!
That would be a sick sight to see
I wanna see that splitting coaster in real life. Sucks it never saw the light of day.
Reason perilous plunge was shut down: due to a woman falling off of the ride and dying
Iirc, the Steel Spinning coaster also had cars with inward-facing seats found on Gerstlauer spinners.
Instantly got hit by a tsunami of nolstalgia when the video started and the main theme played
I forgot how memorable the soundtrack was until I started making this video, so many nostalgic songs on there
shame planet coaster doesn't have as much weird coasters as RCT3 does
Alien 3 slander in the first 12 seconds of the video :( I can't escape it, that movie was good and people are just disappointed it was more like Alien than Aliens.
Oh also yeah roller coasters and stuff great video as always yes yes👍
I could never build a proper Splitting Coaster in game since I couldn't figure out how to rejoin the track
I feel this. I gave up trying to make my splitting coaster look nice/duel properly, it really is such a pain to get the tracks to line up. Very satisfying when you do though!
Especially for me as well!
First, thank you for this follow-up! Second, I don't see that thrill lift element being physically _possible_ in reality, at least with as long of a track as it has in the game...
This is great! Could you also make an every track or flat ride in real life?
About the Zamperla Volare… oops “Glider Coaster”… there is one of these roller coasters is located in Pyongyang, North Korea 🇰🇵.
You're right! I had no idea. Looks like they've installed a few rides in North Korea over the years
you should do one of these for flat rides :)
I cannot believe this game (it was literally my number 1 CHILDHOOD GAME) is approaching 18 years old O.o
I mean... all this video showed me was, how much more content you got back then for your 20-30€ expansion pack... And Today... well, we got Coaster Planet and Zoo Planet. These games could have easily been added together and form the next big expansion for planet coaster. There will be a Planet Splash or something in the Future, I guess!
Yeah frontier really milked the hell out of those games. There aren't any unique prototype coasters in PlanetCo either, except for the T-rex model. Would have loved to see an axis coaster or a surf coaster in the game