My favorite part about RCT was watching the individual guests. If you stalk one of them for long enough, eventually you'll see the thought "I feel like someone's watching me." appear.
@@minafrota6124 It's a comment section, literally nobody asks. It's meant to express your thoughts, not Q&A. Why are you being needlessly confrontational in all your comments?
Gabi: "RCT was programmed by a single man" Me: Damm he was really good Gabi: "He did all the code in Assembly" Me: He... he... he is a god amongst men.
@@minafrota6124 39 comments so far. You have no life, do you? (I'm sure you're gonna say that breathing counts as "living", so I'll do it for you. But you still should play in traffic, respectfully.)
I recently beat Locomotion, and one of the hardest scenarios was one where I had to use ships to move grain to a mill, in such a way that I was always picking a ship after unloaded its cargo just to save money on the return trip.
Xennial here. Interesting that you mentioned RCT predating The Sims, because RCT was actually a relative latecomer to the construction-management simulation genre of computer games that originally began with Utopia (1982) by Intellivision and then popularized by SimCity (1989) from Maxis (Will Wright). Simulation games then branched out into multiple sub-genres, including city-building games (Caesar, The Settlers, the Anno series), business/economy simulation games (Theme Park, Capitalism, Railroad Tycoon), and government/politics simulation games (Tropico, Civilization). Many of these games ran on MS-DOS or older Macintosh machines. The Sims, however, was part of the larger Sim game series (incl. SimCity2000, SimEarth, SimPark, SimLife, SimFarm, SimCoaster, SimGolf, to name a few) that applied the notion of a virtual dollhouse to the simulation genre, a relatively novel idea for gaming in Y2K.
One thing Gabi missed or only hinted on, The timelessness of RCT is also in large part due to it being built in assembly. It's ridiculously difficult to play a LOT of old pc games. The fact that you can boot up RCT or RCT2 on modern machines is again a testament to how well it's built.
@@PWNDON Yeah, I went into a CS degree knowing Lua from Gmod and HTML from MySpace. That was it. I quickly got overwhelmed by topics like ASM and would not recommend the approach lol
There were a lot of old games that were programmed in various types of assembly. Once the core functionality of the instruction set was understood, the main tactic is to custom build routines that allow for abstraction just like in higher level languages and build up from there. That way instead of writing 15 lines of code every time he wanted to print a message to the player, he just wrote one custom routine that could display any message sent to it. It isn't easy, but with the right planning it's not as torturous as it sounds to make an assembly game. Planning out the functionality of the code beforehand is probably harder than actually writing it.
@@coolbrotherf127 Back in the ZX Spectrum days games would say "WRITTTEN IN ASSEMBLY" on the box because BASIC is obviously efficient or close to the hardware. Really important on an 8bit computer. All NES games are pure assembly. But you can put Assembly into C in order to create efficiencies. In the 90's resources were limited so Assembly is a must and if you simply push 'compile' to make it ready to use as a program, you are going to get mixed results.
As a programmer, I really appreciated you going into the actually development of the game. You did a good job covering the topic ❤ You make programming sound somewhat cool (RARE)
Gabi not only making a whole video about one of my favorite games of all time, but also including a clip from Call me Kevin in said video, is the real compound medication I've been needing all along!
Damn, gabi. That was absolutely hilarious. I was already a huge fan of your style of comedy, but now you've made an RCT video, too? Hell yeah. Thanks for the OpenRCT2 shout-out!
@@minafrota6124 you also didn't ask me to share my opinion about you, but I will anyway: you should probably reevaluate your lousy existence if what genuinely makes you happy is leaving unpleasant comments in TH-cam comments sections. Who knows? If you change your attitude, mindset, and worldview a little bit, maybe one day someone will love you.
Chris Sawyer did go on to make Chris Sawyer's Locomotion released in 2004 again in assembly, and then took a long break until being involved in mobile ports of Transport and Rollercoaster Tycoon games in 2013-2016 (although he wasn't the sole developer on the mobile ports). Btw I'm pretty sure if this video was made ten years ago, the one press image and his cameo on the Transport Tycoon box art would have been the only two pictures of him on the internet. Very super private person.
Some of my earliest childhood memories were watching my Dad play Railroad and Rollercoaster Tycoon. Then when I was in 5th grade he pirated RCT along with all of the Sims games (1,2, and the BRAND NEW 3) on to my computer. He was the best, RIP Dad and thank you for getting me into the life simulation genre
@@axeavier they are a troll. They've been here for literally hours shitposting. I just watched the video and they literally just shit posted on another comment 5 mins. ago. They obviously have mental issues, likely a sociopath.
I'm so surprised Zoo Tycoon wasn't made by the same person. ZT was my absolute favorite game as a child, and I still play it. It was educational and fun. I'm a zoologist now and Zoo Tycoon was a big reason for that. Anyway, thanks! This was a cool video!
RCT is my childhood, and I am so happy to be providing back to that with code, pixelart, music and soundfx for OpenRCT2. The community is not massive but definitely very active. Thanks for putting a light on it!
Using Linkus and Kevin clips to illustrate speedrunning and modding is so cool! Love all these creators' content for different reasons, so cool to see all of their content in the one video here. Thanks Gabi, great video and really enjoying this format lately!
RCT is my favorite game of all time, and OpenRCT2 is an excellent addition that keeps me coming back to this game ever since I got the original on CD in a cereal box like 20yrs ago
I had to learn a decent amount of Assembly and I still have nightmares. After that learning the basics of the other languages was almost a cake walk. It was like the difference between learning a language like English when you can already speak German compared to going from German to Korean. Not that intuitive but also not Impossible but also not that pleasant even if you like this shit like I do. This guy programming this all by himself is fucking amazing. I still occasionally play RCT1 & 2 and they are still bloody amazing today
Rollercoaster Tycoon is legit one of my absolute favorite games of all time. I have it on steam (and all the sequels), but I also have my original disc copy of the game. I actually have multiple disc copies of the game and of the rest of the series. I recently got a copy of the 3rd game that has a REALLY nice physical manual with it. I also have multiple copies of Zoo Tycoon. ....I also have Mall Tycoon but I think that one was made by completely different people.
Please I absolutely ADORE RCT. This and Zoo Tycoon and their sequels were my entire childhood. I remember staying up all night just to play these games, to the point where I saw the game every time I closed my eyes LOL. Not sure why I talk about this in past-tense, as I STILL do these things lmao. Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic is, in my opinion, the best modern way to experience this game for anyone who hasn't tried it before. I have sunk hundreds of hours into it, Planet Zoo, and Zoo Tycoon 2 (the deluxe edition of course). I love sandbox games more than I love to live.
Well really if you want to go even further back, Sim City was the first of this kinda omniscient, chill, planning and destroying game. Great video as always, Gabi!
I can't believe I had to scroll this far down to find this 😢 RCT was modeled after Sim City in basically every possible way. Exact same formula, but with theme parks instead of cities. I felt my age when Gabi thought this was an original idea back then... And that Sims was the first Sim title 💀 Her mind would have been blown if she discovered Sim City as a kid. I feel like she'd enjoy building a thriving metropolis and then unleashing a few tornados on it.
After my first year of high school, my mom had me (forced) volunteer to go for a month-long STEM and coding program at the NJIT in Newark...some of it was HELL (learning the coding, video gaming programming, even SAT prep bit) but the rest was nice (making new friends, going on interesting field trips, even a few parties). I got a few certificates from the program, and while I never intend to pursue this kind of career, I respect people who actually are good at this and want to accomplish having a career like that.
Can't remember the last time I was this excited to see a new upload. I have such great memories playing RTC (particularly sending the rollercoasters off the tracks and watching them explode).
Dude, I was literally just deciding what to watch and I was like hey Gabbi probably got something good and I was scrolling through your channel to find a video I haven’t seen before and you angel came in clutch with the perfect timing thank you for saving me from being alone with my own thoughts
Gabi, thank you for this video. Transport Tycoon & Rollercoaster Tycoon were my two favorite games of all time! I always felt like I was the only one still playing them. Just discovered your channel, and love your presentation.
I love Transport Tycoon Deluxe: I cannot believe my fave TH-camr talking about my favourite game! just like OpenRCT, Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe (OpenTTD) is a ground-up reworking of the original game, with a dedicated fan base playing multiplayer, developing the code base, modding and extending the game etc!! Love the vid Gabi!
When you forget to finish a roller coaster and accidentally green light it endangering your guest’s lives… But then you realize the lines to different places will get shorter
A quintessential documentary on a timeless game that ignites me with hyper-focused nostalgia. This game was so beautifully design that it made me smile when I heard the corny theme music and sound bites of riders screaming for the first time in a couple decades. The other night, I coincidentally downloaded Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic in a sentimental fever dream but had no idea of the epic back story to legendary coaster man Chris Sawyer. In college, I wrote one program in assembly language then promptly returned to the comfort of modern programming languages. It never occurred to me to write something other than the simplest, lowest-level programs in assembly. Chris is truly the GOAT for bestowing this wondrous game and technical feat upon us. Thank you for sharing his story with us. God bless ✨
@@minafrota6124 It just means that I am very easily excitable, especially about things I care about! I probably just experience my feelings in a way differently from you. That's okay! No harm is happening to anyone or anything as a result, so everything is just fine. ☺️
I have seen like 10 other videos about roller coaster tycoon but I feel like your editing style / jokes / delivery / whatever always make them worth it. Thankssss for another great one
as a comp sci nerd person, your explanation of programming was pretty great! Thank you for doing it well and not making progammer me want to jump off a cliff in Minecraft!
Probably the best description of Assembly I've ever heard. In my engineering classes we used to remind each other RCT was built in assembly to give us the motivation to complete our CS assignments.
Apparently one of the craziest things with Rollercoaster Tycoon is that it was almost entirely made in assembly just so that the game could accurately compute the people and economy efficiently enough to be played. It’s apparently pretty optimized in that respect. Edit: Just saw that this was mentioned in the vid. Posted this before then oop
This game was one of my favorites as a kid. I had no idea a community of folks were still playing it today. Thanks for the segment on it. Awesome points to you!
As a cs major, that description of assembly is spot on lmao- I rlly lucked out that I’ve not had to code is assembly, but like even just having to read it was a struggle when I had to for one of my classes..
This is my favorite game of ALL time. I feel so much joy from hearing the opening credits music, the carousel, and the guests laughing. They just don’t make games like this anymore
I genuinely think it's insane for any developer to be against modding. Like, a healthy modding community is the main thing that can turn a good game into something immortal. I'm certain that if Microsoft or Mojang were to ever drop support for Minecraft, it would still continue to live on forever through projects similar to OpenRCT2.
Not only do I LOVE Rollercoaster Tycoon to death, but I love how you broke down how EPIC of a job Chris Sawyer did building this masterpiece. Heck yeah.
This game always makes me think of my mom. She showed me this when I was like 4 around it's release era. I gotta thank her for my love of gaming to this day. Vivid memories of this game and Super Mario RPG that I'm so glad to still have. This was a good video looking at a game that I honestly still play had to get it on steam for nostalgia sake.
its hilarious to hear 'default crowd noises' in other media that was used in RCT. I think the hours we all put into the game just hardcoded those noises into us that we can instantly recognize it.
im not sure why youtube recommended your channel, but it did about a week ago, after watching a few of your videos i subscribed few days later..just had to comment and say i absolutely love your style and humor, keep up the amazing work, i look forward to the videos you continue to make
As someone who is technologically challenged, I really appreciate your coding examples that even I could understand. Super interesting. Oh, and I love this game, it’s the best 😍
Gabi started talking about 1999 and the culture then and it unlocked a childhood memory I had of playing this game as my parents listened to Macy Gray on repeat.
It's weird that I just saw someone else's video about how amazing RTC is like a month ago. That led me down a rabbit hole of videos about how brilliant the game's code was. Then I discovered this channel maybe a couple weeks after. Then today I see this video pop up on my feed. It would be easy to chalk it up to the TH-cam algorithm just showing me another RTC video but the first video I saw was over 2 years old. Not sure what compelled Gabbi to make a video about RTC but from my perspective the whole thing ended up seeming very serendipitous.
Truly a wonderful video. Its 4am where I am and I'm about to drink a milkshake, download RCT 2 and meld into my chair over the next few hours. Merci Gabi.
There was a game like this, it was called Transport Tycoon, made by the same guy in 1994. It was similarly adictive. I like roller coaster better because it was level based and you had a goal and ofc the individual guests and employees :D, where as in transport tycoon it was more about your one map and going through times and upgrading your infrastructure. Both amazing fucking games that are defo top 10 games for me personally. Love your vids btw! (recently found you through the great algorithm) EDIT: OH you actually mention Transport Tycoon (OFC U DID) lol, nvm my comment xD EDIT2: As a programmer, your analogy of assembly vs higher level programming languages is amazing, I'm gonna have to use that haha.
This video was peak content, I grew up playing the original zoo tycoon but always wanted to try rollercoaster tycoon! I had no idea the creator was a tech wizard. Massive props to him and massive props to you for covering the development so thoroughly!
me (20) & my younger brother (12) are & have always been absolutely OBSESSED with this game. i grew up on it because of my dad, and i eventually passed it on to my little brother of course. we literally play it 24/7. it NEVER stops being fun
I remember my friend showing me this game back in 2000, I was instantly hooked on watching him play 🙄 a years later, and we finally got a computer, and the first game I wanted to play was Rollercoaster Tycoon. Spent hours and hours playing. One day, my disc drive was over working, and I heard something popped. As a kid, I didn't think much of it when I heard it and kept playing until 2 mins later, my game froze. I opened the disc drive, and the disc was shattered. I was upset, but since this was in the 2000s, I went outside with my friends and forgot all about the game 😅 and now I can play the Rollercoaster Tycoon on my phone!! How times have changed.
So I never played RollerCoaster Tycoon, but the partial view of the Petz 5 disk (9:14) hit me with a brick wall of nostalgia. I completely forgot the game ever existed.
My favorite part about RCT was watching the individual guests. If you stalk one of them for long enough, eventually you'll see the thought "I feel like someone's watching me." appear.
If you rename a guest to "Chris Sawyer" they start taking pictures of the rides
Who asked?
@@minafrota6124 who pissed in your coffee?
@@minafrota6124 It's a comment section, literally nobody asks. It's meant to express your thoughts, not Q&A. Why are you being needlessly confrontational in all your comments?
@@emilmller1194 Because this comment is unnecessary.
I like how Gabi just randomly decides to put on a cowboy hat halfway through the video.
It's not that impressive
@@minafrota6124 Thank you for chiming in with your negativity that nobody asked for.
@@Jabadamazo they’ve been doing shitty trolling in this comment section all day, just ignore them
@@minafrota6124 like you???? :(((((
I, for one, am highly impressed
Gabi: "RCT was programmed by a single man"
Me: Damm he was really good
Gabi: "He did all the code in Assembly"
Me: He... he... he is a god amongst men.
Terrible comment
@@minafrota6124 39 comments so far. You have no life, do you? (I'm sure you're gonna say that breathing counts as "living", so I'll do it for you. But you still should play in traffic, respectfully.)
@@minafrota6124 Yeah yours is, sorry you had to realize it this way
@@jordanwolfson8378 Projection
@@minafrota6124good that you realize that.
He also made Locomotion, which was released in 2004 and I am so close to beating but the last scenarios are very difficult
I recently beat Locomotion, and one of the hardest scenarios was one where I had to use ships to move grain to a mill, in such a way that I was always picking a ship after unloaded its cargo just to save money on the return trip.
yeah it's crazy that's a necessary mechanic to win the game @@Nico_M.
When I found out about it, I was too young to understand the game. But would love to give it a try nowadays...
Gabi is out here exploiting my weakness: watching people passionately talk about their interests even if I don't know anything about it
This is..shockingly accurate
This is why I still watch TH-cam video, learning about random stuff people are pationate about
Nobody asked you to make this comment
@Mina Frota No one on this thread is spreading hate. What are you on?
@@_Raven_Dia I do it because I'm edgy
Xennial here. Interesting that you mentioned RCT predating The Sims, because RCT was actually a relative latecomer to the construction-management simulation genre of computer games that originally began with Utopia (1982) by Intellivision and then popularized by SimCity (1989) from Maxis (Will Wright). Simulation games then branched out into multiple sub-genres, including city-building games (Caesar, The Settlers, the Anno series), business/economy simulation games (Theme Park, Capitalism, Railroad Tycoon), and government/politics simulation games (Tropico, Civilization). Many of these games ran on MS-DOS or older Macintosh machines. The Sims, however, was part of the larger Sim game series (incl. SimCity2000, SimEarth, SimPark, SimLife, SimFarm, SimCoaster, SimGolf, to name a few) that applied the notion of a virtual dollhouse to the simulation genre, a relatively novel idea for gaming in Y2K.
One thing Gabi missed or only hinted on, The timelessness of RCT is also in large part due to it being built in assembly. It's ridiculously difficult to play a LOT of old pc games. The fact that you can boot up RCT or RCT2 on modern machines is again a testament to how well it's built.
You are a NPC
@@minafrota6124 *an NPC
@@minafrota6124 girly, are you going to reply to every single comment? Do you not have anything better to do?
@@minafrota6124 what did i say to illicit this response tho? fr
@@leniwolf they're doing this on every comment looking for attention, don't worry about it!
I’m so grateful for ORCT2 for keeping this amazing game alive!
Verified channel commenting on a channel = easy way to get likes and a dumb way to get others view your channel
@@minafrota6124 Does Chippy seriously need to log onto an alt to comment on a video he likes lmao
@@minafrota6124 who cares, it's promoting Openrct2, which I'm quite grateful for.
@@jlo9993 i mean, i like chippy too. doesn't mean mina's wrong though
@@dylanthecool892You're both brain dead lol
The explanation of Assembly at 5:15 offers a really great intuition of what a nightmare it must have been to singlehandedly create these two games.
i tried to learn lua like two times and when i saw the assembly code i was flabbergasted
@@PWNDON Yeah, I went into a CS degree knowing Lua from Gmod and HTML from MySpace. That was it. I quickly got overwhelmed by topics like ASM and would not recommend the approach lol
There were a lot of old games that were programmed in various types of assembly. Once the core functionality of the instruction set was understood, the main tactic is to custom build routines that allow for abstraction just like in higher level languages and build up from there. That way instead of writing 15 lines of code every time he wanted to print a message to the player, he just wrote one custom routine that could display any message sent to it. It isn't easy, but with the right planning it's not as torturous as it sounds to make an assembly game. Planning out the functionality of the code beforehand is probably harder than actually writing it.
@@coolbrotherf127 Back in the ZX Spectrum days games would say "WRITTTEN IN ASSEMBLY" on the box because BASIC is obviously efficient or close to the hardware. Really important on an 8bit computer. All NES games are pure assembly.
But you can put Assembly into C in order to create efficiencies. In the 90's resources were limited so Assembly is a must and if you simply push 'compile' to make it ready to use as a program, you are going to get mixed results.
As a programmer, I really appreciated you going into the actually development of the game. You did a good job covering the topic ❤ You make programming sound somewhat cool (RARE)
glad you touched on the fact RCT was written in assembly, seriously crazy technical achievement
You are a NPC
@@minafrota6124 And you are a doofus
@@minafrota6124 Aren’t you all over this thread posting the same dribble? I think you’re the NPC lol
@@shinto29 Nah. I identify as a toaster.
@@minafrota6124 ya'll really have one joke.
Gabi not only making a whole video about one of my favorite games of all time, but also including a clip from Call me Kevin in said video, is the real compound medication I've been needing all along!
Chris Sawyer is the Tame Impala of video game development, he’s just one guy
TAME IMPALA JUST ONE GUY??????
Did you know rollercoaster tycoon was made by one dude named Chris sawyer?
@@SkiddlyBink tame impala is the epitome of the “just some guy” meme
This deserves more likes
@@yusrafatima3109 Nope it doesn't
As someone who has a degree in Computer Science, I know just enough about Assembly to know that’s a madlad move to build your game in.
Damn, gabi. That was absolutely hilarious. I was already a huge fan of your style of comedy, but now you've made an RCT video, too? Hell yeah. Thanks for the OpenRCT2 shout-out!
Nobody asked or cares
@@minafrota6124 you also didn't ask me to share my opinion about you, but I will anyway: you should probably reevaluate your lousy existence if what genuinely makes you happy is leaving unpleasant comments in TH-cam comments sections.
Who knows? If you change your attitude, mindset, and worldview a little bit, maybe one day someone will love you.
@@minafrota6124 Bro is miserable and shits on random youtubers for no reason :D nice life
Amen dude, another banger video!
@@minafrota6124 man is salty after he got the same response on a different comment lol
The stylistic art and isometric veiw made that game so beautiful to play. So satisfying and allowed you to make parks that looked simply beautiful.
Chris Sawyer did go on to make Chris Sawyer's Locomotion released in 2004 again in assembly, and then took a long break until being involved in mobile ports of Transport and Rollercoaster Tycoon games in 2013-2016 (although he wasn't the sole developer on the mobile ports). Btw I'm pretty sure if this video was made ten years ago, the one press image and his cameo on the Transport Tycoon box art would have been the only two pictures of him on the internet. Very super private person.
Some of my earliest childhood memories were watching my Dad play Railroad and Rollercoaster Tycoon. Then when I was in 5th grade he pirated RCT along with all of the Sims games (1,2, and the BRAND NEW 3) on to my computer. He was the best, RIP Dad and thank you for getting me into the life simulation genre
I still play RCT to this day, and the carousel music is still fire
Who cares
That music is the SOUL of RCT 🎶
The main menu music is nostalgic
@@minafrota6124 damn man, your on every reply thread I’ve seen for this video
@@minafrota6124says man obsessively replying to every comment lmfao
a callmekevin cameo in a gabi belle video was unexpected but appreciated lol
cereal was literally how I got to play RCT, thank you cereal. I recall there being another disney game included that I played.
You are a NPC
@@minafrota6124 And you need to touch grass. Nothing more ironic than kids all saying "npc" as if they're bots
Ohhhh my god i feel like there's such a vague memory of that Disney one, but I can't quite remember. I hope someone can remember the name
@@axeavier they are a troll. They've been here for literally hours shitposting. I just watched the video and they literally just shit posted on another comment 5 mins. ago.
They obviously have mental issues, likely a sociopath.
@@alexxander966 I think it was atlantis or something. found it Atlantis The Lost Empire: Search for Journal
My cousin gave me the disc for my 10th birthday in 2000 and I still have it. Thank you Gabi, this video made me smile.
is nobody gonna say anything about gabi keeping peanut butter in the fridge??
Yes! Thank you!
who wants to eat warm peanut butter?😐
Certain types of peanut butter need to be refrigerated.
Yuuuuup
it actually sounds kinda good??
I'm so surprised Zoo Tycoon wasn't made by the same person. ZT was my absolute favorite game as a child, and I still play it. It was educational and fun. I'm a zoologist now and Zoo Tycoon was a big reason for that.
Anyway, thanks! This was a cool video!
RCT is my childhood, and I am so happy to be providing back to that with code, pixelart, music and soundfx for OpenRCT2. The community is not massive but definitely very active. Thanks for putting a light on it!
You must be sad if you think that this game was your childhood.
@@minafrota6124 t was definitely a big part of it
@@minafrota6124 Jeez, why do you have to attack them.. uncalled for
@@minafrota6124 You must be the saddest person on earth with these comments.. Get professional help, bro.
Holy shit thank you! Ooooh I'm excited to join y'all, I gotta develop time management skills before I end up losing everything I own lol
The music the carousel plays is literally etched into my brain, so much nostalgia from playing this game
Gabi Explains Computer Science is my new favorite channel
Ok???
agreed!!!
Cool effect with the greenscreen @ 1:16 and other random places.
Using Linkus and Kevin clips to illustrate speedrunning and modding is so cool! Love all these creators' content for different reasons, so cool to see all of their content in the one video here. Thanks Gabi, great video and really enjoying this format lately!
RCT is my favorite game of all time, and OpenRCT2 is an excellent addition that keeps me coming back to this game ever since I got the original on CD in a cereal box like 20yrs ago
I had to learn a decent amount of Assembly and I still have nightmares. After that learning the basics of the other languages was almost a cake walk. It was like the difference between learning a language like English when you can already speak German compared to going from German to Korean. Not that intuitive but also not Impossible but also not that pleasant even if you like this shit like I do.
This guy programming this all by himself is fucking amazing.
I still occasionally play RCT1 & 2 and they are still bloody amazing today
Ok? Name one person who asked you to make this comment.
@@minafrota6124 calm down
@@minafrota6124 Name one person who asked you to make this reply.
@@minafrota6124 ur mom
@@sh33p22 nah
I've only just found your videos thirty minutes ago thanks to the algorithm RNG and you're quickly becoming my favorite TH-cam creator. Subbed.
“Zillenial” That’s the first time I’ve heard that term, and I’m so happy you introduced me to it.
As someone who grew up on RCT, this was a great video! Earned my subscription😁👍🏼
Rollercoaster Tycoon is legit one of my absolute favorite games of all time. I have it on steam (and all the sequels), but I also have my original disc copy of the game. I actually have multiple disc copies of the game and of the rest of the series. I recently got a copy of the 3rd game that has a REALLY nice physical manual with it. I also have multiple copies of Zoo Tycoon.
....I also have Mall Tycoon but I think that one was made by completely different people.
Please I absolutely ADORE RCT. This and Zoo Tycoon and their sequels were my entire childhood. I remember staying up all night just to play these games, to the point where I saw the game every time I closed my eyes LOL.
Not sure why I talk about this in past-tense, as I STILL do these things lmao. Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic is, in my opinion, the best modern way to experience this game for anyone who hasn't tried it before. I have sunk hundreds of hours into it, Planet Zoo, and Zoo Tycoon 2 (the deluxe edition of course).
I love sandbox games more than I love to live.
Well really if you want to go even further back, Sim City was the first of this kinda omniscient, chill, planning and destroying game. Great video as always, Gabi!
I can't believe I had to scroll this far down to find this 😢 RCT was modeled after Sim City in basically every possible way. Exact same formula, but with theme parks instead of cities. I felt my age when Gabi thought this was an original idea back then... And that Sims was the first Sim title 💀
Her mind would have been blown if she discovered Sim City as a kid. I feel like she'd enjoy building a thriving metropolis and then unleashing a few tornados on it.
Came here to say this, even though it's 5 months later. I had Sim City 2000 way before Roller Coaster Tycoon. That was the real OG.
After my first year of high school, my mom had me (forced) volunteer to go for a month-long STEM and coding program at the NJIT in Newark...some of it was HELL (learning the coding, video gaming programming, even SAT prep bit) but the rest was nice (making new friends, going on interesting field trips, even a few parties). I got a few certificates from the program, and while I never intend to pursue this kind of career, I respect people who actually are good at this and want to accomplish having a career like that.
Can't remember the last time I was this excited to see a new upload. I have such great memories playing RTC (particularly sending the rollercoasters off the tracks and watching them explode).
seeing you use call me kevin’s clips in this is wild! the crossover i never knew i wanted but desperately need
Dude, I was literally just deciding what to watch and I was like hey Gabbi probably got something good and I was scrolling through your channel to find a video I haven’t seen before and you angel came in clutch with the perfect timing thank you for saving me from being alone with my own thoughts
The comment is 34 mins old but the vid is only 13:31 so.... You okay hun? What you watching now?❤️💕
Rollercoaster Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon were my JAM when I was younger
I would laugh so hard in Zoo Tycoon when I let the animals run loose. (Fire your zookeepers first) the watch lions & jaguars maul your guests
"I wanna get off Mr.Bones wild ride"
Gabi, thank you for this video. Transport Tycoon & Rollercoaster Tycoon were my two favorite games of all time! I always felt like I was the only one still playing them. Just discovered your channel, and love your presentation.
I love Transport Tycoon Deluxe: I cannot believe my fave TH-camr talking about my favourite game! just like OpenRCT, Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe (OpenTTD) is a ground-up reworking of the original game, with a dedicated fan base playing multiplayer, developing the code base, modding and extending the game etc!! Love the vid Gabi!
When you forget to finish a roller coaster and accidentally green light it endangering your guest’s lives… But then you realize the lines to different places will get shorter
I love videos like this, where people just rant about stuff they like. Excellent
this video would've been perfect for gabi's sister to keep stealing the mic from her an popping off
A quintessential documentary on a timeless game that ignites me with hyper-focused nostalgia. This game was so beautifully design that it made me smile when I heard the corny theme music and sound bites of riders screaming for the first time in a couple decades. The other night, I coincidentally downloaded Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic in a sentimental fever dream but had no idea of the epic back story to legendary coaster man Chris Sawyer. In college, I wrote one program in assembly language then promptly returned to the comfort of modern programming languages. It never occurred to me to write something other than the simplest, lowest-level programs in assembly. Chris is truly the GOAT for bestowing this wondrous game and technical feat upon us. Thank you for sharing his story with us. God bless ✨
I literally SQUEALED and almost threw my phone when I saw this uploaded, I am SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS
You need help if you did that literally
@@minafrota6124 It just means that I am very easily excitable, especially about things I care about! I probably just experience my feelings in a way differently from you. That's okay! No harm is happening to anyone or anything as a result, so everything is just fine. ☺️
That's so cute :)
@@jordanweber3381 they are just a troll. They commented like a depressed edgy 13 year old under every comment.
@@tatiana4050 I know, I'd just rather leave something understanding and assuming the best for whoever's benefit. ☺️
Thank you for having the courage to make this video. Nobody else has guts like you.
I loved this video!! ❤❤
I’m not really a fan of these types of games but you got me ready to rethink it all and open a rollercoaster park
I have seen like 10 other videos about roller coaster tycoon but I feel like your editing style / jokes / delivery / whatever always make them worth it. Thankssss for another great one
as a comp sci nerd person, your explanation of programming was pretty great! Thank you for doing it well and not making progammer me want to jump off a cliff in Minecraft!
My thoughts exactly!!
The kid yelling "Dora!" Drove me nuts.
I redownloaded RCT after not touching it for a decade, and I can confirm it still slaps.
Probably the best description of Assembly I've ever heard.
In my engineering classes we used to remind each other RCT was built in assembly to give us the motivation to complete our CS assignments.
My favorite fact about it is that it was coded in assembly, which is almost making a game in binary
You are SERIOUSLY funny.... I am very impressed with what I am seeing here... just well done!
rct2 was such a major game of my childhood, its a CRIMINALLY underrated game
gabi, i just found you, and it was about one of my childhood games. I love you. (i still play openTTD today)
Apparently one of the craziest things with Rollercoaster Tycoon is that it was almost entirely made in assembly just so that the game could accurately compute the people and economy efficiently enough to be played. It’s apparently pretty optimized in that respect.
Edit: Just saw that this was mentioned in the vid. Posted this before then oop
If this is mentioned in the vid it was posted 4 mins ago and I just got here
This game was one of my favorites as a kid. I had no idea a community of folks were still playing it today. Thanks for the segment on it. Awesome points to you!
I remember that one time I made a log ride called "the shitlog" and it plummeted to a drop off of death. Fun!
As a cs major, that description of assembly is spot on lmao-
I rlly lucked out that I’ve not had to code is assembly, but like even just having to read it was a struggle when I had to for one of my classes..
Ah. A woman of culture.
Nah, she isn't. All she did was did the bare minimum and made content trying to farm traction on her channel. She's manipulating y'all.
ahh, a woman whose looked at gaming on youtube, i dunno maybe its just me but i have RCT videos on my homepage daily.
@@minafrota6124 it’s not that deep, you acting like she’s trying to get us to join a cult. She made a video about a game. Like a TH-camr, get a life.
@@minafrota6124 what is bro saying😭😭
@@minafrota6124 You opened my eyes. I'm unsubscribing
This is my favorite game of ALL time. I feel so much joy from hearing the opening credits music, the carousel, and the guests laughing. They just don’t make games like this anymore
I genuinely think it's insane for any developer to be against modding. Like, a healthy modding community is the main thing that can turn a good game into something immortal. I'm certain that if Microsoft or Mojang were to ever drop support for Minecraft, it would still continue to live on forever through projects similar to OpenRCT2.
Not only do I LOVE Rollercoaster Tycoon to death, but I love how you broke down how EPIC of a job Chris Sawyer did building this masterpiece. Heck yeah.
omg this has been one of my favorites games of all time how did i not know ONE GUY made it?! great vid gabi thanks
The crossover I did not expect to see, Linkus7 and gabi belle! Amazing video as always
So glad you made this video, used to play the hell out of RCT 1&2
This game always makes me think of my mom. She showed me this when I was like 4 around it's release era. I gotta thank her for my love of gaming to this day. Vivid memories of this game and Super Mario RPG that I'm so glad to still have. This was a good video looking at a game that I honestly still play had to get it on steam for nostalgia sake.
Do you have a background in computer science?? You explained the CS of the game so well, bravo
I never played Rollercoaster tycoon but I was OBSESSED with zoo tycoon that was my favorite game as a kid
I have 165 hours in roller coaster tycoon three and I have no shame. This was the start of something beautiful.
Nope. It wasn't beautiful.
my dad and I went on a rollercoaster tycoon binge at the beginning of quarantine. 10/10 great memory.
To this day, crowd noises anywhere remind me of this game. Good crowded times.
its hilarious to hear 'default crowd noises' in other media that was used in RCT. I think the hours we all put into the game just hardcoded those noises into us that we can instantly recognize it.
Im thankful for OpenRCT2 for keeping this legendary gem alive and thriving
Had to rewind to watch the coaster fly off the rails just made me who I am today
This game was my absolute favorite as a kid. I've never seen your channel before, but after just this one video, you've already got me subscribed!
That as transition, that was gold. Just pure bliss.
Nope. It wasn't.
@@minafrota6124 are you drunk and rampaging through this comment section or are you this toxic by default?
@@bee_irl Probs a combination of both. This person is one of the most pathetic I've come across in a WHILE.
im not sure why youtube recommended your channel, but it did about a week ago, after watching a few of your videos i subscribed few days later..just had to comment and say i absolutely love your style and humor, keep up the amazing work, i look forward to the videos you continue to make
I bought RCT2 at a book fair for $6.99 and it’s a strong contender for my favorite game ever, take that $70 AAA slogfests
That explanation of assembly was just *chef’s kiss*
As someone who is technologically challenged, I really appreciate your coding examples that even I could understand. Super interesting. Oh, and I love this game, it’s the best 😍
Gabi started talking about 1999 and the culture then and it unlocked a childhood memory I had of playing this game as my parents listened to Macy Gray on repeat.
0:03 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Why are your vids so consistently good 😭 I cannot handle this, it's too good
Miss Gabi you always reach directly into my brain with these video topics
ur welcome bobby
It's weird that I just saw someone else's video about how amazing RTC is like a month ago. That led me down a rabbit hole of videos about how brilliant the game's code was. Then I discovered this channel maybe a couple weeks after. Then today I see this video pop up on my feed. It would be easy to chalk it up to the TH-cam algorithm just showing me another RTC video but the first video I saw was over 2 years old. Not sure what compelled Gabbi to make a video about RTC but from my perspective the whole thing ended up seeming very serendipitous.
Truly a wonderful video. Its 4am where I am and I'm about to drink a milkshake, download RCT 2 and meld into my chair over the next few hours. Merci Gabi.
There was a game like this, it was called Transport Tycoon, made by the same guy in 1994. It was similarly adictive. I like roller coaster better because it was level based and you had a goal and ofc the individual guests and employees :D, where as in transport tycoon it was more about your one map and going through times and upgrading your infrastructure. Both amazing fucking games that are defo top 10 games for me personally.
Love your vids btw! (recently found you through the great algorithm)
EDIT: OH you actually mention Transport Tycoon (OFC U DID) lol, nvm my comment xD
EDIT2: As a programmer, your analogy of assembly vs higher level programming languages is amazing, I'm gonna have to use that haha.
Being a rollercoaster enthusiast myself it makes me so happy a relatively large commentary youtuber made a video about a relatively niche hobby
Steve or gwazi
@@frozenuruguayball6436 Gwazi, altho steve is my number 2. IG's pacing just can not be matched once it has warmed up
@@frozenuruguayball6436 Gwazi, altho steve is my number 2. IG's pacing just can not be matched once it has warmed up
This video was peak content, I grew up playing the original zoo tycoon but always wanted to try rollercoaster tycoon! I had no idea the creator was a tech wizard. Massive props to him and massive props to you for covering the development so thoroughly!
GABI WHY IS YOUR HYPOTHETICAL PEANUT BUTTER IN THE FRIDGE
me (20) & my younger brother (12) are & have always been absolutely OBSESSED with this game. i grew up on it because of my dad, and i eventually passed it on to my little brother of course. we literally play it 24/7. it NEVER stops being fun
Losing my silly goofy mind over the love for Callmekevin
I remember my friend showing me this game back in 2000, I was instantly hooked on watching him play 🙄 a years later, and we finally got a computer, and the first game I wanted to play was Rollercoaster Tycoon. Spent hours and hours playing. One day, my disc drive was over working, and I heard something popped. As a kid, I didn't think much of it when I heard it and kept playing until 2 mins later, my game froze. I opened the disc drive, and the disc was shattered. I was upset, but since this was in the 2000s, I went outside with my friends and forgot all about the game 😅 and now I can play the Rollercoaster Tycoon on my phone!! How times have changed.
Ohhh the sweet sweet memories of making death coasters.
So I never played RollerCoaster Tycoon, but the partial view of the Petz 5 disk (9:14) hit me with a brick wall of nostalgia. I completely forgot the game ever existed.