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RCT 3 Demo to come out September 27th

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Postby CoasterDave316 on September 15th, 2004, 10:00 am
Atari has announced that the Demo for Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 will be coming out on September 27th.

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Postby DejaVuGurl1203 on September 15th, 2004, 12:52 pm
Neat. I might get it but probably not. I can wait til November. Thanks for posting that though.
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Postby joiclarrissa on September 21st, 2004, 7:16 pm
Do you know how much the demo is going to cost? :D

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Postby w00dland on September 21st, 2004, 7:44 pm
It's a demo, so I'd go with nothing.

Demos are usually given out free so the GP can see how cool of a game it is, but usually doesn't come with near as many features or levels as the real game so they go out and buy it.
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Postby highroller13 on September 27th, 2004, 7:26 am
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Postby w00dland on September 27th, 2004, 2:35 pm
No it can't.

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Postby Dmrbug on September 27th, 2004, 2:37 pm
You can now DL it from the RCT3 website
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Postby Virtua Tennis on September 27th, 2004, 6:57 pm
Bleh, it's just as bad as it looks. Judging from the demo, i'll stick with good ole RCTII.
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Postby Sedir on September 27th, 2004, 8:12 pm
Is it like Sim Coaster/Theme Park?
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Postby sfga_24/7 on September 27th, 2004, 8:24 pm
I personally think it is awesome, after playing it for 45 mins. i know for sure im gonna buy it.
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Postby Sedir on September 27th, 2004, 8:30 pm
So we got a thumbs up and a thumbs down...fun...
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Postby rct2wizard360 on September 27th, 2004, 8:32 pm
B&M Inverts can once again launch. I made my B&M V2 and Deja Vu already! It's a really small demo.

Pro's:
Awesome Graphics
Dosent have the SIM Park Vibe
Coaster Sounds have improved
Coaster Cam is for ALL rides!
Overbanked Turns Exist
Coasters are cheaper
Height dosent seem limited as of now

Con's:
Terrain tool is hard to use
Symbols have changed
Coasters are real picky
Automatically banks after loops
Coasters are hard to build.
Demo only has 2 coasters. (Invert and Wood)

Basically, I'm beginning to notice more and more flaws. I hope the real version is more improved and easier. It's worth the download.
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Postby mnel18 on September 27th, 2004, 9:01 pm
i think Atari found a way to kill this game. The graphics are nice I'll give it that so is the shadowing, but my major complaint is system used to build coasters as well as any other thing in the game. Maybe I am just so use to RCT2 that its hard for me to adapt to the changes but I really dont like the system used.
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Postby SFGA Bob on September 27th, 2004, 9:09 pm
there are a lot of things that are harder in RCT3 than I ever thought they could be in 1 or 2. things like building paths in a straight line or connnecting paths at two heights require so much thought, guessing, trial & error, and hair pulling its not even funny. if the dev team can't make path building on a grid easy, I'd hate to see what would happen if we could go on angles.

if this is even beta code, the team could be in deep trouble as there are lots of things to iron out and polish over before the game is released *next month*
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Postby DejaVuGurl1203 on September 27th, 2004, 9:09 pm
I can't even download the stupid thing. Once it's finished downloading it just freezes.
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Postby DejaVu The Ride on September 27th, 2004, 10:28 pm
I downloaded it off of Atari's site, but the stupid thing contains an error. So I guess I'm going to try the official site.
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Postby playerplex on September 27th, 2004, 11:32 pm
I did it from the site and got errors to. It froze my damn computer twice. I just deleted it and will wait for it to come out in store officially.
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Postby Aero737 on September 28th, 2004, 12:33 am
DejaVu The Ride wrote:I downloaded it off of Atari's site, but the stupid thing contains an error. So I guess I'm going to try the official site.


Does it work now? You might have antivirius scanning the file. On a large file this can really bog a computer down and give the impression of a frozen computer.
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Postby CoasterKing on September 28th, 2004, 7:02 am
You can make a stratacoaster on the real game.
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Postby Do I Know You on September 28th, 2004, 9:23 am
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Postby SFGA Bob on September 28th, 2004, 9:55 am
my computer didn't freeze. it slowed down quite a bit and my browser froze, but I just closed it and the file was fine. if your computer freezes, check the file anyway. it might be fine.
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Postby w00dland on September 28th, 2004, 8:55 pm
I got it from this source:

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=5521

You have to sign up but it's an easier sign up that actually does take less than 5 minutes. It's a good reliable site for games and other things on the net.

I also havn't experienced one error with the game at all yet, took 5-7 minutes to install with a reboot.

That doesn't mean I like the game though. :x
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Postby shocker on October 8th, 2004, 3:47 pm
i got the demo but when i open it a message says 'idirect3d error'
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Postby Dmrbug on October 8th, 2004, 11:41 pm
Check out the Atari Forms. There is a lot of help for install errors.
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Postby The Beast on October 9th, 2004, 10:19 pm
I downloaded mine without any troubles. Anyway, I think this is a very limited demo. I like the inverted coaster already built. The graphics look ok on roller coasters and water, but the scenery looks sorta sad with the 3-D graphics. I also am disappointed that a lot of this is just Sim Theme Park crap.
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