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Theme Park Studio is an amusement park simulator game developed by Pantera Entertainment. [1] The project began seeking funding on Kickstarter in 2013 and has been released in phases since February 2014. [2] It allows users to design and build their own theme parks featuring roller coasters and flat rides; similar to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3.
In addition, there are ten roller coasters per type. Coasters can be built freeform or the player can place pre-made designs into their park. [5] Unlike in the previous games, the roller coaster train may fly off the tracks if the roller coaster is built incorrectly. As a result, a new "safety-rating" option and medical staff has been added.
RollerCoaster Tycoon is a series of construction and management simulation games about building and managing an amusement park.Each game in the series challenges players with open-ended amusement park management and development, and allowing players to construct and customize their own unique roller coasters and other thrill rides.
The "Simulator" allows the designed roller coaster to be viewed in full 3D, either riding the roller coaster like a rider, or watching it in a third person perspective, from a fixed position or behind the roller coaster train. 3D acceleration is provided by OpenGL. It is also possible to view technical information, such as "speed" and "G-forces".
Dan Adams of IGN gave Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 an 8/10, praising the game for the addition of the scenario and ride editor, as well as worth in value. [19] Brett Todd of GameSpot gave it a 7/10, praising the game's for the "more depth" audio and its new editors, but criticized the game for not addressing many of the issues of the first game. [17]
A train of the Superman – The Ride virtual reality roller coaster at the Six Flags New England theme park. Riders are wearing Gear VR virtual reality headsets. While virtual reality roller coaster simulations quickly became quite popular after the appearance of the Oculus Rift, it showed that dizziness and motion sickness, known as virtual reality sickness, would be a major problem. [9]
The Vekoma Junior Coaster is a model of steel roller coaster built by Vekoma. [1] It was originally introduced by Vekoma as the "Roller Skater" due to the roller skate shaped cars found on some of the installations, [ 2 ] and is credited with greatly influencing the concept of the junior roller coaster, which is found at many theme parks today.
Spacewarp is a line of build-it-yourself, marble-run toy "roller coasters" first made in the 1980s by Bandai. [1] Users cut lengths of track to the correct size from a single roll of thick plastic tubing, forming curves and loops held in place by plastic track rail holders which attach to metal rods held vertical in a black plastic base.