The developers have taken the original game, decompiled it and rewrote everything into a newer language while making this code open source.
About: OpenRCT2 is the free open source remake of Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. (You can buy it at, or maybe even your local game store) You need this because OpenRCT2 uses the original codes if that part hasn’t been remade, and it also uses the original image files to keep the authentic RCT2 look we all love. There is however a stable version (0.0.2) available to play more or less bug free, you do however need a copy of the original game. The game is still in development and thus can be buggy – meaning it can (and will crash a lot). OpenTTD now has thousands of new future-proof features and OpenRCT2 will walk that path too eventually. Just like what happened with Transport Tycoon Deluxe which got remade into OpenTTD through a similar procedure. The game is rewritten into a modern language allowing people to extend and improve the game. It is strongly based on the original game and therefore looks like, and plays like the real deal. OpenRCT2 is a free open source version of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. Added hacks and cheats (like launch speeds up to 410 km/h hihi). Various fixes and improvements for bugs in the original game. OpenGL hardware rendering (meaning Linux support). Improved translations (euros and Dutch language).
Some of the features OpenRCT2 introduces which was not part of the original game are. Since OpenRCT2 version 0.0.5 the original RCT2.EXE is no longer required. OpenRCT2 makes it possible to just run this game with a 1920x1080p resolution fullscreen no problems. Whenever you start OpenRCT2 just point to your installation directory and done! In my case under Wine: /home/melroy/.wine/drivec/Program Files (x86)/Infogrames Interactive/RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 OpenRCT2 runs great under my Linux Mint 18 installation with an outdated video-card (but not that outdated haha). Under Linux I just installed the original Rollercoaster Tycoon II game via wine 2.0.3 without problems. Then you actually need to the original copy of the game (ugh you can find that yourself).
OpenRCT2 In order to run OpenRCT2 you just for free for your platform. Meaning you can now play RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 natively under GNU/Linux, with tons of new features like multiplayer, cheats, reduced limitation like bigger and more complex parks and other improvements! Some parts of the game just kept assembly since there is no need to port the code to the C programming language.
Which makes it easier to read, create bug fixes and more importantly it allows the developers to cross-compile the C code to other platforms, including GNU/Linux (w00t!), Mac OS X and of-course Windows itself (originally the game only ran under Windows). This was done by reverse engineering the original RollerCoaster Tycoon II game in Assembly and port it to C code.ĭownload Roller Coaster Tycoon 2: Deluxe & OpenRCT2 torrent or any other torrent from the Games PC. In 2014 an open-source project was started by Ted ‘IntelOrca’ John to enhance the gameplay, fix bugs and add new features.
Chris first created in 1994, this was not a great success in comparison with RollerCoaster Tycoon.Īfter that he created a sequel called in 1999, followed by RollerCoaster Tycoon II (2) in the year 2002. And a small amount of C language code to interface to MS Windows and DirectX (Microsoft videocard API). Chris Sawyer For the people who don’t know RollerCoaster at all, it’s a construction and simulation game that simulates amusement park, creating roller-coasters and much more It’s a awesome game! The RolleCoaster Tycoon is created by Chris Sawyer and he programmed the game almost entirely in x86 assembler/machine code language (yes really!), which is very impressive since it’s not a high-level language at all.