Roller Coaster (video game)
Roller Coaster | |
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Single-player video game |
Roller Coaster is a
Gameplay
The game takes place in and around an amusement park after closing-time. The player takes control of the park's owner, Colonel G. Bogey. A disgruntled employee has scattered the takings all over the fairground in the form of money bags. The goal is to collect the money.[3]
In order to complete the game, the player must collect every money bag which is strewn around the city-sized amusement park; even the money bags Are placed on precarious perches and in the middle of rides. In order to do this, gambles and risks will have to be taken. The player can also be killed instantaneously by some dangers. This can be caused by numerous careless acts such as jumping from a great height, getting
Reception
Publication | Award |
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Crash | Smash[4] |
A 1985 review in
Four years later, in a review of the budget re-release of Roller Coaster,
Legacy
Roller Coaster was reworked into the 1991
References
- ^ "All Time Greats". CRASH. Newsfield. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Roller Coaster (C64) - 1985 Elite - GTW64". 1985.
- ^ a b "Roller Coaster". CRASH (25): 32. 1985. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- Newsfield Publications, issue 24, January 1986
- ^ "Roller Coaster". CRASH (66): 43. July 1989.
- ^ "Total Makeover: How some publishers drastically rework games for different audiences". 1up.com. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
External links
- Roller Coaster at SpectrumComputing.co.uk