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I played this recently. Its amazing what a rush of nostalgia i got, and how well the game holds up.

It is even more amazing realizing what a small team made the game, and that it was written in assembly!

The game holds up very well. OpenRCT2 fixes a variety of bugs as well.

I highly recommend https://m.youtube.com/c/MarcelVos Marcel Vos who explores the limits of the game engine, various rides, etc. Amusingly there are scenarios which require nearly zero effort to win.

Specifically, the ‘small team’ is Chris Sawyer, with art by Simon Foster and music by Allister Brimble. Even though the art is very recognizable (made by rasterizing 3d objects), both RCT 1-2 and TTD are very much Sawyer's games.

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