Roller Coaster is a platform developed by Elite Systems, released 31 December 1985 on Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What Roller Coaster is
Roller Coaster is a platform game developed by Elite Systems and released in 1985. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Roller Coaster is a platform-based game which contains some strategy and puzzle elements. Uniquely it holds the claim of being the first video game to ever simulate amusement rides. Roller Coaster was released in 1985 by British video game developer Elite Systems, to overwhelmingly positive reviews. It was, for a time, one of the most popular games for the ZX Spectrum. 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.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Roller Coaster holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1985 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Roller Coaster launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.
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