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♦ Position the cursor between the existing path and the park border

fence, then click to build the Merry-Go-Round. The cost of construction is

deducted from your treasury, which is tracked in a box at the bottom left

of the screen. (It’s wise to remain aware of how much money you have

to spend.)

Now, you must build the Entrance and Exit for the ride. You use the

mouse pointer to choose positions for both. This is a very important step,

because every ride must have an Entrance and an Exit, and both must be

positioned so that you can build paths to and from the ride, or else your

customers will never get there. Every Entrance and every Exit takes up

one landscape square. (Note that the Entrance and Exit are free; they come

as a package with construction of the ride itself.)

♦ Position the Entrance square adjacent to the ride (leaving room for the

Exit) and click to build it.

♦ Construct the Exit in the same way as you did the Entrance.

You now have a completed, but closed, Merry-Go-Round with the required

Entrance and Exit, and the Merry-Go-Round 1 window is open. Next, you

must build a Queuing Line from the Entrance to the existing path (other-

wise, no one will be able to wait in line to board the ride, and that cuts

down on business). You also need a path from the Exit to the main Forest

Frontiers path.

Click the Footpaths button. The Path Construction window opens.

Click the Queuing Line button (the blue one with people).

♦ Move the mouse pointer to the landscape square in front of the

Entrance and click once. The first stage of the Queuing Line is built, and

the cost is deducted from your treasury. Move the pointer one square

further away, and click again to add another piece.

You now need to connect the Exit and the Queuing Line to the existing

path.

Click the Tarmac Footpath button (the grey one).

♦ Using the mouse pointer just as you did when building the Queuing

Line, build a path from the Exit to the main path. (Notice the money

leaving your account each time.)

The Tutorial

The tutorial is a brief guide to how RollerCoaster Tycoon works. When

you click the Show Tutorial button, the game runs itself for a while. It

starts one of the game scenarios, then goes through the motions, step by

step, of setting up a few rides and performing a few other important park

management tasks. You can learn a lot by watching this.

As you watch the tutorial, you can follow

along in this text; it’s written in the form of

instructions and their results, as if you were

actually going to do the work yourself. If

something the game does in the tutorial is not

clear, the chances are good that it’s explained

here. Let’s begin.

Click Start New Game. The tutorial

skips the menu of scenarios (different

parks in different situations) and goes

directly into the first scenario.

The first window shows what you need to do

to succeed in this scenario. Always read this

carefully. In the tutorial, you have until October of Year 1 to attract 250

guests into the park and build the park’s rating (a measure of reputation)

to at least 600.

Click the window close button to close this window.

Click the New Ride button. The Ride Selection window opens.

Select the sleepy looking face tab (Gentle Rides) to see the

available gentle rides.

♦ Select the Merry-Go-Round by clicking on the picture.

♦ Click the Build This button at the bottom right. The Ride Selection

window closes and the Merry-Go-Round Construction window opens.

At this point, the mouse pointer (when held over the landscape) controls

where the ride will be built. The landscape area needed to construct the ride

is marked, and a yellow arrow indicates the orientation of the ride (which is

irrelevant for a Merry-Go-Round, but quite important for many rides).

Entering The ParkEntering The Park

Note This!

You don’t have to just sit

and watch if you don’t

want to. While the tutori-

al is running, you can

click any mouse button or

press any key on the key-

board to take over con-

trol. The only caveat is

that you can’t give con-

trol back to the tutorial.

Once you take the reins,

it’s your park.

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