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by bmmayer1 4320 days ago
A really interesting thing about this is the length of the development cycle. It was released in March 1999, so that's 2.5 years from start to release...I think I would go stir crazy if I worked on a dev project that long without a release. But glad they did, because RCT brought me hundreds hours of enjoyment back in the day.
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What will make you appreciate the development cycle even more is that it was one guy, Chris Sawyer.
Nowadays they would release a pre-alpha after half a year and everyone would be done with the game before the full version is out.