Some hours earlier than expected,
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 demo appeared on
games domain and is now locally mirrored. You can now try out this upcoming 3D Tycoon to be published by
Atari and developed by
Frontier Development/Chris Sawyer. Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 demo includes the first three tutorials and a demo scenario titled
A Taste of Paradise, playable for 45 minutes.
GamersHell.com Local Downloads:
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Demo (182 MB)
Welcome to the
RollerCoaster Tycoon™ 3 Demo
CD-ROM README FILE!
Sep 17, 2004
This README file contains helpful information, late-breaking news and a description of technical issues and other information
I - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Operating System
Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP (Windows® XP recommended)
Processor
Pentium® III 733 MHz or compatible (Pentium® 4 1.3 GHz or compatible recommended)
Memory
128 MB RAM; 256 MB for XP (256 MB; 384 MB for XP recommended)
Hard Disk Space
600 MB Free
CD–ROM Drive
4X Speed or faster (8X Speed or faster recommended)
Video
ATI Radeon™ or 32 MB GeForce™ 2 or higher. (64 MB ATI Radeon recommended)*
Sound
Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP-compatible 16-bit sound card* (PC audio solution containing Dolby Digital Live required for Dolby Digital audio)
DirectX®
DirectX® version 9.0 (included) or higher
*Indicates device should be compatible with DirectX® version 9.0 or higher.
II - AUDIO LEVELS
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Volume levels have been optimally adjusted for game play. Note however, that if you experience undesirable audio levels, you may make adjustments to them by using the windows sound system.
From the desktop, select START/ Programs / Accessories / Multimedia / Volume Control.
III - DIRECTX AND COMPATIBILITY
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RollerCoaster Tycoon™ 3 Demo requires Microsoft DirectX 9.0 is installed and correctly functioning on your system. If you experience difficulty with DirectX 9.0, contact your sound or video card manufacturers to obtain their latest drivers.
IV - VIDEO CARD CAPABILITY
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RollerCoaster Tycoon™ 3 Demo must be played on a video card compatible DirectX 9.0 compatible. We strongly recommend you also install the latest drivers for video card. Contact your card manufacturer
for the latest documentation and drivers. We strongly recommend you play this game on a computer equipped with a video card that has hardware T & L acceleration. Any ATI Radeon card qualifies, as does any 32MB Geforce 2 or higher.
V - DISK CAPACITY AND SWAPFILE SPACE
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Regardless of where you install RollerCoaster Tycoon™ 3 Demo you must have at least 400MB free space on the destination hard drive before installing the game. In addition, if the hard drive used by the Windows swapfile is low on space, you may exprerience a degredation in performance or random crashes; please make sure your hard drives have plenty of space for the swap file and that your hard drives are free of fragmentation.
VI - SUPPORT
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The demo version of RollerCoaster Tycoon™ 3 is not supported by Atari Technical Support. Please use this readme file for any troubleshooting issues.