RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic Heads To Nintendo Switch in December

Written by Brandon Hofer on November 21, 2024

News: A classic title will soon be available on Nintendo’s portable platform that will allow you to design roller coasters anywhere.

Atari has announced that RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic is heading to the Nintendo Switch next month. This will bring the fan favorite theme park sim to current generation consoles for the first time.

RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic combines the best features from two of the original games in the series: RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. Packed with content, players have enjoyed designing and building roller coasters and rides, landscaping and managing their parks since the first game was first introduced in 1999.

“Fans of RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic have been hoping for a Switch version and we are excited to bring it to the platform,” said Ethan Stearns, VP of Games Publishing at Atari. “Our partners at Graphite Lab did an amazing job translating RCT Classic’s detailed keyboard-based controls to controller input.”

The release of RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic on Switch is the cherry on top of a busy year for the franchise. Atari kicked off a year-long celebration of the RollerCoaster Tycoon in March 2024 to honor the 25th Anniversary of Chris Sawyer’s visionary creation. Since that kick-off Atari has released a number of RollerCoaster Tycoon merchandise and apparel collabs, re-launched RCT Classic on Android, introduced major expansions to the mobile game RCT Touch, and acquired RCT 3 from Frontier to reunite an important game with the franchise catalog.

“Bringing RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic to the Switch, with its massive install base, is an opportunity to re-engage lapsed players, provide active players with another great hardware platform, and reach a new generation of players who will now discover the franchise on the Switch.”

Take a look at the trailer and then tell us what you think. Will you pick up RollerCoaster Tycoon on the Nintendo Switch?