Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Gold Edition - PC

This Gold-en bargain bundle from Atari is comprised of Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 and the drippy RCT: Soaked add-on from summer 2005, just in time for the rainy season as we head into the depths of winter. If you can't afford to go get some Florida sunshine to replace your office tan, this is a reasonably priced substitute.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 boasts superb 3D graphics and the all-new CoasterCam, a fancy tool which allows constructors/designers to see their park through the eyes of a guest and ride every ride. RCT3 also features improved crowd scenes with visually enhanced park guests and characters; more than 170 rides, including new-to-the-franchise coaster types; authentic day and night cycles with appropriate lighting effects; extensive still-picture and movie-making capability; and new to the RCT family, the Fireworks MixMaster, which allows players to create pyrotechnic displays and synchronise them to music.

Then you can go and put a dampener on the fireworks displays with the Soaked! Add-on. There's nothing we like more than splashing around in water warmed by bright sunshine, even if we have to do it virtually. Soaked! Gives you the opportunity to run your own water park, and catch the rays of the sun via your monitor. Ride waves with an amazing line up of super-splash flume rides, massive water slides, aquatic shows and beaches. Mischievously enough, you can fire water cannons at unwitting guests, build them outrageous coasters, and blow their minds with laser light water shows in a Fantasia stylee.

Until your next holiday in the sun, go 'Gold' with RCT. more