Summer is made for being outside, even if the outside is on a screen. With these 10 titles, you are sure to feel the wind of the rides in your virtual hair and have fun enjoying the sunny days... without leaving your armchair.
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In the world of video games, 1994 is light years away from today. It was that year that Theme Park, the first simulation title of its kind, was released. Visually similar to Sim City, Theme Park is firmly focused on running... profitably, of course, an amusement park. So you have to hire employees and keep them happy, make sure you develop an interesting offer of rides, stock up your drinks stocks and constantly ensure the happiness of visitors, otherwise you will be entitled to a revolution.
Still in the same vein, but much more recent – it dates from 2018 – here is Parkitect. As the name suggests, you become an architect and manager of an amusement park. In addition to the roller coasters, you also have to manage all the concessions, the staff, make sure your visitors are thrilled... all while modifying the land on which your park is built as you wish. And, another positive point, you can play in cooperative mode at eight.
For fans of adrenaline and immersion, Thrillville: Off the Rails doesn't just let you create crazy rides. You can – and this is the specificity of this title – walk around your park, ride your rides and interact with visitors by talking to them. In short, it's fun and it hasn't aged... even if the game dates from 2007.
On the phone side, Idle Theme Park Tycoon offers to grow an amusement park by adding new rides. There is even a haunted house and the whole thing immerses players in a universe of extremely bright colors and round characters.
Spotlight on rides
In 1999, RollerCoaster Tycoon became the best-selling PC game of the year. A descendant of Theme Park, it combines simulation and unbridled fun, the third iteration giving players the freedom to build their park without any constraints on passing challenges. Of course, you can also forget the basic rules and have fun killing visitors by throwing fireworks at them!
Billing itself as the ultimate ride game, NoLimits 2 offers an impressive array of features. There are thus four cameras that allow you to admire the rides, to immerse yourself completely in the routes in order to rediscover the sensations of reality. In addition, it is possible to create custom rides according to very precise specifications.
At Planet Coaster, three game modes are offered: “sandbox”, “career” and “challenges”. The title stands out for the quantity of expansions offered – including a “Ghostbuster” – the impressive number of rides and the possibility of organizing a fireworks show.
Finally, before going to build the park of your dreams - with or without dinosaurs - know that you can spend all the time you want in the world of Disneyland Adventures. In addition to discovering Disneyland without the costs associated with a family trip and without queues, there are an impressive number of quests to complete, rides to ride, and it is even possible to play with others. Have a good trip!
Since Jurassic World: Domination hit theaters a few weeks ago and fans have been flocking to theaters, how about running your own park of these time-honoured creatures? Game developer Frontier, which gave us Planet Coaster and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, has two titles available: Jurassic World Evolution and Jurassic World Evolution 2, for which an expansion featuring some elements of the film is available.
Theme Park: https://www.gog.com/en/game/theme_park pour Windows et macOS
Theme Park: https://www.dosgamesarchive.com/play/theme-park/ for browsers
Parkitect: https://themeparkitect.com/ pour Windows, macOS et Linux
Thrillville: Off the Rails: https://store.steampowered.com/app/6080/Thrillville_Off_the_Rails/ pour Windows
Idle Theme Park Tycoon: https://codigames.com/portfolio/idle-theme-park-tycoon/ pour Android et iOS
RollerCoaster Tycoon: https://www.rollercoastertycoon.com pour Windows, macOS, Android et iOS
No Limits: https://nolimitscoaster.com/ pour Windows et macOS
Planet Coaster: https://www.planetcoaster.com/ pour Windows, macOS, PlayStation et Xbox
Disneyland Adventures: https://www.asobostudio.com/games/disneyland-adventures pour Windows et Xbox
Jurassic World Evolution: https://www.jurassicworldevolution.com/ pour Windows
Jurassic World Evolution 2: https://www.jurassicworldevolution2.com/ pour PlayStation, Windows et Xbox
