<s>
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
Classic	I-Application
is	O
a	O
construction	B-Application
and	I-Application
management	I-Application
simulation	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Origin8	O
Technologies	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
initial	O
release	O
is	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
both	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
and	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
2	I-Application
combined	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
Classic	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
December	O
2016	O
and	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
in	O
September	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Classic	O
implements	O
the	O
same	O
gameplay	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Played	O
from	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
view	I-Application
,	O
players	O
are	O
tasked	O
with	O
building	O
or	O
revitalizing	O
an	O
amusement	O
park	O
by	O
adding	O
rides	O
,	O
attractions	O
,	O
facilities	O
,	O
paths	O
,	O
landscaping	O
,	O
and	O
staff	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
park	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
plan	O
out	O
a	O
wide	O
array	O
of	O
custom	O
roller	B-Device
coasters	I-Device
and	O
other	O
rides	O
using	O
tracks	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
log	O
flumes	O
and	O
go-karts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Sawyer	O
had	O
developed	O
the	O
original	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
which	O
released	O
respectively	O
in	O
1999	O
and	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
had	O
come	O
out	O
of	O
his	O
work	O
developing	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
,	O
which	O
he	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sawyer	O
allowed	O
Frontier	O
Developments	O
to	O
develop	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
3	I-Application
while	O
he	O
worked	O
on	O
Locomotion	B-Application
,	O
a	O
2004	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sawyer	O
re-emerged	O
in	O
2010	O
with	O
the	O
opening	O
of	O
31X	O
Ltd	O
.	O
a	O
holding	O
company	O
for	O
his	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
intellectual	O
property	O
,	O
and	O
took	O
31X	O
in	O
a	O
direction	O
towards	O
mobile	B-Application
development	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
he	O
announced	O
the	O
mobile	O
version	O
of	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
with	O
Origin8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Origin8	O
's	O
help	O
,	O
Sawyer	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
convert	O
the	O
original	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
code	O
from	O
a	O
form	O
that	O
relied	O
heavily	O
on	O
assembly	B-Language
code	I-Language
to	O
transfer	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
more	O
portable	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Origin8	O
continued	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Sawyer	O
to	O
help	O
port	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
into	O
a	O
similar	O
mobile	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
Sawyer	O
affirmed	O
he	O
had	O
started	O
work	O
on	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
Classic	I-Application
with	O
Origin8	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
rework	O
of	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
,	O
this	O
required	O
Sawyer	O
and	O
Origin8	O
to	O
rework	O
the	O
assembly	B-Language
code	I-Language
from	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
2	I-Application
into	O
C	B-Language
.	O
They	O
were	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
add	O
new	O
elements	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
during	O
this	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
both	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
on	O
December	O
22	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Windows	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kotaku	O
Australia	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
,	O
citing	O
the	O
system	O
specification	O
requirements	O
-	O
which	O
are	O
considerably	O
higher	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
games	O
-	O
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
multiplayer	O
support	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
via	O
the	O
community-driven	O
OpenRCT2	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
OpenRCT2	B-Language
would	O
allow	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
Classic	I-Application
as	O
a	O
base	O
install	O
path	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
