if you go to a U.S. elementary school in the ninety , chance be you play this game . this version be exactly how I remember the old game from my grade school day . hard work and creative design reward you with success in the game . Poor design and poor planning lead to failure . and let not forget that if you get bore , you can build roller coaster to no where that send people fly to they explosive death . could this game be any greater for a grade school kid ? play this game year later be entertaining , even addictive . the objective of the game usually revolve around obtain a certain park rating and a certain number of guest . often time , these objective can be complete with a lot of time to spare , and it can be pretty bore to just sit around wait out the clock . one thing that be sometimes annoying about this game be that you must use the CD while play the game . this would not be a big deal , but sometimes as you be play the game , you will start scroll to another part of a game level and the game will momentarily freeze . it will freeze for 5 seconds or so while the CD spin up and provide the necessary information . I wish the CD rom would just load all of the necessary file onto my hard drive so I would not have to deal with delay . but it be a minor issue , and the game be still enjoyable . for some add fun , you can look up cheat for the game online . many of they involve re-naming guest in the amusement park and they will do certain thing , include wave , painting , take picture , etc. . some cheat will even make the go-kart drive faster . if you be look for a game to take you back to you younger day or you simply want to instill the capitalistic value in you child\/spouse\/video game play pet Roller Coaster Tycoon be the way to go .