8.4 out of 10

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It makes fitting sense that Bullfrog would create a game in which your success depends on the amount of sugar you formulate drinks with, the amount of salt that goes onto French fries, or how much fat packs your burgers. And yet, once again, Bullfrog has worked its eccentric yet universal gameplay magic on us again with this new shiny remake of the PlayStation and PC game, Theme Park Roller Coaster.

Theme Park Roller Coaster, otherwise known as Sim Theme Park on PlayStation and PC, is the newly reworked, shinier, flashier version of the game for PlayStation 2. It's fun in the way that tinkering with a gadget is, compelling you to experiment and modify it until you find a winning formula. It's safe, non-violent, obsessive micro-management at its best. Theme Park Roller Coaster's not necessarily a brilliant use of the PS2's engine, and it's not revolutionary, but it's incredibly addictive, in its own particular way.

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Since Roller Coaster Tycoon isn't on the PlayStation 2, I can't recommend it for this system. But it does go one step further than Theme Park Roller Coaster by permitting you to play dirty tricks on kids, like throwing them in lakes and watching them die on broken down roller coasters. It's a little more satanic than Theme Park Roller Coaster, but has its good points.
What PS2 gets is Theme Park Roller Coaster, a fun, clean addictive game that's intelligent and highly amusing. While complicated at times, it is a blast to play, a particular breed of fun, one that appeals to gameplayers with the knack for tinkering, modifying, and who like relentless revision. And although Theme Park Roller Coaster is a PC game by nature, the fast clip, the easy-to-use interface, and the constant lure to fiddle with everything, is universal to all gamers. I like it.
~IGN.COM

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