PKICentral.com added hundreds of photographs The Flight of Fear behind the scenes tour, Beast walkback, Son of Beast, ACE designates the Beast as a landmark, GOCC awards Paramount’s Kings Island, and FearFest.

Media also added includes three new videos. First a video of Flight of Fear in the bowl of the empty train. Second, clips of the Beast walkback including a amazing shot of the group with the beast flying by. Third another snapping video with all tubs snapping.

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BEVERLY, MA – September 15, 2004 – Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) has announced a “RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 Pre-Order Campaign” and demo program, both part of a comprehensive multi-vehicle marketing campaign for the November 2nd launch of RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3. The pre-order program allows consumers who reserve a copy of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, the highly anticipated next addition of the RollerCoaster Tycoon franchise, to download three professionally designed coasters that were created exclusively for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. A playable demo of the game will be available for download on Monday, September 27th at www.atari.com/rollercoastertycoon and on partner sites.< (more…)

Castaway Bay, Cedar Point’s indoor waterpark that is currently under construction, is about 70 percent completed, according to a report released yesterday. It will officially open on November 5.

The waterpark will stand five stories tall and cost around $22 million when completed. Castaway Bay will be 38,000 square feet, packed with 11 water slides, a 520 foot-long water coaster, a 100,000 gallon wave pool, and many other attractions, all with a Caribbean theme.

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IGN, a leader in entertainement, has uploaded a 2 page article about the most recent additions to Roller Coaster Tycoon 3. The update touches on one of the most important aspects of the game, the interface.

IGN described Roller Coaster Tycoon 3’s interface as friendly, and better than the interface of previous Roller Coaster Tycoon games. The interface is also similar to Sim City 4. The interface also does not hog the entire screen. The creators of the game wanted the player to get immersed in a authentic amusement park experience, letting the player see the whole park clearly, and hear all the sounds and screams.

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Among the many things fans of the RollerCoaster Tycoon series have requested is the ability to put fireworks shows in their parks. And with the release of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, the wish will come true.

Today Atari announced that RCT 3 will include a "Fireworks MixMaster" that will allow players to create pyrotechnic displays in their amusement parks. The fireworks can also be synchronized to music, either to music provided by the game, or by the player’s own MP3 tracks.

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In a recent interview with Derek dela Fuente of Totalvideogames.com, David Braben, the head of the development team for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, discussed several details about the much-anticipated game.

"The move to 3D has entailed reworking the entire game, but in the process we have used the opportunity to put in a great deal of extra detail," said Braben. As an example, he mentions that all stalls will now have salespeople, as opposed to the vending machine-like stalls of the previous games. Players will also be able to adjust the state of the items being sold, for example, the ability to add chili to hamburgers. The interview also states that the game’s interface has been, "worked on and improved".

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PKICentral.com added 167 brand new photos of Crocodile Dundee’s Boomerang Bay. Photos show the entire park and some of the Gold Pass competition where local radio stations winners came in and competed for four gold passes and $100 in Scooby Bucks.

View the photos at PKIcentral

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The makers of Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 (Atari, Infogrames) have recently released a brand new gameplay video of Rollercoaster Tycoon 3. The video is about 10 megabytes and features a lot of visuals the game has to offer.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 was recently released as a sequel to the popular Rollercoaster Tycoon series. The makers of the game have taken a large leap to create a new gaming experience in full 3D.

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Because of an idea by Tom Zeliff (our former ThrillNetwork administrator) and Kevin Stone, NoLimits posted what appeared to be updates for a new shuttle coaster and a "Coin Up" coaster style.

The "Coin Up" style really was an April Fools’ prank, and today, Ole Lange, the creator of NoLimits, announced the real updates for NoLimits.

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Construction on Hershey Park’s newest coaster, Storm Runner is nearing completion. At noon on March 24th the final piece of track was bolted into place leaving all steel erection for the new roller coaster completed. Below are pictures of workers bolting the final piece of the new coaster into place. Storm Runner will open on May 7th 2004.

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