you under rate rct1.
that was the most fun i ever had. turning peeps into fireworks, easy merging, one of the BEST rct park recreations in the world (Oblivion's PKI) the awesome hacks, the incredible trainers like Beast and DRAGON and the all-mighty Hex Hacker: PEEP, and addiction... rct1 was so addicting... and imo, rct2 kinda lost the addiction part, and rct3 destroyed it all... rct1 started a great and fun era, now, unfourtunatly, that is over. Go to the old fan sites, the ones that havent been updated since rct1 (like extreamrct) and you will see, rct1 was a great game. it kept you intrested into the game with new levels to look foward to, and the 2 best expansions ever, expansions that actually made the game better, unlike WW and TT. You just can't beat a game like that.
The Win XP incompatibilty is a problem tho, and the Duelex version, which IS compatible with win Xp, does NOT allow: Tachno, Beast, PEEP, DRAGONs 1.1 - 1.9, and Silver... those are the best parts of the game... so DONT get the duelex version, you will miss so much... in my spare time.... after i get sick of trying to crack rct3, i work a little oin a win XP rct1.... far off from finishing anything tho.....
so yeah. Dont usder rate rct1 because of it graphics and such, it was a great game.
Look at the piccy's here:
http://extremerct.thelawsons.com/ the game was so fun to play...
-GRIM