I have a confession to make. I'm a coaster junkie. Horrifying as it may seem for someone whose chosen profession involves playing games all day, I would much rather be out on a coaster with the wind in my hair and my heart in my mouth than stuck in front of a computer.
Games come second.
Unless they're games about coasters. Of course, there aren't many of these - the last one was Bullfrog's Theme Park back in 1994, and while it was fun, designing rides was a pretty rudimentary process. Designed almost single-handedly by Transport Tycoon creator Chris Sawyer, RCT sits somewhere between Theme Park's general management sim, and the ride design aspect of Disney's discontinued Coaster. The most amazing thing about the game is the sheer attention to detail. The coasters aren't just fudged together like Theme Park's, but are based on real life rides and manufacturers.