RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 for Mac has hit beta status. The game, scheduled to ship in November, is licensed from Atari and under development for Mac by Aspyr Studios based on Frontier's original code.

For the first time on Mac: build, operate and experience the amusement park of your dreams in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, where you can actually ride the rides!

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is the first in the highly successful Rollercoaster Tycoon series to come to Mac. The game features stunning 3D graphics, and the all-new CoasterCam, which allows players to see their park from the eyes of a guest and ride all the rides. Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 also features amazing crowd scenes with enhanced park guests and characters, more than 170 rides including new-to-the-franchise roller coaster types, realistic day and night cycles with superb lighting effects, extensive still-picture and movie-making capability, and the new Fireworks MixMaster, which allows players to create pyrotechnic masterpieces and synchronize them to music.

Jason's Comments: My first rollercoaster was The Hurler. I'm a Wayne's World fan.