RollerCoaster! 1979 - 1987
Issue #1, Winter 1979 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
- Welcome to Coaster World
- Coaster Prospects for 1979
- Coaster Ratings
- Coasters of Iowa
- Construction of the Beast
- Crystal Beach Comet
Issue #2, Spring 1979 (Vol. 1, No. 2)
- The Beast: Two views
- Glossary of coaster terms
- California Coastin’
- Kennywood Park
- Unforgettable Salisbury
Issue #3, Summer 1979 (Vol. 1, No 3)
- Destruction of Ocean View Rocket
- John Allen 1907-1979
- Coaster Con II Highlights
- Colorado Coastin’
- Mister Twister, Idora Wildcat
- California Coastin’: Part 2
Issue #4, 1980 (Vol. 1, No. 4)
- Top Tens: A Coaster Constant
- Disneyland Opens Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Disney Does It With Style
- Southern Style Coastin’
- Ups and Downs
- New England Coasters
- 500th Ride on The Beast
- Cajun Coastin’ in Louisiana
- Colossus Reopened
- Coaster Art by Parul Bradford
Issue #5, 1980 (Vol. 2, No. 1 & 2)
- Roller Coaster Preservation: A Vital Issue
- Kennywood’s “New” Racer
- The Rise and Fall of the Flash
- Coaster Dips — Glen Echo Park
- Willow Grove Park
- The Coasters of Japan
- The Most Frightening Roller Coaster of all Time?
- I’m A Grand Old Man
- Not Just Another Comer
- Two Days in the Mountain
- An Interview with Peter R. Schnabel — Intamin, Inc.
- The Demon Unleashed at Great America
Issue #6, 1981 (Vol. 2, No. 3)
- MegaCoaster Rises: The American Eagle
- The Bat — Unique New Thriller
- The Original Suspended Coaster
- Canada’s Wonderland
- Interview: Dr. Robert Cartmell
- Toboganning
- Roller Coasters of Texas
- Confessions of a Marathoner
- Coaster Con III
- ACE’s First Mid Winter Conference
Issue #7, Spring 1982 (Vol. 3, No. 1)
- Kings Island’s Racer: A Decade Later
- Exclusive Interview: William L. Cobb
- Coaster Con IV: Photo Retrospective
- The Viper Strikes at Darien Lake
- Coaster Crossword: Fun With Number One
- Kings Dominion’s Woodie: The New Grizzly Twister
Issue #8, Summer 1982 (Vol. 3, No. 2)
- ACE Feud: Game Review
- Hersheypark Hosts Coaster Con V
- ACE Interview: Richard Munch
- The Earthquake: Saved at Last?
- The Model Coaster Part One: A Photo Album
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Issue #9, Fall/Winter 1982-1983 (Vol. 3, No. 3)
- Coaster Wedding
- Summer Con ‘82: Coney Island
- Coaster Watch: New Super Steel Coaster (Viper)
- Capsule Commentary: Conneaut Blue Streak
- Election 82: The New Officers
- La Montaña Rusa
- Bake-A-Coaster.
- The Coaster Con Caper
- Views of Coaster Con V: A Photo Retrospective.
- The Model Coaster: Part II, statistics
- Paragon Park: The Roller Coasters at Nantasket
- TV Misguide. Coaster Art
Issue #10, Spring 1983 (Vol. 4, No. 1)
- Coaster Mysteries
- The Coaster Guardian, Preservation Notes
- Twister
- Cyclone
- Time Track
- The Roller Coaster as Very High Art
- Coaster Opinions: Rolling Thunder
- ACE Interview: Carl Eichelman
- ACE Profiles
- Marineland Gets Monster Coaster
Issue #11, Summer 1983 (Vol. 4, No 2)
- The Zephyr
- My Favorite
- Roller Coaster That Was Never Built
- Non-Top-Ten Top-Ten.
- Coaster Wars of the 1920s.
- Coasting Downhill
- Coaster Poetry
- European Coasters
- Coney’s Thunderbolt
- Farewell Spring Lake Park
- Crystal Beach Comet Opinions
Issue #12, Fall 1983 (Vol. 4, No. 3)
- Lake Compounce Wildcat Opinions
- 3rd Railers
- Traver Cyclones: Re-examination
- Coaster Con VI Scrapbook
- Photo Contest Winners
- Boots and Coasters
- It’s the Research That Counts
- ACE Profiles
- Lost Coaster Legends from the Golden Age
- ACE Media Day at Idora Park
- Vacation Corner
Issue #13, Winter 1984 (Vol. 5, No. 1)
- Coaster Fiction
- L.A. Thompson
- King Cobra Preview
- Save the Rocket
- Boblo Saved
- Coaster Anacrostic
- ACE Annual Report
Issue #14, Spring 1984 (Vol. 5, No. 2)
- Opinions/Leap the Dips
- Twenty Great Lost Coasters
- The Coaster Guardian
- Aeroplane
- 100 years of Little Known Coaster Facts
- Does it Always Rain at Crystal Beach
- Roller Coaster Origins: Part I
- Robert Cartmell’s Coaster Drawings
- Flying Turns: They’re Back
Issue #15, Summer 1984 (Vol. 5, No. 3)
- A Gallery of Roller Coaster Cars
- Recollections: Long Beach Cyclone Racer
- Roller Coaster Origins: Part II
- Conference III Coverage
- Dream Coasters
- Two Flyers
- Two Extraordinary Coasters — in Miniature
Issue #16, Fall 1984 (Vol. 5, No. 4)
- Rye Playland Commendation
- Aeroplane Aerials
- The Wright Brothers, Flight and Roller Coasters
- Crystal Beach Cyclone Remembered
- Coaster Con Scrapbook
- Roller Coaster Origins: Part III
- Tracking Down the Wolf
- Roverview’s Last Roller Coaster: the Jetstream
- Roller Coaster Oddities: Part II
Issue #17, Spring 1985 (Vol. 6, No. 2)
- Walking the Track, A Personal Opinions Column by Randy Geisler
- 1984 IAAPA Trade Show
- Buckroe Beach: 1896-1985
- ACE Movie Guide
- European Coaster Notebook
- I was an ACE member for the KGB
- The Lily Street Lightning
- An Interview With Dana Morgan
Issue #18, 1985 (Vo. 6, No. 3)
- The Texas Cyclone: Ten Years of Running Hot
- Lake Placid Bobsled, Palisades Park
- Flying Turns, Euclid Beach Park
- By the Time I get to the Phoenix
- ACE Springs Into Action
- Infrared Film and Roller Coasters
- ACE day at Boblo
Issue #19, 1985 (Vol. 6, No. 4)
- The Spirit of ACE.
- The Screamin’ Eagle (Opinions)
- Sliding through Coaster Con VIII
- Yankee Doodle Dippers (Coverage of ACE’s 1985 Trip to Europe)
- The French Roller Coaster (1816s-1850s)
- 1985 Coaster Review Texas Tornado, ZForce, Avalanche Run, Le Monstre.
Issue #20, 1986 (Vol. 7, No. 2)
- Paragon Giant Coaster now Wild World’s Wild One
- So you Want to Design Roller Coasters
- per’fect: A Practical Guide for Reprofiling Roller Coasters
- Chemin Du Centrifuge: History’s First Loopers
- Kennywood On My Mind
- How to Write and Article for RollerCoaster!
- Lake Compounce: Land of Memories, Lake of Dreams
Issue #21, Winter/Spring 1987 (Vol. 7, Nos. 3 & 4)
- Opinions: Loch Ness Monster and Riverside Cyclone
- The Roller Coasters of Fred Pearce
- The ACE Book of Lists
- Coasting BC, or the Great Pullyallup Coastyalldown Journey
- Roller Coaster Renaissance
- Can You Stand It?
- Dorney Park’s Colossus
- New Technology on Display at IAAPA ‘86
- Coasters on Rollers
- The Thriller — A Love Story
- The Mission Beach Giant Dipper
- Let’s Celebrate Little-Knowns
Issue #22, Summer 1987 (Vol. 8, No. 2)
- Opinions: Iron Dragon and Vortex
- Kings Island Spring Conference Celebrates Vortex
- Iron Dragon — A Coaster Review
- Mr. Steel Coaster — Arrow’s Ron Toomer
- Where to Coaster the Most
- Down Under Coasters
- Preservation Notes
- Lone Star Rat
- Reflections of Coaster Con IX
- Ohio is Coaster Country
- Photo Contest Winners (Con IX)
Issue #23, Fall/Winter 1987 (Vol. 8, Nos. 3 & 4)
- The Coasters of Coaster Con 10
- Coaster Con 10 Review
- Mountain Greenery and Swedish Scenery
- Exit the Atom Smasher — A Sad Tradition Continues
- Roller Coaster Weddings
- Lost California Coasters
- Photo Contest Winners (Con X)
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