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class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rcdb.com/">www<wbr />.rcdb<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">1996<span class="noprint">; 29 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1996</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Online" class="mw-redirect" title="Online">Online</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Roller Coaster DataBase</b> (<b>RCDB</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Roller_coaster" title="Roller coaster">roller coaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amusement_park" title="Amusement park">amusement park</a> <a href="/wiki/Database" title="Database">database</a> begun in 1996 by Duane Marden.<sup id="cite_ref-owner_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-owner-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has grown to feature statistics and pictures of over 12,000 roller coasters from around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-About_This_Site_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_This_Site-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Publications that have mentioned RCDB include <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Obsessions_With_Minutiae_Thrive_as_Databases_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Obsessions_With_Minutiae_Thrive_as_Databases-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_Looping_wooden_roller_coasters_are_about_to_become_a_reality_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT_Looping_wooden_roller_coasters_are_about_to_become_a_reality-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Toledo_Blade" class="mw-redirect" title="Toledo Blade">Toledo Blade</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-TB_N.J._coaster_gets_raves,_when_it's_working_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TB_N.J._coaster_gets_raves,_when_it's_working-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Sentinel" title="Orlando Sentinel">Orlando Sentinel</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-OS_A_New_Life_For_Old_Coaster_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OS_A_New_Life_For_Old_Coaster-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-TIME_In_The_Loop_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIME_In_The_Loop-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_The_Most_Blood-Curdling_Coasters_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes_The_Most_Blood-Curdling_Coasters-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Mail_%26_Guardian" title="Mail & Guardian">Mail & Guardian</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-US's_temperamental_roller_coasters_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US's_temperamental_roller_coasters-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-CST_New_coaster_coming_to_Gurnee_Six_Flags_in_2012_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CST_New_coaster_coming_to_Gurnee_Six_Flags_in_2012-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roller_Coaster_DataBase&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>RCDB was started in 1996 by Duane Marden,<sup id="cite_ref-owner_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-owner-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a computer programmer from <a href="/wiki/Brookfield,_Wisconsin" title="Brookfield, Wisconsin">Brookfield, Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-US's_temperamental_roller_coasters_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US's_temperamental_roller_coasters-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The website is run off <a href="/wiki/Web_server" title="Web server">web servers</a> in Marden's basement and a location in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Obsessions_With_Minutiae_Thrive_as_Databases_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Obsessions_With_Minutiae_Thrive_as_Databases-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content">Content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roller_Coaster_DataBase&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Content"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output 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