Desperado

A "Hypercoaster" is a term that was coined to refer to a roller coaster with a height and/or a drop of more than 200 feet (61 meters).  The name is occasionally written as "Hyper Coaster" or "Hyper-Coaster."  Some people use the term to refer to only conventional coasters without inversions, but most people, myself included, use the term for all coasters including Dive Coasters, Wing Coasters, and rides with loops.  As of 2017, there are 52 full-circuit "Hypercoasters" in operation.  Here is a list of some of the hypercoasters under 300-feet that I have covered on this website:

Magnum XL-200 (1989-Arrow) at Cedar Point Desperado (1994-Arrow) at Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino Fujiyama (1996-TOGO) at Fuji-Q Highland Wild Thing (1996-Morgan) at Valleyfair The Roller Coaster (1997-TOGO) at New York New York Hotel & Casino Steel Force (1997-Morgan) at Dorney Park Mamba (1988-Morgan) at Worlds of Fun Apollo's Chariot (1999-B&M) at Busch Gardens Williamsburg Raging Bull (1999-B&M) at Six Flags Great America Ride of Steel (1999-Intamin) at Darien Lake Goliath (2000-Giovanola) at Six Flags Magic Mountain Superman: Ride of Steel (2000-Intamin) at Six Flags America Superman the Ride (2000-Intamin) at Six Flags New England

Titan (2001-Giovanola) at Six Flags Over Texas Nitro (2001-B&M) at Six Flags Great Adventure Phantom's Revenge (2001-Arrow and Morgan) at Kennywood X2 (2002-Arrow) at Six Flags Magic Mountain Xcelerator (2002-Intamin) at Knott's Berry Farm SheiKra (2005-B&M) at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Goliath (2006-B&M) at Six Flags Over Georgia Griffon (2007-B&M) at Busch Gardens Williamsburg Behemoth (2008-B&M) at Canada's Wonderland Diamondback (2009-B&M) at Kings Island Intimidator (2010-B&M) at Carowinds Wild Eagle (2012-B&M) at Dollywood Skyrush (2012-Intamin) at Hersheypark

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