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A hypercoaster is a with a height or drop measuring at least . The term was first coined by and in 1989 with the opening of the world's first hypercoaster, Magnum XL-200, which features a height of and a drop of 194.7 feet (59.3 meters). The next hypercoaster, Steel Phantom at , opened two years later in 1991, with a drop of 225 feet (68.5 meters) and a height of 160 feet (48.8 meters).

Other roller coaster manufacturers may or may not recognize the term hypercoaster when naming their models. calls their hypercoaster model a Mega Coaster, and Bolliger & Mabillard labels theirs a Hyper Coaster. The competition between amusement parks to build increasingly taller roller coasters eventually led to the next height classification for roller coasters known as , which have a height or drop measuring at least . This was soon followed by the world's first – exceeding – with the release of Top Thrill Dragster in 2003.

History
The world's first hypercoaster was Magnum XL-200 at , which cost $8 million to construct. Cedar Point hired for the design and construction began in 1988. Since its debut on May 6, 1989, Magnum XL-200 has accommodated over 36 million riders. Cedar Point's official blog states that after building the ride, "...discussion was focused on just what a roller coaster such as Magnum should be called. After all, it had no loops like most of the other large steel coasters of the time and was so much bigger and faster than its non-looping brethren. After a couple of years, the name everyone agreed upon was hypercoaster."

Description
Hypercoasters were originally built for speed and airtime, to counter the trend of constructing bigger and bigger looping coasters. To accomplish this the elements of a hypercoaster often include a large first drop, several additional drops of declining height, a large turn or helix, and then many airtime-inducing hills. Hypercoasters are commonly designed with an out and back layout, although there are occasionally hypercoasters that use a twister layout, such as Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America, and others that combine both, such as Diamondback at .

Hypercoasters are highly-ranked in the annual Golden Ticket Awards. In 2006, Six Flags New England's (later named Bizarro and Superman The Ride) was ranked first place. Others such as Magnum XL-200 (third), Nitro (fourth), and Apollo's Chariot (fifth) followed closely behind in the top five, with hypercoasters making up the majority of the Top 10 Steel Coasters. By 2010, hypercoasters completely filled the top 10, as well as 16 of the top 20.

Hypercoasters were first manufactured by in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Since then, a number of companies, including Bolliger & Mabillard, , D. H. Morgan Manufacturing, and have designed and constructed hypercoasters.

Though hypercoasters are typically steel roller coasters, Son of Beast at was the first and only wooden hypercoaster. Due to a number of issues, the ride was eventually demolished in 2012.

In 2018, Cedar Point opened the first hybrid hypercoaster, . Steel Vengeance is the first hypercoaster manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction.

Bolliger & Mabillard
Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) has produced 18 models over 21 years of production of hyper coasters, making it one of the more successful models manufactured by the company.

The first installation of the hyper coaster was Apollo's Chariot located in Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It was one of the two models released in 1999, the other being the Floorless Coaster. It was made in a similar style to the , D. H. Morgan Manufacturing, and hypercoasters. In 2012, B&M produced its first giga coaster, Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland, exceeding 300 feet in height. Bolliger & Mabillard do not use the term giga, but have continued to produce roller coasters in this class.

The typical design of B&M's hyper coaster model includes a large then a large drop with a steep angle of descent, and typically includes . One exception, Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America does not have this standard "out-and-back" layout, but rather features a "twister" layout.

The trains feature seven to nine cars of one row with four seats, resulting in each train seating 28 to 36 riders. Depending on the dispatch time and the number of trains, the coasters typically have a capacity of 1,200 to 1,500 riders per hour. Each seat features a unique clamshell restraint. Some trains used on B&M Hyper Coasters feature staggered seats, where the two outer seats are located farther back than the two center seats, creating a more open experience. Currently, this staggered seating arrangement is only featured on four coasters: Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland, Diamondback at , at , and Shambhala at PortAventura Park.

Golden Ticket Awards
The B&M Hyper Coaster has been the most successful model in the Golden Ticket Awards.

+ B&M Hyper Coasters in the Top 15 Steel Coasters at the Golden Ticket Awards

List of hypercoasters
The following is a list of roller coasters with a height of at least . Shuttle roller coasters are typically not classified as hypercoasters and are therefore listed separately.

Intamin23 (5 Shuttle)
Bolliger & Mabillard22
Arrow Dynamics5
D. H. Morgan Manufacturing5
Premier Rides4 (All Shuttle)
S&S Worldwide4
Mack Rides5
Rocky Mountain Construction3
Giovanola2
TOGO2
Gerstlauer1
Chance Morgan1
Lagoon Amusement Park1
Meisho Amusement Machines1 (All Shuttle)
Roller Coaster Corporation of America1
S&S Sansei1
Vekoma2 (1 Shuttle)

Complete circuit
Magnum XL-200 May 1989
The Big OneBlackpool Pleasure Beach May 1994
DesperadoBuffalo Bill's August 1994
Wild Thing D. H. Morgan Manufacturing May 1996
Fujiyama July 1996
Big Apple CoasterNew York-New York Hotel & Casino January 1997

Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom D. H. Morgan Manufacturing May 1997

MambaWorlds of Fun D. H. Morgan Manufacturing April 1998
Apollo's ChariotBusch Gardens Williamsburg Bolliger & Mabillard March 1999
Raging BullSix Flags Great America Bolliger & Mabillard May 1999
Ride of SteelSix Flags Darien Lake May 1999
GoliathSix Flags Magic Mountain February 2000
Superman The RideSix Flags New England May 2000
Superman – Ride of SteelSix Flags America May 2000
May 2000
Son of Beast Roller Coaster Corporation of America May 2000
Steel Dragon 2000Nagashima Spa Land D. H. Morgan Manufacturing August 2000
NitroSix Flags Great Adventure Bolliger & Mabillard April 2001
TitanSix Flags Over Texas April 2001
Phantom's Revenge D. H. Morgan Manufacturing/ May 2001
X2Six Flags Magic Mountain January 2002
Silver Star Bolliger & Mabillard March 2002
Knott's Berry Farm June 2002
Tokyo Dome City Attractions May 2003
Top Thrill 2 May 2003
Superman el Último EscapeSix Flags México November 2004
Busch Gardens Tampa Bolliger & Mabillard May 2005
Six Flags Great Adventure May 2005
Stealth March 2006
GoliathSix Flags Over Georgia Bolliger & Mabillard April 2006
Zaturn April 2006
Eejanaika S&S Worldwide July 2006
GriffonBusch Gardens Williamsburg Bolliger & Mabillard May 2007
BehemothCanada's Wonderland Bolliger & Mabillard May 2008
Diamondback Bolliger & Mabillard April 2009
Happy Valley Shanghai Bolliger & Mabillard August 2009
Bolliger & Mabillard March 2010
April 2010
Bolliger & Mabillard March 2012
LeviathanCanada's Wonderland Bolliger & Mabillard April 2012
DinocondaChina Dinosaurs Park S&S Worldwide April 2012
PortAventura Park Bolliger & Mabillard May 2012
May 2012
Bullet CoasterHappy Valley Shenzhen S&S Worldwide July 2012
OCT Thrust SSC1000Happy Valley Wuhan S&S Worldwide March 2014
Fury 325 Bolliger & Mabillard March 2015
The Oath of Kärnan July 2015
CannibalLagoon Amusement Park Lagoon Amusement Park July 2015
FlashLewa Adventure January 2016
Flying AcesFerrari World Abu Dhabi February 2016
Valravn Bolliger & Mabillard May 2016
Coaster Through the CloudsNanchang Wanda Park May 2016
Mako Bolliger & Mabillard June 2016
Red ForceFerrari Land April 2017
DC Rivals HyperCoasterWarner Brothers Movie World September 2017
Rocky Mountain Construction May 2018
DrakenGyeongju World Bolliger & Mabillard May 2018
Hyperion July 2018
Hyper CoasterLand Of Legends Park 2018
Canada's Wonderland Bolliger & Mabillard May 2019
Steel Curtain S&S Sansei July 2019
Zadra Rocky Mountain Construction August 2019
Orion Bolliger & Mabillard July 2020
Bolliger & Mabillard210 ft (64 m)July 2020
Busch Gardens Tampa Rocky Mountain Construction March 2022
Beyond the CloudSuzhou Amusement Land Forest World July 2022
Hyperia May 2024
Six Flags Qiddiya City 2025
Iron RattlerSix Flags Qiddiya City 2025
SpitfireSix Flags Qiddiya City 2025
Tormenta Rampaging Run

Six Flags Over Texas Bolliger & Mabillard 2026 Https://rcdb.com/22243.htm< /ref>

Shuttle
Moonsault Scramble Meisho Amusement Machines June 1983
Tower of Terror IIDreamworld January 1997
Six Flags Magic Mountain March 1997
Six Flags Great Adventure June 1997
Mr. FreezeSix Flags Over Texas Premier Rides March 1998
Mr. Freeze Reverse BlastSix Flags St. Louis Premier Rides April 1998
Speed – The RideNASCAR Café Premier Rides April 2000
May 2002
Big AirE-DA Theme Park Vekoma December 2010
Turbo TrackFerrari World Abu Dhabi March 2017
Legendary Twin Dragon / 传奇双龙Chongqing Sunac Land February 2021

Gallery
B&M
File:Apollo's Chariot (Busch Gardens Europe) 01.jpg|Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, the first B&M Hyper Coaster File:Leviathan Lift and Sculpture.jpg|Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland, the first B&M Giga Coaster File:Carowinds-Fury325Entry.JPG|Fury 325 at File:Mako (38327155394) (cropped).jpg|Mako at File:Candymonium.jpg| at File:Europa-Park Silver Star.jpg|Silver Star at File:Nitro coaster.jpg|Nitro at Six Flags Great Adventure

Other manufacturers
File:Dorney Park Steel Force.jpg| (D. H. Morgan) at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom File:Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain (first drop).jpg|Goliath (Giovanola) at Six Flags Magic Mountain File:Hyperion, Energylandia - 2018 Aug 06.jpg|Hyperion (Intamin) at File:DC Rivals HyperCoaster 1.jpg|DC Rivals HyperCoaster (Mack Rides) at Warner Bros. Movie World File:Eejanaika (April 2023).jpg|Fourth-dimension hypercoaster Eejanaika (S&S Worldwide) at File:Steel Vengeance Drop View.jpg|Hybrid hypercoaster (Rocky Mountain Construction) at

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