<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Fast Lane available </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Magnum XL - 200 at RCDB Pictures of Magnum XL - 200 at RCDB </Td> </Tr> <P> Magnum XL - 200, colloquially known as simply Magnum, is a steel roller coaster built by Arrow Dynamics at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio . When built in 1989, it was the tallest, fastest, and steepest complete - circuit roller coaster in the world as well as the first hypercoaster--a roller coaster that exceeds 200 feet (61 m) in height . Some have credited Magnum with starting a period in the industry known as the roller coaster wars, in which amusement parks competed with one another at a rapid pace to build the next tallest and fastest roller coaster . More than 40 million people had ridden Magnum as of 2009 . </P> <P> Magnum XL - 200 held the title of tallest roller coaster in the world until 1994 when Pepsi Max Big One opened at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the United Kingdom . Amusement Today presented Magnum with its "Best Steel Roller Coaster" Golden Ticket Award for three consecutive years from 1998 to 2000 . As of 2014, it was ranked thirteenth in the world by the same publication . </P>

When was the magnum built at cedar point