![]() ![]() There were also many other stand alone scenarios which were real-world maps, and the player would attempt to build a railroad empire from it.Ī spanning bridge, a feature added in Railroad Tycoon II: A Second Century Each of these stages often reflected a real-life event where railroads would prove to be very important. A 18 scenario campaign was added, where the player would need to complete each stage before moving onto the next stage. The Game features improvements in all aspects of the game, including improved dimetric graphics, new trains, new industries and supply chains, a map editor, as well as a dynamic economy. The game was released by Gathering of Developers in 1998 for PC, Mac OS, and later ported onto Linux, the PlayStation and the Dreamcast. The Second Game of the series was developed by PopTop Software headed by Phil Steinmeyer, beginning in 1996 as a game similar to Railroad Tycoon, but purchased the rights to the series from MicroProse a year later, and was reworked into a sequel. However, 2 new scenarios (South America and Africa) were added, and introduced robbers that would steal cargo and also sheriffs that would stop them. Despite this, the Deluxe edition wasn't successful, largely due to slow game-play and many bugs. In 1993, an updated version of the game named Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon Deluxe was released with a host of new features, as well as updated graphics. It was hailed as one of the best games of its era, and was commercially successful. The game models supply and demand of goods and passengers as well as a miniature stock market on which players can buy and sell stock of their own or competing companies. The player acts as a railway entrepreneur who owns and manages theīusiness as described above and may also handle individual train movement and build additional industries. The player starts a company with one million dollars in capital half equity, half a loan. The game featured four scenarios: Western United States, Northeast United States, Great Britain, or Continental Europe. Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon was the first game of the series and was directly designed by Sid Meier, and with cooperation with game publisher MicroProse was released on MS-DOS in early 1990. ![]() Each game also featured competitive AI, which would attempt to foil the growth of your company while growing their own as well. ![]() The player takes the role of a chairman of their own railroad, and must build their company by laying track, building stations, trains and facilities, but also managing the stocks, investments, and economical growth of the company. However, apart from these, there were many expansion packs, rereleases and community mods that came along with it.Įven though each game was very different from it's predecessor, all 4 games have a common goal for the player. Altogether, there were 4 main games: Railroad Tycoon (1990), Railroad Tycoon II (1998), Railroad Tycoon 3 (2003) and Sid Meier's Railroads (2006). Railroad Tycoon is a set of business simulation games that were created between 1990-2006. Gameplay from Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon The above is just the order I intend to work on this wiki. Of course, you can feel free to create your own pages and add to existing ones too if you feel confident. The Original game will be next (2% complete).I will do Railroad Tycoon II first, as it is the game I have played and have the most knowledge about.Click for the main page of the Campaigns and Scenarios of Railroad Tycoon II. Meanwhile, Campaign and Scenario Guides is a current work in progress. Click for the List of Locomotives in Railroad Tycoon II. ![]() The Railroad Tycoon II locomotives pages are complete. To contact me personally, email is the List of Industries and List of Cargo in Railroad Tycoon II. If you wish to give me feedback or suggestions, feel free to start a discussion on the discuss area of this wikia, or leave a message on my wall. This wikia when finished will be designed to help people with the Railroad Tycoon series. What started as a joke in my boring 10th grade humanities class has turned into a full-on project. Welcome to the Railroad Tycoon Series Wiki 1 Welcome to the Railroad Tycoon Series Wiki. ![]()
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