Most people already know this classic. Because it was a huge success. And it deserved it! Inspired by Sim City, Sid Meier wanted to do a real-time building game. This was the product.

The most significant thing about the game is, that there's no real goal. Just like in Sim City you just build and build. You can't really win the game, only climb the highscore list. You just try to build up a huge railroad company.

You can choose to play in either England, Europe, Eastern USA or Western USA. All these scenarios are quite different from each other. While Europe's city are already huge and England profits from wool, Western USA is especially hard as there aren't many things to transport.

Then there are different difficulty levels which let you add to or reduce realism. Up to three opponents are there, too. And they act really realistically mean. The AI is great!

You'll spend most of your time building tracks and planning routes for trains. But apart from that micromanagement, there's also another feature: the stockmarket. Here you can trade shares of your own and the opponent's companies. So you can even buy enemies and control them then. And you can make a lot of money if you're clever.

All this is presented with the stylish graphics that are so typical for Sid Meier games. Similar to Civilization or Colonization you can get much information from the map itself. No need for long statistics. Just fun.

But behind this simple front, Railroad Tycoon is a very complex game that'll keep you motivated for years, decades and maybe even centuries!


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