Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon is a business simulation game. Railroad Tycoon was written by game designer Sid Meier and published by MicroProse Railroad Tycoon 2 is the only game of the series that was released fr the PSX console. You try to make it to the top of the transportation industry in Railroad Tycoon II, a simulation that takes you from a wannabe to a tycoon (if your lucky!).
SimulatorStrategyBusinessLinux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation, Dreamcast
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Character
Plot-driven, classical in form, cool and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation, Dreamcast
- Developer
- PopTop Software
- Publisher
- Take-Two Interactive, Gathering of Developers
- Released
- June 30, 1998
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 8.5/10 from 24 ratings.
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