The objective of the game is to build and manage a railroad company by laying track, building stations, and buying and scheduling trains. The player may start companies in any of four geographic locales: the Western United States, Northeast United States, Great Britain, or Continental Europe.
SimulatorStrategyHistoricalBusinesstycoonmanagementcapitalismcowbink videorailroad simulationAtari ST/STE, Mac, DOS, Amiga
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Character
Plot-driven, cool, classical in form and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Atari ST/STE, Mac, DOS, Amiga
- Developer
- MPS Labs
- Publisher
- MicroProse Software, Inc.
- Released
- January 1, 1990
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 7.4/10 from 10 ratings.
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Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
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