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Railroad Tycoon II

Windows - 1998Jurassic park arcade game triceratops.

Also released on: Mac - Linux

Description of Railroad Tycoon II Windows

Railroad Tycoon II is an incredibly addictive railroad management simulation that occupied my time for much of 2000.

The game is the true heir to Sid Meier's masterpiece Railroad Tycoon, although it was designed by an entirely different team: newcomer PopTop Software, led by veteran programmer Phil Steinmeyer (whose works include Heroes of Might and Magic). Since the original RRT, the gaming community has developed a passion for 3D graphics and multi-player Internet gaming, and RRTII is a true product of its time, delivering these options and many more. RRTII is the very first PC game developed exclusively for 1024 x 768 resolution, in either 16 bit or 8 bit color. With 6 scalable zoom levels, the result is nothing short of stunning. You will see trains move along their merry routes in isometric view, passing through lush landscapes and realistically rendered towns, complete with many little animations that make games like SimCity a marvel to watch. Add some nice 16-bit blue grass and jazz tunes, and we have a game that is as pleasant to watch as it is to play. When it comes to bells and whistles, RRTII delivers in spades. But die-hard RRT fans know that bells and whistle are not what a classic is made of, and fortunately RRTII does not disappoint. For a start, there is more of everything that made RRT a joy to play. There are over 60 engines, more than 40 cargo types, and a variety of map sizes, ranging from 96x96 to the really large 500x500. Although the game is played in real time like the original RRT, there are 10 different speed settings to adjust the game to your pace.

With an expanded time scale from 1804 to 2000 and beyond, you can not only test drive hypothetical, futuristic trains, but also experiment with high-tech industries (fusion plants anyone?) as part of your route planning and industrial investments. One of the things that made RRT a great game was the variety of computer opponents, each of whom would use different strategies depending on their unique personalities that are true to their historical fame (or notoriety). Moguls with an engineer's mentality, such as Westinghouse, will concentrate on building and optimizing their routes, while the real 'robber barons' such as Jim Fisk or Cornelius Vanderbilt will instead attempt to drive competitors out of business by speculating on their shares and finally snapping them up at bargain prices. RRTII retains all these computer personalities, enhance the AI, and adds a lot more moguls to spice up the action, including lesser-known robber barons from outside the US.

If your empire grows so huge that micro-management becomes tedious, you can hire computer managers to handle day-to-day railroad operations while you concentrate on high-level strategic planning. The manager will have up to 4 characteristics that can effect your railroad performance in either a positive or negative way, via actions such as stock liquidation, bridge building, and changing safety standards. These abilities can not be altered or disengaged and take effect immediately upon hire, so you must be careful of your choices. Another part of RRT?s acclaimed feature is the dynamics of interaction among other players. Like other features, this has been greatly enhanced and improved in RRTII. You can buy and sell stocks of yours and other companies, allow other companies to use your train lines (for a price of course), and even buy their stocks on a margin to try to drive prices low enough to swoop in and buy a majority stake. Last but not least, RRTII includes a lot of 'icing' features, including dozens of scenarios that span the globe from Cairo to California, real-time multiplayer options, including Internet-based hosting for up to 16 player, In conclusion, and a full-fledged scenario builder you can use to build your own maps.

Overall, RRTII is a dream come true for fans of the Sid Meier classic, and a must-have for all fans of railroad management or business simulations in general. RRTII and The Second Century expansion pack along with extra scenarios are now on sale in a great compilation called the Platinum Pack, a wonderful deal. Two thumbs up!

Review By HOTUD

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Mac

• Year:1999
• Publisher:Gathering
• Developer:PopTop Software Inc.

Linux

• Year:1999
• Publisher:Gathering
• Developer:PopTop Software Inc.

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Please help us forget fundraising and get back to Abandonia. This is a Sid Meier game and it's one of those that put this genius on the pedestal he is on now. Along with Pirates and Civilization this has got to be one of his best games. Off course there were many follow ups and clones of this game, but if you ask me, nothing, and I do mean nothing, comes close to this game!!!So what's it about?

You are an industrious and ambitious businessman trying your skill in railroad business. And this game really has it all. You can play on many different levels and I'll explain what I mean by that.First off you chose the map on which you'll play. You can start building in either England, eastern part of North America, western part of North America or in continental Europe. Depending on which map you choose, you'll start in different years. England built its rail network first, so that map will take you in the first half of the 19th century. And the further back you go in time, less choices of engines you'll have.Next you choose the difficulty level of AI.

And this really does make a difference, because every level will get tougher. You have four to choose from and the toughest one will be almost impossible to beat!But that's not all. Each difficulty level presumes you'll chose different reality levels, but you can modify those at the beginning or during the game. What's a reality level? You can chose to do your own dispatching (holding the trains on the station, forcing them to wait, so they don't crash), having complex economy (if you don't chose this one, every city will accept all goods you'll deliver to them, if you chose this one, then you'll get a list of goods a certain city or some industry not placed in a city will accept), and last but not least is the cut-throat choice (if ticked then other tycoons will try to get you out of business by taking over your lines).

So you have many choices from the beginning on and that certainly adds to re-playability.But what do you do in the game? Well there are many things you can do. The basic income is from the profit your railroad is making, but that's by far not all. You can buy and sell stocks of other companies, speculating with their stock. Running others out of business or taking over their lines. You can expand the stations by building post offices, hotels, restaurants, which can bring some money and increase the number of passengers and mail (and also freight).

You'll see some priority deliveries that will show up random and will demand you to howl freight from one station to another (earning extra money). Basically you must connect as many cities as you can and build as much industry (unless playing without complex economy) as you can. Don't forget to build some maintenance facilities along the way, so trains don't give out on you.There are also two ways of fighting the opponents. You can either try to take over their business or disrupt their lines. The stock market depends on your wealth. If you have enough money, you'll be able to buy more then 50% of their stocks and take over their company. But disrupting their lines depends on your railroad building skills.

If you connect your railroad to a city that is a part of somebody else's net then this city will decide for one of the companies. Their decision will be based on performance. The one who can bring most goods and passengers to the city and deliver most of their supplies to other cities will win. The looser will have to redraw from the city. This can even cut a line in half. On the other hand if you connect to a city owned by a company you took over that will increase the net worth of your company.There are simply so many things to say about this game, that I could go on for pages and still wouldn't say enough. The game play would score a 10 on a scale from 1 to 5.

The game play gives you 200% of everything. But what about the graphics and the sound? Well they are good too!

The sound consists of a pleasant adlib tunes and some sound effects. There are also some animated scenes that are quite funny.

You get VGA graphics that more then effectively do the job.I'll only mention one other thing (for everything else read the ). You build by holding down shift and using the numeric part of the keyboard. Function keys from F1 to F10 all have a certain function. First 4 will zoom in and out on parts of the map; others will bring out different reports. F9 will get you in touch with the stock broker.In the end, when you either retire, are kicked out of business or have been in charge of the company so long you'll go into peaceful retreat you'll see how good you've done. Every time you really improve your performance you're offered a better job (meaning if you left the railroad business you would have all the qualifications to do that job).

It's a nice way to end a game and enter the hall of fame.So what are you still waiting for DOWNLOAD; DOWNLOAD, DOWNLOAD and PLAY, PLAY, PLAY!!!There were some problems with the link to the manual. To get the real manual either click the PDF manual link in the extras, the bold word saying MANUAL within the text, or clickThis game works fine in WinXP, but you must select MCGA graphics. You'll get the same amount of colors as with VGA, but no animation. If you select VGA under WinXP the game won't start.

The best way to run the game however is still the DOSBox.