 Screenshot from Railroad Tycoon Railroad Tycoon is an economic simulation and computer strategy game. There are four versions; the original Railroad Tycoon (1990), Railroad Tycoon II (1998), Railroad Tycoon 3 (2003), and Sid Meier's Railroads! (2006). Image File history File links RailroadTycoonBox. ...
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Sid Meier (born Sidney K. Meier in 1954, in Detroit, USA) is a renowned American programmer and designer of some of the most commercially and critically successful computer games of all time. ...
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Railroad Tycoon was written by game designer Sid Meier and published by MicroProse and though it shares the "Tycoon" suffix, it is entirely unrelated to other Microprose games such as RollerCoaster Tycoon and Transport Tycoon, which were developed by British programmer Chris Sawyer. A game designer is a person who designs games. ...
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RollerCoaster Tycoon or RCT is a series of computer games which simulate amusement park management. ...
Screenshot of Transport Tycoon Transport Tycoon (TT) and Transport Tycoon Deluxe (TTD) are computer games where the player is in control of a transport company, and competes against rival companies (or not, playing solo) to make as much profit as possible, by transporting passengers and various goods by road, rail...
Chris Sawyer is a British computer game developer who is best-known for designing and programming RollerCoaster Tycoon, RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, and Transport Tycoon. ...
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The objective of the game is to build and manage a railroad company, including laying track, building stations, and buying and scheduling trains. 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. This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...
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Railroad Tycoon The original version allowed the player to start companies in several settings: the U.S. West and Midwest or the Northeast, England, and (on a smaller scale including southern England) Europe. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ...
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The player, as the manager of the business, must lay track, build stations, purchase and schedule trains, and, if the player wishes, handle individual train movement and build additional industries. The game also has other railroads attempting to put the player out of business by stock dealings as well as by "Rate Wars" between railroads.
The player is given one million dollars (half equity, half loan) at the beginning of the game. The player can get more cash by selling 500,000 dollar bonds at various interest rates (depending on the current economic condition in the game). In the West-US version, a million-dollar bonus awaits the first railroad to link the west coast with land east of the Mississippi. The Court of Chancery, London, early 19th century This article is about concept of equity in Anglo-American jurisprudence. ...
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There are four different types of stations: Signal Tower, Depot, Station, and Terminal. Apart from the Signal Tower, which acts as a passing loop and may control movements, each of these stations services the surrounding area, with the depot serving its own square and the adjoining eight squares, the station takes another ring as well, and the terminal handles up to three squares away from the center. A player is limited to building 32 stations. When the player builds the first station they also build their first engine shop. Each engine shop is the manufacturing area for the player's different trains. The player can upgrade and downgrade depots, stations, and terminals. Other facilities such as cool stores and hotels may be added. Terminal Station was also the name of a railway station in Chattanooga, Tennessee; see Chattanooga Choo Choo. ...
Once the player builds a station they can build their first train (of the 32 permitted) at any engine shop. The player then can add cars to the train and send it on its way. The player can at any time change the "consist", which is the list of cars the train is to pick up at the various stations along the way. These include pure mail and passenger cars and specialized freight cars for each of the other nine types of commodity produced in the game. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
The player can continue to build the track network and build stations until the player runs out of funds. The game runs for a century, with accounting periods 2 years long. Stations built or rebuilt in a particular accounting period pay the player double freight rates for everything they purchase in that period. It can be worthwhile rebuilding busy ones every 2 years.
 Cover of Railroad Tycoon 2 Mail earns most if delivered really fast. Other cargoes also pay better for faster delivery, but at the "bulk" end of the scale there is little advantage (and the Manual incorrectly says there is none), and it is usually better to hold a train at a source station until several bulk cars are full before setting off. Image File history File links Railroadtycoon2_game_cover_B00004WEST.01. ...
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Speed of trains is a factor to be considered when laying track. If track goes straight over a mountain instead of round on the plains or through an expensive tunnel, the resulting slowness of trains may prove that the shortcut was false economy. Similar considerations apply to ferries, which are expensive and slow-running but may in some cases be economic if they greatly shorten a distance. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
Not every station buys everything offered to it. Some good producers buy nothing. There are two alternatives the player can choose between: Simple Economy (where, for example, a station serving two or more cities will buy anything) and Complex Economy (where "two cities" will buy mail, passengers, and a couple of other products; "four villages" will buy passengers and different freight products; only a station with a steel mill will buy coal; and other products have other buyer types). There are product variations over the four geographical scenarios.
As part of the release of the new Sid Meier's Railroads, 2k Games released the full version of the original Railroad Tycoon game for free, which is available on their website.
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe An updated version of this game named Railroad Tycoon Deluxe (RDX) was created and released in 1993. Despite a host of new features and graphics, RDX sold very poorly in stores, due to some bugs and inexplicably slow gameplay (most notoriously the F4 map screen, which brings the game to a crawl).
RDX is essentially the same game as Railroad Tycoon, with improved hi-resolution graphics, new sound effects, and several additions. The additions are: new maps (South America and South Africa) with region-specific cargo types (e.g. diamonds for South Africa), new time ranges and locomotives, bandits who can hijack your trains, and sheriffs who will arrest them. The existence of many bugs and very slow speed make the game initially inferior to the original, but subsequent patches and today's faster computers make it well worth a look. Furthermore, as a nice move for long time fans of the series (and probably advertisement), it is currently (as of 2006-11-22) offered as a free download from the Sid Meier's Railroads! official web site. The installation contains the DOSBox emulator v0.65 so the game can be played on modern computers. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Note: Although the game is called Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon Deluxe, Sid Meier himself had nothing to do with the development of this version.
Railroad Tycoon II
 Screenshot from Railroad Tycoon 2 A sequel featuring improved graphics and more complex gameplay, Railroad Tycoon II, was published by Gathering of Developers in 1998 after PopTop Software acquired rights to the name. Some features of the first version are missing in this sequel: ability to build tunnels and lack of Signal Towers. Image File history File links Railroadtyccon_screenshot. ...
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The Dreamcast version was in full 3D.
An expansion pack, Railroad Tycoon II: Second Century, was later added which contained new scenarios that focused on modern and near-future times. The game and its expansion were repackaged together in the Gold Edition and then, with additional user-made scenarios, the Platinum Edition.
A short lived, budget title, named the Millenium Edition went on sale for 2000. It featured many scenarios and features of The Second Century', but had no map editor. It featured 6 scenarios from the original version, yet had no instruction booklet and was sold only in a jewel case. Contents // Categories: Stub ...
Railroad Tycoon 3
 Screenshot from Railroad Tycoon 3 The second sequel, Railroad Tycoon 3, was released in 2003 featuring a full 3D environment, allowing for overpasses and tunnels (tunnels were present in the original but lost in RT2), and much improved graphics over its predecessors. Gameplay changed significantly, with dynamic pricing of goods across the entire map and cargo that can find alternate means of transportation if no train service is provided. A powerful map editor was also included which allows the creation of fully detailed maps, with a massive range of possible events and victory conditions. Image File history File links Railroadtyccon3_screen2. ...
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A free expansion pack, Coast to Coast, was released in 2004 containing new scenarios and trains. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sid Meier's Railroads! -
Sid Meier's Railroads! was released in October 2006. It was the first game in the Railroad Tycoon series since the original to have a direct input from Sid Meier himself. Railroads! features a variety of scenarios and trains from both North America and Europe and is more economics and industry-focused than previous editions of Railroad Tycoon. It has a simpler user interface for tracklaying, as well as featuring full 3D computer graphics and real time gameplay. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1024, 319 KB) A screenshot from Sid Meiers Railroads!. Included here under fair use. ...
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Screenshot from Sid Meiers Railroads! Sid Meiers Railroads! is a personal computer game developed by Sid Meier that was released in October 2006. ...
Screenshot from Sid Meiers Railroads! Sid Meiers Railroads! is a personal computer game developed by Sid Meier that was released in October 2006. ...
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See also Screenshot of Transport Tycoon Transport Tycoon (TT) and Transport Tycoon Deluxe (TTD) are computer games where the player is in control of a transport company, and competes against rival companies (or not, playing solo) to make as much profit as possible, by transporting passengers and various goods by road, rail...
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