Sid Meier returns to re-invent the game that launched the tycoon genre.
“It’s a dream come true to be reunited with a game I created early in my career, that has been played and enjoyed by generations of strategy, simulation, and train fans around the world. This re-=imagining of the original is sure to ignite your passion for railroads and deliver exciting and challenging gameplay experiences for years to come.
Sid Meier”
Features:
Lay track, expand towns and cities, transport goods and watch the world come to life.
Ruthless LAN and online multiplayer. Sabotage your rivals and monopolise the industry.
Build your dream railroad world or dive into competition against J. Pierpoint Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt and others.
Real-time action - lay track, route the trains, and the world comes to life. Cities and industries grow up around you as you service them, hauling raw materials to market and carrying manufactured goods away; Cargos are loaded onto train cars and passengers shuffle between cities.
Easy to get started - laying track is as easy as clicking and dragging. Bridges, tunnels, railroad stations and switches sprout up automatically where they're needed.
Haul Goods and Grow Industries - Harvest, produce, transport, and sell 20 different goods to over 30 unique industries as you build your booming rail empire.
Plan Your Victory - Strategize your win by accumulating loads of cash, purchasing your opponents' shares in their own railroad, and executing a total buy out to drive them out of the railroad business.
Own the Industries - Establish your dominance in each city by purchasing their profitable industries. As the owner, you'll get a cut of the profits for every carload of that good delivered - even if your competitors haul it in.
Rule the Stock Market - Shrewdly acquire your competitors' stocks throughout the game and take control of the market. But, beware - you're competing against ruthless rail barons who will seek revenge.
Personalize your trains - Choose from 40 trains, from the primitive 0-4-0 Planet to the super powerful 4-6-6-4 Challenger, and make them your own with unique color schemes and custom logos.
We've got the goods - over 20 different goods to harvest, produce, and sell, and 30 unique industries, from lumber mills to war factories, each with detailed, unique animations.
Something for everyone - build your dream train layout in train table mode, or challenge historical giants like Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, and others in single-player scenarios.
Scenario and map editor support - enables user-created maps and scenarios. Want to create a race to complete a transcontinental railroad in 30 years using only steam engines? No problem!
Multiplayer - Ruthless real-time LAN and Internet play. Engage in economic warfare and buy out your rivals as you compete for strategic positions, resources, industries, and patents!
System Requirements:
Windows 2000 / XP, 1.4GHZ processor (2.0GHZ recommended), 512MB RAM (1GB recommended), 1.7GB hard drive space, 64MB video card with hardware pixel and vertex shaders (GeForce 3 or Radeon 8500 or better), 128MB video card with pixel shader 2.0 support recommended (Radeon x800 or GeForce 6800), DirectX 7 compatible sound card, DirectX 9.0c (included).
This software comes in a sealed CD case.
