Railroad Tycoon

Railroad Tycoon is a classic video game, which deals with business administration. The single player was released in the year 1990. The main aim of the game is to construct and supervise the railroad enterprise by setting up the railway tracks, constructing stations and purchasing trains. The player needs to behave like a businessman and make wise decisions. He needs to choose from the given list of four locations for setting up his enterprise. The four locations are the Western United States, Great Britain, the Northeast United States, and Continental Europe. At the beginning of the game, the player has a capital of one million dollars and also, the company can increase the capital through some bonds. The player schedules the trains, manages their movement, and decides the track for their movement. The game features a small standard market where the players can sell their pieces of stuff or either, purchase the pieces of stuff needed for their business. In addition to this, the game features several competing companies who are always on a quest to show the exit door of the business to the player.   Moreover, the game consists of four different kinds of stations.
1. Signal tower- This kind of station is a type of transitory loop and takes command over the movements.
2. Depot- A station of this type manages and controls the neighboring eight blocks.
3. Station- station handles its nearby blocks.
4. Terminal – This kind of station manages three nearby squares.
In the game, railroad tycoon, the player can construct a sum total of thirty-two stations. Along with constructing stations, the player also needs to construct an engine shop so that he can build several trains. Also, some additional facilities such as the terminals, stations, and hubs can be constructed.
Developed by:
Microprose
Microprose was founded in 1982 by Sid Meier and Bill Stealey. The company became well known very early with lots of interesting titles, where some of them became a legend. The company was acquired and dismantled in 2004.
Multiplayer:
No Multiplayer
Platform:
Dosbox
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9/23/2022 7:06:00 PM - Rob I play "Run In Browser" mode, and I cannot lay tracks. Works for me in Railroad Tycoon Deluxe version, but not the non-Deluxe version, no matter what I do :(
4/27/2015 7:15:00 PM - dallas Can this be played on a mobile phone? If installed (play on android)?
10/1/2013 2:09:00 PM - Ivan Foster How can I play this game
7/17/2013 6:34:00 AM - ChosenUndead Considering this is the precursor to Civilaization, enough is said. By the way if anyone is curious 4 + 6 = . . . 10!
3/19/2013 9:56:00 PM - Qman I haven't played this game but my big brother played it all the time. By the time I got older the game got harder to find. I'm happy I was able to play the game I always wanted to play.
8/2/2012 3:40:00 AM - Alex Loved this game when I was younger, oh what a meglomanic I could have been.Useful keys for those playing for the first time. shift D is double track, tab swithches between trains and map.
3/1/2012 10:37:00 PM - Lord Beezer Game just crashed What to do?
2/6/2012 10:39:00 PM - Lord Beezer Great Game!!! What more can i say???
1/13/2012 3:10:00 AM - Robin Patterson I found the answer myself. Open any train screen and check its schedule. I've added a RT page to the Civilization Wikia.
1/12/2012 1:27:00 PM - Robin Patterson I found the answer myself. Open any train screen and check its schedule. I've added a RT page to the Civilization Wikia.
1/12/2012 1:11:00 PM - Robin Patterson Download runs beautifully. Just one problem: with keyboard only, how do I see what priority freight is waiting to be picked up?
12/13/2011 9:04:00 PM - DOS Gamer Anom. *This is to all other DOS gamers that need help Q: Kevin - Can't build tracks A: Hello Kevan, to build tracks in Railroad Tycoon you do these simple steps & I have added a guide too: STEPS 1. Have your numlock key turned on or numpad activated to build tracks in this game. 2. To place tracks, while your numpad is turned on press any of the numpad keys from 1 - 7 GUIDE Track placement works in a compass like fashion, listed below are the directions you can build tracks: 8 = North 9 = North-East 6 = East 3 = South-East 2 = South 1 = South-East 4 = West 7 = South-West Does this answer your question?
12/5/2011 5:58:00 PM - Kevan Can't build tracks
11/20/2011 4:55:00 PM - Tj.Andra my memories
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