Railroad Tycoon 2 Platinum Edition | 
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Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 7275
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Platinum
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.9 x 1.6
UPC: 750560100961
EAN: 0750560100961
ASIN: B00005NBR0
Release Date: September 25, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Become a railroad mogul by working your way up the ranks of the railroad industry | | • | Build the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, or the Orient Express | | • | Run steam trains through African jungles | | • | Includes Railroad Tycoon II, RT Second Century, RT Gold, plus 50 new scenarios | | • | 2 - 8 players |
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Product Description
Establish yourself as a mogul to be reckoned with as you work your way up the ranks of the railroad industry!
Amazon.com Review
Get in on the good old days of cigar-chomping, market-cornering capitalism with Railroad Tycoon 2. The rich realism of this simulation will absorb you in the worlds of transportation and communication from 1804 to 2020--the early days of steam to tomorrow's bullet trains. Play any of 40 different chairmen at different times and places, hire managers with different skills and abilities, pay attention to the economy and stock market, and bully the competition into the history books as you keep the trains running on time. The graphics are splendid, and the details you must keep up with are realistic and challenging, creating an engaging game system that keeps you entertained for hours at a time. Simple to learn, the game can be started moments after installation. The manual is designed to provide just the information you need, when you need it, though you'd be well advised to master the game on your own before taking on networked opponents from the next cubicle or over the Net. Enhancements over the first Railroad Tycoon include full-motion video and more engine and cargo types, campaigns, and "sandbox mode." Be warned: you will always spend more time than you thought you would playing Railroad Tycoon 2; time takes on a whole new meaning when you're building an empire. --Rob Lightner Pros: - Complete, realistic business model
- Fascinating historical simulation
- Plethora of cars, engines, and towns
- Great use of visuals and sounds
Cons: - Track laying is needlessly tricky
- Manual is weak in some areas
Amazon.com Product Description
Railroad Tycoon 2 puts players in control of 34 types of cargo cars and 51 train engines from around the world. Players can span the ages from 1804 to beyond 2000 while establishing transportation empires and outmaneuvering robber barons. Scenarios allow for worldwide exploration and expansion. A sophisticated economy and stock market let players test their entrepreneurial prowess. Railroad Tycoon 2 is based upon PopTop's proprietary S3D engine, which allows for highly detailed 3-D graphics and renderings. The game was developed exclusively for 1024 x 768 resolution in either 16-bit or 8-bit color.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Awesome game! July 9, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is just awesome! The graphics are high quality and realistic, the gameplay is good and it is overall very fun! I enjoy playing in Sandbox mode where I can make train tracks all over the US. The downside is...you have to tell each train what cargo to tow and it takes some effort to find 2 cities that have demands for each other...
Also your trains can break down, there can be robbers, the cities grow and you can build your own map! The fun is endless!
 So much charm and fun.... May 4, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I write this after owning and playing Railroad Tycoon II and Railroad Tycoon III extensively. To be honest, I like RRT II better because it has a certain charm to it graphically. It is very well presented and works fine. The only thing that would make me recommend RRT III over II is the micromanagement can be a bit overwhelming in RRT II. The third game takes care of a lot of this, but at the same time, takes away some of your abitlity to manage your railroads effectively. All in all, I would say if you are playing on a laptop, go for RRT II and if you are on a desktop with a decent graphics card, then go for RRT III. Railroad Tycoon III is a very beautiful game in its own right, I just prefer the art style of Railroad Tycoon 2 :)
Railroad Tycoon 2 Platinum Review October 29, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I think that this game is the ultimate for tycooners. I have sevral tycoons (mall, roller caoster,school,airport and railroad)and this one is my favourite. Not just can you make a railroad, you can make citys and stores!! This game is great.
Fun but... August 16, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I thought this game was a great tycoon game. The best in fact. Except...there is so much you need to micro-manage in this game. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong - I might not have figured out how to do it automatically - but you need to set certain cars to each train each time. So if you have a passenger car set to go from Washington to Baltimore, and there is some lumber that can go as well, it won't get ship unless you click on it. I prefer RT3 because it will ship this automatically, yet you can still chose what you want to ship if you need to get certain supplies to a factory you own. I just found that to be a little frustrating. But overall, its a fun game.
Try RRT3 May 24, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a classic version of an even more classic release, Railroad Tycoon 1. If you like more sophisticated 3D graphics, though, then try RRT3. The graphics are just amazing and the play even more variegated and fun.
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