Download Railroad Tycoon - DOS, Mac OS game

If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to run a railway empire without getting coal dust all over your clothes, Railroad Tycoon is the place to start. This 1990 classic hands you a map, a budget, and a dream—then politely steps aside while you bankrupt yourself by connecting two towns nobody cares about. The charm lies in its mix of big-brain strategy and tiny pixel trains chugging across vast landscapes. Every decision feels momentous, probably because half of them are irreversible. It’s ambitious, addictive, and still strangely relaxing, even when your profits plummet like a runaway locomotive with no brakes.

DOS classic

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Rating: 4.11 / 5.00 (131 votes)

DOS Mac OS

Genres:

simulation, business simulation

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turn based, trading, trains, stock exchange, traffic and transportation

Graphics:

top down

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Railroad Tycoon

Game modes:

single-player

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Railroad Tycoon review

Computer and Video Games (CVG): "With its sheer complexity, vast, array of options, and immense scope for hours of play, Railroad Tycoon is one of those classiest simulations you're ever likely to see - a bit like SimCity with loads of extras thrown in."

PC Review Issue 7 (1992): "A completely unique game - and not just for trainspotters or overgrown kids either. Take control of a fledgling railway in the heyday of steam and use your best business acumen to take it across an entire continent - wiping out, or buying up, the opposition on the way. This forerunner of the superb strategy game Civilization is definitely not to be missed."

More information on Railroad Tycoon

Status: freeware
Abandonware DOS views: 32813

Awards won by Railroad Tycoon:

1991 - Best Strategy Program, CODiE Awards.
Selected for 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die.

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TBK 09/09/2017 18:44
Still a classic, despite it's end game flaws.

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