Airport Tycoon

by TalonSoft

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00004TBC0
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: April 10, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (89 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,470 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #88 in Video Games > PC Games > Simulation > Life
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

66 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Program whose main strength is its graphics, May 2, 2000

By 

Tyler Clark "Inbound marketing and lead gener... (Youngstown, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Airport Tycoon (CD-ROM)

I've always wanted to play a simulator for airport management, so was very excited to see this game come out. However, the learning curve was huge. The manual only gives information on the interface and not the actual "rules" of the game. The user must figure it out for themselves and the poor tutorial is of little assistance (it never shows the completion of even a modest airport with the offer of a flight contract - in fact the tutorial runs out of money before it can finish). So the real treat of the game is the 3-d graphics uncommon to most sims. You can really get inside your creation from one of several stunning camera angles. The interface and usability are mainly where the program suffers. Although as a whole a fun and involving simulation, some common tasks (like rejecting business contracts for business types you already have in your airport or dedicating check-in desks to a particular airline contract) must be performed repeatedly and arduously. The patch that is available, by the way, is for the British version of the game, called Airport Inc., but works on Airport Tycoon. In short, if you are a simulator fan and find the airport business model intriguing, you may be able to overlook some flaws. It is only $20 bucks, after all. Otherwise, the whole procedure may be too frustrating.

30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT GAME GO TO THE WEBRING TO FIND MORE!, July 16, 2000

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DELBERT MURRAY (tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Airport Tycoon (CD-ROM)

THIS GAME IS GREAT IF YOU LIKE BUSINESS GAMES AND HAVE A GREAT PASSION FOR AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES! YOU MUST HAVE PATEINCE TO PLAY THIS GAME THOUGH. IT HAS FAIRLY GOOD GRAPHICS, BUT YOU WOULD NEED TO VISIT WEB SITIES TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY BECAUSE THE TUTORIAL TAKES OVER 30 MINUTES! BUT LET ME TELL YOU IT IS A GREAT FEELING TO SEE THE FIRST JUMBO JET TO LAND AT YOUR AIRPORT! PLEASE IF YOU WANT TO BUY THE GAME OR ALREADY OWN THE GAME DON'T FRUSTRATE YOURSELF WITH THE TUTORIAL! GO TO WEBRING.COM AND TYPE AIRPORT TYCOON! THIS WILL HELP YOU GET THROUG THE PAINFUL FIRST HOURS OF THE GAME!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool!, June 30, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Airport Tycoon (CD-ROM)

This game is so great. You manage EVERYTHING, even contracts. If you buy this game and get millions of flight and business contracts, but no petrol or hotel contracts, this is normal. It takes a while to get those. WARNING: NEVER BUILD A TERMINAL THAT YOU WANT TO DELETE LATER, YOU CAN NEVER DELETE A TERMINAL! I say this because you have a maximum of 4 terminals. (and runways)Bomb threats will happen. Luckilly if your police attitudes are careful or cautious, then the bomb threat could be a hoax, or the bomb could be defused. The few bad things. People can walk through your stores. It's kinda cool. You never see planes loading passengers. The last thing: The tutorial is useless. Oops, I forgot a good thing. If you don't want a snowstorm burying your planes, or a deadly fire burning your terminals to the ground, you can turn off hazards. This game is a must have!