Railroad Tycoon 2: Gold Edition

by Loki Entertainment Software

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00003OPE8
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,777 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Meticulously detailed trains and buildings might make Railroad Tycoon 2 Gold look like a simulation aimed at model railroad aficionados, but don't be fooled. The real heart of the game is its detailed business simulation of 19th and 20th century railroad empires. At the beginning of a scenario or campaign you form a railroad company, and it then becomes your job to meet the expectations of your shareholders by supplying the goods and services demanded by the game's cities and industries.

It isn't easy. Those pretty trains chugging across the bucolic landscape have to be maintained, repaired, and replaced regularly or you run the risk of experiencing an expensive breakdown or crash. As the years tick by you must also adapt to historical demands. New industries spring up while others become less important. The passenger and mail routes that generate so much cash at the beginning of the game don't even cover your expenses once the automobile steals the show. The availability of new trains (the game models over 60), the fact that demands wax and wane over time, and the inclusion of a fully functioning stock market simulation that allows for hostile takeovers add up to a game where players always have something to do.

This Gold version of the game includes both the original Railroad Tycoon 2 and the expansion pack Railroad Tycoon 2: The Second Century along with 12 bonus scenarios and an electronic version of the strategy guide. It's enough to keep fans of business simulations and strategy games occupied for months. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• Accurate yet fun business elements
• Always something to do
• Nice graphics and a terrific blues soundtrack

Cons:

• Micromanaging cargoes may be too tedious for casual gamers

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game Great game etc., March 6, 2000

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Duncan Hong (Napa, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Railroad Tycoon 2: Gold Edition (CD-ROM)

This game was a great game, it has the new and the old engines. The game has a bunch of realistic things in it. Such as the stock market, people robbing the trains. Trains without oil nor water will go very slow.There are speific goals that you need to acheive at certain levels. The only thing that it doesn't have is taxes. Just like the cities, they demand things. You can probably make a lot of money just by shipping passengers and mail. if you want to make a ton of money, shipped what they demand and they'll pay a lot more than what they don't want. The cool thing about this game is that you can play online.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Excellent Linux Game By Loki!, February 10, 2000

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Chris Adams (Rhein Main AB, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Railroad Tycoon 2: Gold Edition (CD-ROM)

This is yet another EXCELLENT port by Loki. I own Civ CTP, Myth 2 and this game. They are all excellent. I recommend this game to anyone who loved the first RR Tycoon or if you like civ type games. Build your railroad empire, ON YOUR PREFFERED LINUX DISTRO!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Game, November 4, 2001

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Ronald Tieder (Mardela Springs, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Railroad Tycoon 2: Gold Edition (CD-ROM)

this game is quite a bit of fun. i am running the game on redhat 7.1 and i have not had a single reliabilty problem.