A-Train is a simulator developed by Artdink, released 31 December 1990 on Wii, DOS, FM Towns and Mac.
What A-Train is
A-Train is a simulator game developed by Artdink and released in 1990. It is available on Wii, DOS, FM Towns, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PC-9800 Series and Sharp X68000.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You play the part of the head of a railroad company, with the aim of creating your own railroad empire, providing a successful mass transit system that will be an inspiration to the rest of the world. Another goal is to provide the impetus for your chosen city to develop. There are a number of different places to set up business each with different layouts and existing houses and businesses. The main money earners are passenger trains, that can be scheduled to pick up passengers at the times of day when the demand is high. However, in the long term you need the city to develop. This requires setting up trains that transport resources to where they are needed. These resources are used to…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
A-Train holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 1990 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
A-Train launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, Spellbound, Colorado and The Amazing Spider-Man. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, Spellbound, Colorado, The Amazing Spider-Man.
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