Shortline Railroad
Shortline is a real-time railroad management game that eschews complicated financial aspects (as in A-Train) and all realistic factors in favor of the pure joy of creating a miniature railroad. You goal is to…
Shortline Railroad is a strategy developed by Andrei Snegov, released 31 December 1992 on DOS.
What Shortline Railroad is
Shortline Railroad is a strategy game developed by Andrei Snegov and released in 1992. It was published by DOKA Studios. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shortline is a real-time railroad management game that eschews complicated financial aspects (as in A-Train) and all realistic factors in favor of the pure joy of creating a miniature railroad. You goal is to assure an uninterrupted collision-free passage of different trains to target points, and your success both in traffic dispatch and railroad management and construction determines your score.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Shortline Railroad launched on 31 December 1992, within three weeks of Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting and Moto Roader MC.
Released around the same time: Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Moto Roader MC.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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