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Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon

The objective of the game is to build and manage a railroad company by laying track, building stations, and buying and scheduling trains. The player may start companies in any of four geographic locales: the…

1 January 1990

Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon is a simulator developed by MPS Labs, released 1 January 1990 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS and Mac.

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What Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon is

Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon is a simulator game developed by MPS Labs and released in 1990. It was published by MicroProse Software, Inc.. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS and Mac.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The objective of the game is to build and manage a railroad company by laying track, building stations, and buying and scheduling trains. The player may start companies in any of four geographic locales: the Western United States, Northeast United States, Great Britain, or Continental Europe.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon launched on 1 January 1990, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon come out?
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon was released on 1 January 1990 for Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS and Mac.

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