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Railroad Tycoon
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The long-awaited next installment in the Railroad Tycoon series is here! Railroad Tycoon 3 features a cutting edge 3D engine with beautifully modeled trains, buildings and landscapes. Establish rail lines, haul cargo and amass your fortune. Carve out routes using tunnels, overpasses and bridges. Manipulate the stock market, bankrupt opponents and become the ultimate rail baron.
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[One] unexpected aspect to Railroad Tycoon 3 is the stock market. Your company, and the other railroad companies are put on the stock market for investors. You can buy and sell stocks with the wages you make from running your company, to try and build your personal wealth to unprecedented levels. You can even perform such maneuvers as buying on margin or short selling to try to put your competitors out of business.
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In 1997, Phil Steinmeyer, CEO of PopTop and a huge fan of the original Railroad Tycoon game, began work on a new railroad game, designed to be the spiritual successor to Railroad Tycoon. A year and a half later Railroad Tycoon 2 (published by Gathering), was released, and like it predecessor became a massive critical and commercial success, garnering many 'Strategy Game of the Year' and 'Game of the Year' type awards. With sales of over 1.5 million copies it was clear that Phil Steinmyer had accomplished his goal, in fact the game is still selling today five years later.
Ever wanted to be the mastermind behind a railroad empire, but didn't get around to it when Railroad Tycoon 2 was released earlier? Gathering of Developers and Tremor Entertainment have the solution; they've ported the Pop Top Software hit over to the Dreamcast with numerous improvements that will not only attract newcomers to the title, but ... addicts of the previous. And fortunately, Tremor has done a much better job in porting Railroad Tycoon 2 over to Sega's console than was done with the rather poor PlayStation version.
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Destineer subsidiary MacSoft on Thursday announced that its Mac conversion of Railroad Tycoon 3 for Mac OS X will be released on September 13, 2004. The company has not previously noted plans to publish this port, so news that Railroad Tycoon 3 will be released for the Mac so soon may surprise many Mac gamers. Also included with the software is the Coast to Coast Expansion Pack, an add-on that was available separately for PC gamers. more
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Inspired by the computer game of the same name, Railroad Tycoon: The Boardgame has been released by publisher Eagle Games. Designed by Martin Wallace and Glenn Drover, the game is based on Wallace's Age of Steam -- which finished as the #7 game of all-time in The One Hundred. Players compete to collect victory points by building track across the eastern United States, delivering goods, improving their engines, and investing wisely.
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