dmoon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Doksu Moon) (03/21/91)
Okay, so someone please tell me. What IS rail tycoon from Microsoft? dmoon@phoenix.princeton.edu
Corey_Lynn_Nelson@cup.portal.com (03/26/91)
Well, Rail Tycoon is a really fun game where the player build tracks and tressels and buys trains and cars. The object to to build a large RR company with many connects to many cities. The player has to find resources in one area, ship them to the factories/refineries, and then move the finished products to the demand, if need be. There are other (computer) RR companies f for competition. I bought it for the IBM many months ago and everyone in the office still plays it on their breaks. corey_lynn_nelson@cup.portal.com Voice (415) 373-7638 BBS (415) 373-0873 FAX (415) 373-7639
rsfinn@CONCERTO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Russell S. Finn) (03/26/91)
In article <40554@cup.portal.com>, Corey_Lynn_Nelson@cup.portal.com writes: |> Well, Rail Tycoon is a really fun game where the player build tracks and |> tressels and buys trains and cars. The object to to build a large RR company |> with many connects to many cities. The player has to find resources in one |> area, ship them to the factories/refineries, and then move the finished |> products to the demand, if need be. There are other (computer) RR companies f |> for competition. |> I bought it for the IBM many months ago and everyone in the office still |> plays it on their breaks. Two corrections: (1) It's "Railroad Tycoon", not "Rail Tycoon" (actually, the full name is "Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon"); (2) it's "MicroProse", not "Microsoft" (the difference being that Microsoft hasn't done a new game for the Macintosh in six years, while MicroProse hasn't done a new game for the Macintosh in two years. :-) MicroProse probably decided to do a Macintosh version of Railroad Tycoon because its look and feel is similar to SimCity (although, of course, the subject matter is much different), and SimCity did very well on the Macintosh. Disclaimer: I used to work for MicroProse, and did the Macintosh version of Pirates! while I was there. -- Russell S. Finn rsfinn@lcs.mit.edu
ric@netcom.COM (Richard Bretscheider) (03/26/91)
Corey_Lynn_Nelson@cup.portal.com writes: >Well, Rail Tycoon is a really fun game where the player build tracks and (Description of game I'm familiar with deleted.) >I bought it for the IBM many months ago and everyone in the office still >plays it on their breaks. So, is it available for the Mac? This is comp.sys.mac.games.forreal isn't it? ;-) -- "If you're not going to kill me, I've got things to do." Ric Bretschneider apple!netcom!ric BWAH-Ha-ha!
Corey_Lynn_Nelson@cup.portal.com (03/28/91)
I heard that this was supposed to become available to for the Mac sometime soon, but I can't remember where I read that. corey_lynn_nelson@cup.portal.com Voice (415) 373-7638 BBS (415) 373-0873 FAX (415) 373-7639
mmig6535@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Bloch) (04/04/91)
Yes! I ordered rail tycoon for ibm because it looked really neat! is it coming out on mac???? I don't have an ibm and would hold off if i could get a mac version. please write to mee too mmig6535@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu -Mark Corey_Lynn_Nelson@cup.portal.com writes: >I heard that this was supposed to become available to for the Mac sometime >soon, but I can't remember where I read that. >corey_lynn_nelson@cup.portal.com >Voice (415) 373-7638 >BBS (415) 373-0873 >FAX (415) 373-7639
Bob.Nordling@f13.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Bob Nordling) (04/07/91)
* In a message originally to All, Richard Bretscheider said: >>Well, Rail Tycoon is a really fun game where the player build tracks and > >(Description of game I'm familiar with deleted.) > >>I bought it for the IBM many months ago and everyone in the office still >>plays it on their breaks. > >So, is it available for the Mac? This is >comp.sys.mac.games.forreal >isn't it? ;-) Railroad Tycoon is slated to be released REAL SOON NOW for the Mac, last I heard, sometime within the next month. ---