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OTHER
VERSIONS
This page contains information on the
Dreamcast & Playstation versions.
Dreamcast
Gathering Of Developers has offically
announced that the Dreamcast version of Rt2 is in
development by Tremor Entertainment.
Here's some details from the The Adrenaline
Vault
Gathering
of Developers today announced it would publish Railroad
Tycoon II for the Sega Dreamcast. Developed for the PC at
PopTop Software, Railroad Tycoon II is being developed
for the Dreamcast at Tremor Entertainment. The game,
which is the first strategy simulation for the Dreamcast,
will feature online capabilities. Gathering of Developers
will showcase Railroad Tycoon II at this year's upcoming
Electronic Entertainment Expo, and will release the game
this summer.
Tremor's
Railroad Tycoon II features all of the content of the
original PC version, and combines it with a boxcar load
of new enhancements, including a full 3D game engine, and
a streamlined interface and financial structure. People
move more than 40 varieties of cargo using over 60
different train engines from around the world, and
establish transportation empires while outmaneuvering
fellow robber barons. Over 70 scenarios are included,
combining everything from the original PC Railroad Tycoon
II and the Second Century expansion, plus new scenarios
designed for the Sega Dreamcast version. The game spans
the industrial age from 1804 to beyond 2000, allowing for
worldwide exploration and expansion.
Here are
some screenshots:
Playstation
Review
Here is a
review of the psx version:
This is a
real railroad game, not just a strategy game that happens
to involve railroads. If you want to hop on a plane, car
or ship, hop on another game. This game is about trains
for people who love trains. Everything about the game is
centered around an authentic look and feeling of the
railways. Period video and pictures are interlaced with
the game. The design and interface are true to the
character of the fabled late 1800's railroads. A.I.
opponents are based on real people. And all maps are real
(based on satellite photography from US Geological
Service and other sources).
EDITOR REVIEW
Management strategy titles aren't exactly flooding the
PlayStation game library, so it would be all too easy for
publishers to release any old junk in this genre and have
it fly off the shelves. Thankfully this isn't what's
happened here with Railroad Tycoon II - it's one of the
classiest and addictive games of its type on any machine
right now.
So what is the point of
this steam-powered game? Like many other management
titles you may have played already, the objective is to
take over the world (or at least the bits that you can
lay railroad tracks on) and make a sweet profit out of it.
As a fresh-faced railroad company eager to make tracks (ho,
ho), you start off by connecting small cities together
with railroads for your small fleet of trains to carry
packages and passengers on. Should you manage to make a
profit out of this venture you can expand your empire out
to cover other territories and buy more carriages,
locomotives and hire better staff. Rival networks are
also operating and new cities are constantly being formed
all the time, providing a constant challenge.
Many PC to PlayStation
conversions suffer from unfriendly control - after all,
the control pad makes for a poor substitute for a real
mouse. Thankfully the developers have worked around this
quite well, with an intuitive system to navigate between
the countless menus and option screens. It isn't all
staring at bank balances and making executive decisions,
thankfully - once you get all the tracks laid out and a
couple of engines moving you can sit back and watch all
the trains go about their business, which is always
relaxing. The open ended gameplay can be traded for
eighteen pre-set scenarios which test your managerial
abilities and extend this game' s lengthy life-span even
further. It's not the most action-filled game you' ll
ever find on the machine but it's certainly one of the
best.
It's
offical the playstation is to get Rt2, the game is being
developed by Tremor Entertainment. Railroad Express
The
playstation version has an offical site:
Rt2 Playstataion offical site
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