Railroad Tycoon II

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Description

Establish yourself as a mogul to be reckoned with as you work your way up the ranks of the railway industry in this strategy game. Expand your domain across continents and a changing global marketplace.

Build the Transcontinental Railway or the Orient Express. Run Steam train through the jungles of Africa, or electric trains through the Swiss Alps. Run your competitors out of town on a rail.

An 18 scenario campaign lets you re-create history's greatest railroading feats and failures.

Your wealth can be built up with a sophisticated stock market with margin buying, short selling, and hostile takeovers.

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Alternate Titles

• "铁路大亨2" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Tielu Daheng 2" -- Chinese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Simulation - Traffic network
• Microprose Tycoon series
• Railroad Tycoon series
• Theme: Stock Exchange

User Reviews

An excellent sequel to an excellent game	Windows	James Walter (242)
A minor disappointment	Windows	Rasmus Jelsgaard (2)
A good game but not worthy of the name Railroad Tycoon 2	Windows	Heikki Sairanen (105)
The ultimate follow-up of the ultimate railroad simulation game.	Windows	Baxter (38)
Just not quite good enough	Windows	William Shawn McDonie (1088)

Critic Reviews

Mac Game Gate	Macintosh	1999		100
GameSpot	Windows	Dec 04, 1998	9.1 out of 10	91
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Mar, 1999		90
Attack Games	Windows	Feb, 1999	9 out of 10	90
Privat Computer PC	Windows	1999	84 out of 100	84
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Mar, 2000	81 out of 100	81
GameSpot	PlayStation	Feb 23, 2000	7.4 out of 10	74
Gry OnLine	Windows	Sep 14, 2001	7 out of 10	70
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Nov, 1998	69 out of 100	69
IGN	PlayStation	Feb 11, 2000	6 out of 10	60

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Topic	# Posts	Last Post
china scenario	2	chirinea (40762) Jun 26, 2007

Trivia

Development

Although the name suggests this is a sequel to the famous Railroad Tycoon from MicroProse, it is technically not a sequel. PopTop developed the game completely independent of the old game, and changed the title to Railroad Tycoon 2 when they obtained the rights to the name from MicroProse.

Phil Steinmeyer says that the train graphics were created by "photographing relatively cheap model trains rather than hiring a horde of artists to create them in a program like 3D Studio Max".

Awards

• Power Play
  • Issue 02/1999 – Best Economical Strategy Game in 1998