Railroad Tycoon II

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.

Alternate Titles

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

Part of the Following Groups

• Microprose Tycoon series
• Railroad Tycoon series
• Traffic networks

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User Reviews

A minor disappointment	Windows	Rasmus Jelsgaard (2)
An excellent sequel to an excellent game	Windows	James Walter (249)
A good game but not worthy of the name Railroad Tycoon 2	Windows	Heikki Sairanen (109)
The ultimate follow-up of the ultimate railroad simulation game.	Windows	Baxter (38)
Just not quite good enough	Windows	William Shawn McDonie (1163)

The Press Says

GameSpot	Windows	Dec 04, 1998	9.1 out of 10	91
IGN	Windows	Oct 27, 1998	8.9 out of 10	89
Privat Computer PC	Windows	1999	84 out of 100	84
Gaming Entertainment Monthly	Windows	Feb 07, 1999	83 out of 100	83
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Jan, 1999	83 out of 100	83
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Nov, 1998	81 out of 100	81
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Mar, 2000	81 out of 100	81
Super Play	Dreamcast	Feb, 2001	7 out of 10	70
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation	May 16, 2000	13 out of 20	65
IGN	PlayStation	Feb 11, 2000	6 out of 10	60

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
china scenario	2	chirinea (24650) Jun 25, 2007

Trivia

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.