The Train: Escape to Normandy

The graphics are quite good (although maximum 16 colors). It helps a lot, that the entire game is happening during the night, so everything is in shades of black and gray. The sounds are OK (which is surprising for PC speaker sound). You will hear different sounds of your train engine (depends how fast you’re going) and you’ll hear the shooting sounds and so forth. So the do a nice job (you can turn the sound on/off with F2 and F3). OK! That’s about it. You just need to know, that you don’t have unlimited time to reach Riviere. You need to be there before the break sun rise (that between 7 and 8 A.M.). So good luck to you!

The problem with The Train is the simplistic arcade sequences - though graphically pleasing, they don't offer much challenge, and the game is rather easy to complete. There's some incentive to try different routes and to beat journey times, but interest will wane fast.

Take command of a steam train behind German lines during WWII and drive it to freedom. Simple strategy interspersed with the occasional arcade sequence. Too easy to complete to keep you busy for long.