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Arctic Baron

aka: Transarctica
Moby ID: 3932

DOS version

Buy here - sell there. Become richer, buy more train wagons.

The Good
Everything. It has very good graphics (for it's time), the controls are very easy, the gameplay easy to understand. In this icy world you've got a net of train rails, and you're not the only one to use them. You must earn (mine or gain by trading) money, which you can also use as a low-level coal. See for yourself.

The Bad
The seeming absence of a plot, and there's no explanation for not obvious things. Also, every city has only one purpose (why NOT multifunctional ?), and you must first visit it, to acknowledge it's purpose. f.e. mammoth trading center, garrison town, commercial crossroads, assemblages, etc.

The Bottom Line
Recommended classic, and a very own style.

by dreb drhyj (1) on June 12, 2003

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