Railroad Tycoon II (Windows)

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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	James Walter (284)	unrated
A minor disappointment	Rasmus Jelsgaard (2)	unrated
A good game but not worthy of the name Railroad Tycoon 2	Heikki Sairanen (115)
The ultimate follow-up of the ultimate railroad simulation game.	Baxter (41)
Just not quite good enough	William Shawn McDonie (1181)

Critic Reviews

PC Gamer	Feb, 1999	92 out of 100	92
GameSpot	Dec 04, 1998	9.1 out of 10	91
Attack Games	Feb, 1999	9 out of 10	90
IGN	Oct 27, 1998	8.9 out of 10	89
Riki	Nov, 1998	88 out of 100	88
GameStar (Germany)	Nov, 1998	85 out of 100	85
Gaming Entertainment Monthly	Feb 07, 1999	83 out of 100	83
PC Player (Germany)	Nov, 1998	81 out of 100	81
Games Finder	Oct 05, 2013	8 out of 10	80
PC Joker	Dec, 1998	70 out of 100	70

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china scenario	2	chirinea (44804) 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