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Some features of the first version are missing in this sequel, such as the ability to build tunnels and signal towers, but many new possibilities were added, such as the ability to have unlimited money, trains, and train routes, much better control of routes, dozens of new maps, and the ability to
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is essentially the same game as Railroad Tycoon, with improved hi-resolution graphics, new sound effects, and several additions. The additions are: new maps (South America and Africa) with region-specific cargo types (e.g. troops for Africa), new time ranges and locomotives, bandits who can hijack
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The player manages the business as described above and may also handle individual train movement and build additional industries. The game also has other railroad companies attempting to put the player out of business with stock dealings and "Rate Wars".
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There are dozens of new scenarios to play including ones in Africa, North America, Germany, the Swiss Alps, the jungles of South America, and even several places around the world in a possible future where Earth's oceans have risen. Most of the ones in
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features a variety of scenarios and trains from both North America and Europe and is less industry-focused than previous versions. It has a simpler user interface for track laying, full 3D graphics, and real time gameplay.
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The player starts with one million dollars, half as equity, half as loan. The player can get more cash by selling $ 500,000 bonds at various interest rates (which depend on the current economic condition in the game).
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The objective of the game is to build and manage a railroad company by laying track, building stations, and buying and scheduling trains. The railroad must be built in a certain time to win the game.
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The original version allowed the player to start companies in several settings: the U.S. West and Midwest or the Northeast, England, and (on a smaller scale including southern England) Europe.
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was later added which contained new scenarios focusing on modern and near-future times, plus added new elements to the economy. The game and its expansion were repackaged together in the
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sold very poorly, due to some bugs and slow gameplay (most notoriously the F4 map screen, which brings the game to a crawl).
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acquired rights to the name from MicroProse, Sid Meier's original company which he himself left a year earlier to form
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license and featuring box art very similar to the third entry in the series, it has been published under the title
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takes place in the eastern United States in 1830. Each player takes charge of a pioneering new railway company.
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released the full version of the original Railroad Tycoon game for free, which is available on their website.
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A sequel featuring improved graphics and more complex gameplay was published by
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was created and released in 1993. Despite a host of new features and graphics,
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series since the original to have direct input from Sid Meier himself.
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with more stylistic box art and simplified rules. Originally using the
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went on sale in 2000. It featured many scenarios and features of
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was released in October 2006. It was the first game in the
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and then, with 50 additional user-made scenarios, into the
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series. There are five games in the series; the original
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