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Forge Your Rail Empire



The Golden Age of railroads is back with Sid Meier's Railroads! Combining the best of realworld and model railroads, Sid Meier's Railroads! puts you in charge of building your own transcontinental empire. Not only must you learn to run everything from steampowered locomotives to more modern diesel and electric trains, but you must also manage cargo and your bottom line, even as ruthless corporations, rival tycoons, slick entrepreneurs and robber barons try to take over.

Not only must you learn to run everything from steampowered locomotives to more modern diesel and electric trains, but you must also manage cargo and your bottom line, even as ruthless corporations, rival tycoons, slick entrepreneurs and robber barons try to take over.

Sid Meier's Railroads! puts you in a battle to build a railroad empire larger than any of your rivals', so that you can buy them out before they buy you out. You accomplish this by not only building railroad networks linking cities and industries together, but by managing them as well. If you make sure the trains run on time, delivering people, mail, and goods to where they need to be, you will see the results as you play. If you are successful, cities will grow and flourish, but if you are neglectful in your duties, they will wither and shrink.


Product Highlights

• Sid Meierdesigned railroad tycoon game
• You're in charge of building your own railroad empire
• A variety of play modes including the sandbox modeling mode, realtime LAN and Internet play
• Railroads! delivers a strategy experience that will cater to both RTS gamers and locomotive fans alike
• Engage in corporate warfare against rival tycoons, slick entrepreneurs and robber barons

The graphics rendering in this sequel has been greatly improved by utilizing the same graphics engine used for Civilization IV. Cities on the map have come closer together, offering more living, breathing world in which to operate. You will be able to see your trains running along the tracks, with visible detailing ranging from people boarding at depots, to lumber mills depositing logs onto your cars.

Sid Meier's Railroads! introduces a large number of different singleplayer game scenarios, with a variety of play modes. Playing the sandbox modeling mode that will let you tinker around without having to worry about money or the artificial intelligence, while realtime LAN and Internet games will allow you to face off against fellow robberbarons. Sid Meier's Railroads! should provide hours of fun for gamers of all stripes.

• Realtime action lay track, route the trains, and the world comes to life. Cities and industries grow up around you as you service them, hauling raw materials to market and carrying manufactured goods away; Cargos are loaded onto train cars and passengers shuffle between cities.
• Easy to get started laying track is as easy as clicking and dragging. Bridges, tunnels, railroad stations and switches sprout up automatically where they're needed.
• Haul Goods and Grow Industries Harvest, produce, transport, and sell 20 different goods to over 30 unique industries as you build your booming rail empire.
• Plan Your Victory Strategize your win by accumulating loads of cash, purchasing your opponents' shares in their own railroad, and executing a total buy out to drive them out of the railroad business.
• Own the Industries Establish your dominance in each city by purchasing their profitable industries. As the owner, you'll get a cut of the profits for every carload of that good delivered even if your competitors haul it in.
• Rule the Stock Market Shrewdly acquire your competitors' stocks throughout the game and take control of the market. But, beware you're competing against ruthless rail barons who will seek revenge.
• Personalize your trains Choose from 40 trains, from the primitive 040 Planet to the super powerful 4664 Challenger, and make them your own with unique color schemes and custom logos.
• We've got the goods over 20 different goods to harvest, produce, and sell, and 30 unique industries, from lumber mills to war factories, each with detailed, unique animations.
• Something for everyone build your dream train layout in train table mode, or challenge historical giants like Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, and others in singleplayer scenarios.
• Scenario and map editor support enables usercreated maps and scenarios. Want to create a race to complete a transcontinental railroad in 30 years using only steam engines? No problem!
• Multiplayer Ruthless realtime LAN and Internet play. Engage in economic warfare and buy out your rivals as you compete for strategic positions, resources, industries, and patents!

Windows Requirements

• Windows 2000 (plus Service Pack 1 or higher), XP Home or Professional (plus Service Pack 1 or higher)
• 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
• 1 GB of RAM
• 1.7 GB of free Hard Drive space
• DirectX 9.0c (included)
• 128 MB Video Card with Pixel Shader
• 2.0 support (Radeon x800, GeForce 6800)
• DirectX compatible Sound Card
• CDROM drive