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− | |minCPU = 8086 | + | |minCPU = Intel 8086 |
− | |minRAM = 512 kB | + | |minRAM = 512 kB |
− | |minHD = 1 | + | |minHD = 1.2 MB or floppy |
− | |minGPU = CGA | + | |minGPU = CGA |
− | |recOS = 3.31 | + | |recOS = 3.31 |
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|recGPU = VGA | |recGPU = VGA | ||
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+ | |OSfamily = DOS | ||
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+ | |minOS = 5.0 | ||
+ | |minCPU = Intel 386 16 MHz | ||
+ | |minRAM = 640 KB | ||
+ | |minHD = 5 MB | ||
+ | |minGPU = VGA | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:15, 29 July 2023
Developers | |
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MPS Labs | |
Publishers | |
Retail | MicroProse |
Digital freeware | 2K Games |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1990 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1990 |
Windows (DOSBox) | November 20, 2006 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Freeware |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building, Business |
Vehicles | Train |
Series | Railroad Tycoon |
Railroad Tycoon | |
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Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon | 1990 |
Railroad Tycoon II | 1998 |
Railroad Tycoon 3 | 2003 |
Sid Meier's Railroads! | 2006 |
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon is a singleplayer building and business game in the Railroad Tycoon series.
The Deluxe edition was made freeware in 2006 to promote the release of Sid Meier's Railroads!.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Official website | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. See manual\REF_SHEET.PDF for copy protection answers. |
Version differences
Railroad Tycoon (Classic Version)
- much less system requirements (runs on XT with CGA and floppy drive)
- Sound Support: PC Speaker, Tandy Sound, Adlib, Roland MT-32 Midi board
- includes England map, this was removed in the deluxe version.
- provides animations when trains crash into each other or when train falls into a river because of a damaged bridge
- Value for ingame money was stored in a 16 Bit address. This means the money was between the range of -32768 to +32767 and the integer value could overflow and underflow. This could be used for cheating.
- was never released as Freeware version, only as retail.
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
- higher system requirements (386 minimum)
- higher-resolution graphics (VGA 640x480x16)
- better sound support (Adlib, Covox Sound Master, Soundblaster, Soundblaster Pro, Pro Audio Spectrum, Pro Audio Spectrum Plus, Soundblaster 16, Roland MT-32 Midi board, General Midi
- Maps: England removed, Africa and South America added
- The money bug was fixed. It was no more possible to overflow or underflow the value for the money.
- instead of animations when trains crash, the Deluxe version only provides still images.
- was released as Freeware
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Edit batch files[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\CONFIG.RRD |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\ |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
- Saves are pairs of
RR*.SMP
andRR*.SVE
files; both must be present to load a save.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 320x200 (original) or 640x400 (Deluxe) only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | On/off only. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Everything is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | VGA, MCGA, EGA, Tandy, CGA | Railroad Tycoon Deluxe requires VGA or better |
System requirements
Original version
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2.0 | 3.31 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 8086 | Intel 286 12 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 kB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 MB or floppy | |
Video card (GPU) | CGA | VGA |
Deluxe
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 16 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 640 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Garrett on 19 November 2013