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Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon

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Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon cover
Developers
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
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon on HowLongToBeat
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon on MobyGames
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon on Wikipedia
Railroad Tycoon
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon 1990
Railroad Tycoon II 1998
Railroad Tycoon 3 2003
Sid Meier's Railroads! 2006

Key points

Re-released as a free download to promote Sid Meier's Railroads!

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DOS
Mac OS
Official website
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Pre-packaged with DOSBox. See manual\REF_SHEET.PDF for copy protection answers.
Windows

Version differences

The Deluxe version adds higher-resolution graphics and new game features. The free release is the Deluxe version.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Make necessary changes[1]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Edit RDXF.BAT (fullscreen) or RDX.BAT (windowed).
  3. Remove the line 2k_intro.exe
  4. Remove the line start endslate/endslate.html
  5. Save your changes. Repeat for the other file if you use both modes.
  6. Edit RDX2.BAT.
  7. Remove the line intro
  8. Save your changes. The game will now go directly to the title screen and exit without showing an ad.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\CONFIG.RRD
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Saves are pairs of RR*.SMP and RR*.SVE files; both must be present to load a save.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
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
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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
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.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
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. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References

  1. Verified by User:Garrett on 19 November 2013