Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon

Key points

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

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Official website		Pre-packaged with DOSBox. See `manual\REF_SHEET.PDF` for copy protection answers.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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.
Royalty free audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA, MCGA, EGA, Tandy, CGA	Railroad Tycoon Deluxe requires VGA or better

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2.0 (Deluxe Version requires 5.0)	3.31 (Deluxe Version requires 5.0)
Processor (CPU)	8086 (Deluxe Version requires 386 16 MHz)	286 12 MHz (Deluxe Version requires 386 16 MHz)
System memory (RAM)	512 kB (Deluxe Version requires 640 kB)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1,2 MB or floppy (Deluxe Version requires 5 MB)
Video card (GPU)	CGA (Deluxe Version requires VGA)	VGA

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