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By Al Giovetti, 04/25/97
Price:$45
Genre:train simulation
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Publisher: Avalon Hill
Phone: 800-999-3222, 410-426-9600
Website: www.avalonhill.com
Requirements:Specifications: Available for IBM PC or compatible, 386 or better, 4 Mb RAM, CD-ROM, hard disk, VGA color graphics, and mouse. Supports Sound Blaster AWE32, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster Pro or compatible, Pro Audio Spectrum, and Roland sound cards.


1830

History

Company Line

IBM CD-ROM - Welcome to the 19th Century! With immigrants pouring in, America is poised for explosive westward growth. Magnates famed for their greed and business acumen rush to cash in. Can you handle the challenge? Lay track, build stations, purchase trains, and manipulate stocks to build an empire of iron and steel. History's greatest Robber Barons will try to stop you by undercutting your lines and buying out your stock. Your only weapons are money and trains. Will your empire succeed or fall under the wheels of the competition? Supreme AI

Game Play

Play entire game in under hour and a half.

Plot

Graphics

Animation

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Sound Effects

Utilities

Wide variety of custom features, include random map generator

Multi-player Features

Solitaire and multi-play "Hot Seat" options

Cheats, Hints, Walkthrough

Journalists

References

Thomas Wilfroy, Train Gamers Association Web Site Review, 02/26/97

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