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Did anyone else play A-Train (looks like it was actually A-train III)? I loved it but have never found anyone else who has even heard of it. https://en.wikiped

by Spakman 10y ago

Did anyone else play A-Train (looks like it was actually A-train III)? I loved it but have never found anyone else who has even heard of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Train https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Train

bubblicious 10y ago
Just logged in to comment on this game which brings back so many memories: transporting materials and passengers, crafting a complex network of railroad while also purchasing long term investments like apartments etc. And it required you to be patient, but when that first road appears it's like magic!! :) Loved that game, probably didn't understand everything as a teen playing this, but i loved it so much. Interestingly I never met anyone else who played that game! :) Cheers!
- Spakman 10y ago
  Ah, that first road! I had forgotten all about that feeling :-)! I can still vividly remember the tick-tick-ti-ti-ti-tick-tiiick noise of the trains. I was probably a bit too young to understand all the complexities but have such happy memories of it too. Happy that you had the same experience :-)!
sireat 10y ago
I loved A-Train, it was a great alternative to SimCity and Settlers (two other of my favorites in the early 90s not to mention Civ) I do seem to remember that it was relatively easy to make a killing in the stock market/real estate development on A-Train to finance the railroads.
ralphael 10y ago
I loved Atrain too. Years later I would discover that many sequels to it were made, although some came out in Japanese (http://www.artdink.co.jp/company/english/history.html http://www.artdink.co.jp/company/english/history.html). Thanks to Steam, A-Train 9 came out circa 2010 in English quite recently (http://store.steampowered.com/app/278550/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/278550/)
Slartie 10y ago
Yep, played it! Although I preferred Railroad Tycoon, and when Transport Tycoon finally came out, I was totally hooked to it and quickly abandoned everything else.

by Spakman 10y ago

bubblicious 10y ago

Just logged in to comment on this game which brings back so many memories: transporting materials and passengers, crafting a complex network of railroad while also purchasing long term investments like apartments etc. And it required you to be patient, but when that first road appears it's like magic!! :) Loved that game, probably didn't understand everything as a teen playing this, but i loved it so much. Interestingly I never met anyone else who played that game! :) Cheers!

Spakman 10y ago
Ah, that first road! I had forgotten all about that feeling :-)! I can still vividly remember the tick-tick-ti-ti-ti-tick-tiiick noise of the trains. I was probably a bit too young to understand all the complexities but have such happy memories of it too. Happy that you had the same experience :-)!

sireat 10y ago

I loved A-Train, it was a great alternative to SimCity and Settlers (two other of my favorites in the early 90s not to mention Civ) I do seem to remember that it was relatively easy to make a killing in the stock market/real estate development on A-Train to finance the railroads.

ralphael 10y ago

I loved Atrain too. Years later I would discover that many sequels to it were made, although some came out in Japanese (http://www.artdink.co.jp/company/english/history.html http://www.artdink.co.jp/company/english/history.html). Thanks to Steam, A-Train 9 came out circa 2010 in English quite recently (http://store.steampowered.com/app/278550/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/278550/)

Slartie 10y ago

Yep, played it! Although I preferred Railroad Tycoon, and when Transport Tycoon finally came out, I was totally hooked to it and quickly abandoned everything else.