Reception Ī reviewer for Next Generation gave the DOS version four out of five stars, commenting, "The best economic sim since Civilization, Microprose's new Transport Tycoon has all the features of Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon mixed with the look and ease of Maxis' SimCity 2000 and a host of new features.
It features old-style blues and jazz tunes including parts of Herbie Hancock's Cantaloupe Island. The music in Transport Tycoon are original compositions by John Broomhall. At introduction such a new model will likely have improved characteristics, but may suffer from reliability issues. Also, new models of vehicles are introduced and eventually come to replace older models. Some natural resources may also eventually be exhausted and industries without adequate transport service may shut down. In the course of a game cities develop and expand according to various economic factors, and new industries (demand) or other resource sites (supply) may appear. The rating depends on, among others, the level of service and the deforestation caused by the company. When the rating falls too low, the player will no longer be able to demolish buildings or construct new stations. Each city has a rating for every transport company based on the impact of their transport network. The game features a system of Local Authority. This encourages the player to create a larger more complex transport network, rather than focusing on previously profitable routes. On the other hand, coal loses value very slowly, so it can be transported in bulk over long distances whilst remaining profitable.Īt times, subsidies are offered to the first company to move a particular resource from one place to another. For example, mail will rapidly fall in value, meaning that it can only be delivered profitably over short distances, or over long distances very fast. The influence of these factors on revenue varies according to the type of goods being delivered. The revenues will depend on the delivery time, distance, and quantity delivered. Demand is determined by the area which surrounds the station for example stations close to towns will demand passengers. The player earns revenue by picking up resources or passengers at a certain station, and delivering them to another station where there is a demand for them. Towns and cities have their own road networks, but extra roads may be needed to connect them to other towns, or to various resources.Ĭhart illustrating flow of commodities between industries and towns in Transport Tycoon, and Temperate scenarios in Transport Tycoon Deluxe. Vehicles in the game must be constructed at corresponding depots, which must be connected to the road or rail networks. The game allows the player to save at any time, and multiple saves of a particular game at any point are possible. Playing the entire 100-year campaign takes about 40 hours. At this point, the year stays 2030 and never goes any higher, although the game can continue indefinitely.
If the player remains in business until 2030, the game announces that they have won, allows them to post their name on the "hall of fame" and then continues. These require a separate track system from railroads. In the game year 1999, monorails become available. Similarly, in the beginning there are only steam engines, but later diesel and electric engines are introduced. Later, they are replaced by red and green traffic-light signals. For example, railroad signals which allow more than one train to use a section of track are initially semaphores. The game features a progression of technology: in any particular year of the game generally only contemporary types of technology are available. As the user plays the game and earns revenues, they have the choice of expanding service along existing routes, or expanding their transportation network. The player starts out by borrowing money to finance construction of transport facilities, and is charged interest until the loan is repaid.
The game begins in 1930, and ends in 2030. A station with high ratings may attract more goods. The player's company and the individual stations each have ratings that depend largely on their efficiency at moving goods from one stations to the other. One transport route can utilize several different forms of transport, e.g. To start building a transport empire, the player must construct transport routes, consisting of stations near industries or towns, and in the case of trains or road vehicles, near physical routes.
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