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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.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Train

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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!

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 :-)!

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.

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).

Thanks to Steam, A-Train 9 came out circa 2010 in English quite recently (http://store.steampowered.com/app/278550/)

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.

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