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Railroad Tycoon 3 (PC CD) | 
| From: Sold Out Software
Category: Video Games
List Price: £4.99
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 3901
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
Genre: tycoon-strategy-games
Rating: Parental Guidance
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Windows Me
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 4290
EAN: 5050740020962
Release Date: August 25, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Track to sucess February 15, 2010
Jules (England)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Played on Windows XP SP3.
My PC is in the shop, so i cracked open this game from my collection. I didnt really have patience or understand the game fully when it was released, so it wasnt on my PC for long. But having been replaying it over the past week, i have learned how to enjoy the game.
The game is based around building up your own train company between the 1800's-current day. Like other Tycoon games, as you would expect, you start with a small money budget and you have to then lay train track, and place stations between towns that you can make profit out of. you can build support buisneses to boost\profit from trade, like Hotels, or you can buy/build industrial buildings like Brewerys. Depending on the era, There are different types of trains to buy, also depending on your budget, and all with theyre own pros and cons. Then you can setup routes for your trains, on your tracks, and competition company tracks(which you have to pay them to use).
Every Town has its own needs, and with dozens of commodities, you can make huge profits if you supply the higher/price demand. But while goods are in transit, some perishable commodities will lower in price if it takes your train a long time to haul from point A to point B. But this is just the main part of the game, there is also the financial side, with stocks/shares and bank loans etc.
Your character, as company owner, can buy and sell shares in your, and competatives companies. The prices fluctuate depending on random events or historical events. Using this side of the game, when your company does well you can issue shares for cash, and pump it into your companies coffers to exrend your tracks/locations or invest in industry. Then where shares drop, buy them up, sell high, buy low, you know. Its a very interesting diversion from track matters.
In conclusion, visually it is nice for a Tycoon game, with detailed trains, terrain and buildings etc. The sound is nice, and the chap doing the voice acting is very good. I'm playing this on an old laptop, so the game specs arent demanding, and its enjoyable enough to pass the time.
 RRT 3 wont work under Vista or Win7 November 1, 2009
Dr. GDG Riddy (Brighton UK)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
NOTE: NOT FOR VISTA OR WIN 7.
Having got this for the Mac, where it's pretty good, I wanted to try the Windows version too. Wont work under Vista or Win7 (I have explored upgraded / patches extensively - trust me, it won't run). However surprisingly the Windows version of RRT3 WILL run quite well under WINE in the Linux OS. If it runs, give it 3 stars.
Gameplay is a bit simplified after RRT2. The choice of cargo etc is simply too large to try running optimised cargo trains as in RRT2, you just end up setting the settings to "auto". So for me the gameplay is less good, but the graphics are great fun.
 Very Disappointing February 23, 2008
F. Boddy (Sheffield, England)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Having played an older, limited scenario version of Railroad Tycoon I was looking forward to upgrading to a full version, with enhanced features. What I found however, was that the good features of the orginal have been heavily diluted, and the additions are all "gimicky" add-ons, like "better" graphics, which are fine for 8 year old kids, but don't do anything for me.
The game is however much easier to get going, and has more automated features (like auto-selection of carriages and wagons) and probably much more suitable for younger train drivers, but if you're an old hack like me, prepare to be disappointed.
 choo choo October 3, 2006
Mr. M. G. Ecob (away with the fairys)
10 out of 83 found this review helpful
trains, love them or hate them you 2 could be the next richard branston. you can control the wonderful time of our modern railways today down to every last minute stood in the rain.
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