The Classics are Born: 1990 to Present

Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon (1990)

Design: Sid Meier and
Bruce Shelley
Publisher: MicroProse
Genre: Strategy
Difficulty: Intermediate

Before real-time strategy became synonymous with fast-action-building Clone & Conquer games, it offered a deeper, more cerebral type of fun (still evident to a lesser degree in, say, Warcraft II). Sid Meier was taking a holiday in Europe, after finishing Gunship, to recharge his creative batteries, and he was musing over how much he had enjoyed Will Wright's SimCity. Sid, however,

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by GameSpot. Written by Terry Coleman. Re-formatted by Thunderfall on 9/28/00.

Foreword:

Many of us have played Civilization/Civilization II for a long time. However, I think most Civers don't know much about Sid Meier. There are just too few articles about Sid on the internet...

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