Anyone remember this sim...A-Train

We’re still unpacking the garage (even after 4 months), and I found a box of old treasures; including some of my older programs. I fell in love with Maxis games when Sim City first came out and I found my copy of A-Train.

This game is from Japan originally and was called “Take The A-Train”. Maxis got the U.S. rights to sell the game here.

It’s a train simulator and Sim City rolled into one. You can build your railroad, arrange how your trains run, set timetables; and at the same time, build cities around your running trains and serve the businesses you’ve built.

I just had to try it again and here’s a shot of it in action

NOTE: If this looks weird, it might be but it was the only way I could run it…Windows 2000 and up will not run it (too fast for the program I guess), and I finally got it to run in DosBox on Linux.

For those that are interested, it is available on abandonware.com (I think that is the site) for free.

I had that game for Playstation… I think the graphic’s were diffrent, plus there was an option to ride on the trains [:)]