Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
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Based on 22 reviews
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Right on Track
Written by AH from Boulder
Feb 20, 2005
Rail Road Tycoon 3 is a one of a kind experience. Highly detailed graphics mixed with realistic sounds makes the experience of controlling a network of trains come alive. For those of us that played Rail Road Tycoon 2, you'll notice improvements in the economic systems, making the process much more automated, so all you have to concentrate on is laying track and buying trains (if you liked the micro management, it can still be controlled manually like in RRT2).
On the down side, I found multiplayer to be occasionally buggy, with timeouts and disconnects, causing players to randomly drop out of a game. I tried it on multiple systems and configurations, and occasionally it did work fine. Despite these few multiplayer bugs, the rest of the game was flawless and stable.412 of 603 people found this useful
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Great game!
Written by BD from Palmerton
May 23, 2006
This was my first "real" game for my MacG4. WOW!! Once I figured it out, I was hooked. It is very addicting and challenges me every time I play it. The graphics are superb and it has a fine soundtrack also. You do need a good amount of ram, (i have 1gig and 450Prossesor) so close down other apps, before starting, because as you build up amount of trains, businesses, people etc. It does suck up ram. Surprising amount of fun for such a low price.!!
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Great game, great price
Written by JF from Bedminster
Jan 12, 2006
Good strategy, easy to learn game play. It is great to see a well designed game for such a good price.
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
This is a Great Game But...
Written by GD from Libertyville
Aug 30, 2008
Well it's quite different from Railroad Tycoon 2, but for the most part it is a good buy. It runs fine a my MacBook Pro with Leopard Installed.
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
graphic
Written by PL from Quebec
Nov 17, 2007
realy good graphic and a lot of possibility
in the space and in the time
perfect
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Great!
Written by SG from Riverside
Dec 27, 2008
I'm very glad I switched from PC to Mac (specifically because of games) The gameplay was amazing and I would like to warn all laptop users not to get this game, it does not install on Macbooks or iBooks in my experience this game will only install on the iMacs
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Runs fine on Snow Leopard 10.6; Install Rosetta and Quicktime 7
Written by SM from San Francisco
Sep 5, 2009
Just tested on my early 2008 MacPro, 10.6 Leopard, Nvidia 8800GT graphics card. Game seems to run fine, all functionality intact, no issues observed (and I checked pretty much every menu option and in-game functionality there is). I suspect older games like this may not work correctly, as previous poster described, if you don't install Rosetta and Quicktime 7 along with Snow Leopard (they're options in the Snow Leopard Installer). If you forget to install them, view the Read Me on the Snow Leopard DVD for how to go back and install these "Optional" items as one-offs.
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
very good game on a fast mac
Written by TK from New York
Feb 11, 2008
i am very excited! i got a new imac for holidays (2.8 intel) and my railroad tycoon works like a charm. i ran out of space on hard drive and old imac (17" imac) was too slow. very stable. only very infrequently have i had a crash or a glitch. beautiful graphics. i have not tried the multi player feature.
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
I can't stop playing it.
Written by MM from Dayton
Sep 19, 2007
I wasn't expecting much for an under $20 game. But how wrong I was.
In this sim you are a railroad Tycoon starting your own railroad from scratch. You have your business to keep track of which consists of laying tracks, buying trains, setting up routes, maintenance, buying other businesses, your companies stock price, issuing bonds and more. But you also have your personal finances and stock purchases to keep track of. The goal of the game is to create a successful railroad company and get yourself rich in the process.
I’m usually not into simulation type games, but this one is fun and addictive! Great graphics too.89 of 163 people found this useful
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Works Great!
Written by MT from Barrington
Aug 5, 2009
I switched from a Window XP computer to a iMac OS X and the graphics are way better!! The only time when the graphics start to get bad is when you zoom in really really close. It only stutters we when you have about 100 trains and you are in a crowed area up close to a train. We you zoom out sometimes the ground turn's gray but only a split second. Another thing is the tracks are 2-D instead of 3-D but it does not really bother me, and most of the time i am looking at the trains and not the tracks. Over all if your looking to by this game i would recommend it.
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Great Game
Written by JB from Fairfield
Jun 5, 2009
I am running this great game on a MacBook 2.2GHz intel Core 2 Duo. OS 10.5.x and it runs great. I love the dynamics of the economy and the progress of technology as the years go by. I recommend this game who likes Sim City. Although you are not building a city, you are still balancing budgets and supporting many cities with the services your locomotive company offers them.
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Awesome!!!
Written by GT from Vienna
Jul 5, 2007
This is the best game at the best price! It's very addictive; I'm hooked. The one thing is that I can't figure out how to edit the trains color, looks, etc. and place cities in map editor, but I STILL give it a 5-star!
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Great Fun all around
Written by EJ from Tulsa
May 10, 2009
I have to admit, while this game seemed a bit odd right out of the gates (I've never played a RR tycoon game), I caught on rather quickly and found this to be enormously fun! The mechanics are great, the economy is a bit tricky to figure out but you can get the hang of it, and so far the game is without any snags! The only minor thing is where the terrain will flash grey at some levels of zooming, but a quick menu change or zooming in to another level will fix it immediately!
My favorite part of the game so far is working the stock market. Maybe it's the financial side of the game I enjoy so much! The much HARDER part however, is figuring out just how to get the right goods to the right place without them walking their way there on their own (land convoys run by AI), or getting it sent to the wrong station (happens if you have "any freight" selected on trains). While that seems like quite a pain, that is the kind of railroad mastery you need to be able to pull off to get the gold medals, leaving you with plenty of replay value!
(I haven't played the multiplayer yet, so I can't comment on that.)9 of 10 people found this useful
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Chuff Chuff Chuffed
Written by MF from New York
May 15, 2007
Magnificent game that is truly engrossing. Gorgeous graphics and all consuming game play. The real world economic system here adds real depth to the game. My favourite game of all time!
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
This Game Was Awesome
Written by CH from Bainbridge Island
Mar 22, 2009
I loved this game. Our New iMac is so much better at graphics than our old Windows 98 computer and it really brings out the best in Railroad Tycoon 3.
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
cant even play the game
Written by CO from Santa Ana
Jun 12, 2008
i bought the game seeing how it had great comments. i even read the one negative comment. well i have to agree with him. i load the game, watch the preview movie, and then the screen goes gray. i can hear the music but dont know why i'm clicking or viewing. i've emailed the MacSoft game support, but they're useless. They replied once, and sent them my system information, and now a month later i've yet to hear from them. i've been let down.
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Graphics broken on Snow Leopard
Written by HE from Sunderland
Sep 3, 2009
The resource map is unreadable and trying to display the readme causes the game to become unresponsive--you have to use a Apple-Q to exit.
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
the best game ever
Written by SS from Marion
Jul 20, 2006
it is the best game ever if you co not have it buy it now so lean with it rock with it
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Won't Install
Written by DW from OSHAWA
Oct 21, 2007
LIke GG, I bought the game and it won't install. Support is useless. Game is useless. At least the box is nice. One star is too much. Apple says avoid comments about support. Why? Because it's true? Garbage.
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Railroad Tycoon 3 - for Mac
Disappointed
Written by GG from Dulles
Nov 23, 2006
I bought this to play with my train-crazy son. Unfortunately, the game won't install, but rather shows an error when reading the install disc. The customer support site (for the PC version -- Mac version online support is practically nonexistant) indicated this is a common problem. I tried copying the files to the hard drive and installing from there, same error. My guess is the disc's bad. I know these things happen, but it's not a sign of good quality control. Now I get to send it back.
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