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A-Ressha de Ikou Z: Mezase! Tairiku Oudan

1999 · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation · PlayStation Portable · Simulator

About this game

Released in May 1999 in Japan for the PS1, this was a re-imagining of the first game's setting and objectives, using the 3D engine of A5.

A Ressha de Ikou is the first in the long-running transport network simulation series mostly known as A-Train. The player controls a railroad company CEO in the end of the nineteenth century, who was entrusted by the president of an unnamed country to build a railroad that reaches its Western coast. The game is played in real time, with a day/night cycle and a game world that changes regardless of the player's actions. Compared to its more widely known sequels, A Ressha de Ikou has a rather simple gameplay that is confined to building tracks for just one train line, the titular A-train. A report is generated that shows how well the player is doing in his/her competition against other networks.