Original RRT to be re-released for FREE?

PaulaGreen · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:21 am

A friend IMed me this morning saying they were going to re-release the original Railroad Tycoon, free for download this week. I did a Google search but hte only thing I got was this:

http://www.railroadtycoon.info/forum/vi ... php?p=3114

Does anyone know if this is for real or a wind-up?

Train-a-Mania · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:58 pm

It would be nice if they did. I loved that game.

muhtadi · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:02 am

Here you guys and gals go. Have fun.

PaulaGreen · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:49 pm

Woohoo! It's also availablae from the 2k Games site (in case you had your doubts) here

muhtadi · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:39 am

And here too!

Woulfe · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:28 am

Comes w/ a version of DOSbox for running the game in actual DOS instead of XP's 'DOS mode' BS....

- WARNING ! -

Only folks famliure w/ how DOS works should mess around w/ DOSbox's settings to play games in actual DOS....

Others will just have to make do w/ XP's 'DOS mode' BS....

I grew up w/ DOS so i'm safe

Woulfe
< = < <=) 4 decades of pop-culture and I know my way around in DOS (=> > = >

vear · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:54 am

Oh, nice. I bought RRT Deluxe 5 years ago for about 40 PLN (approx. 10€), but still I have never had occasion to get original RRT (except sites like Abandonia, but abandonware is still illegal).

And hey, it comes with even better manual than 5-year old Sold Out rerelease.

SHADOW-XIII · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:34 pm

official site download: http://www.2kgames.com/railroads/downlo ... Tycoon.zip

Train-a-Mania · **Posted:** Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:43 pm

SHADOW-XIII wrote:

official site download: http://www.2kgames.com/railroads/downlo ... Tycoon.zip

That's the same link PaulaGreen provided.

steve dave · **Joined:** Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:02 am **Posts:** 1

Anyone playing the free game yet? I have been having a problem laying angled track. I thought I remembered that you had to hit shift but no matter what combination of NUM LOCK, Scroll Lock, Shift, and 7,9,1, and 3 in the number pad I can't get any tracks to come up on the screen except for those that are laid straight up and down and left and right with the arrow keys.

I would really like to play this game again but can't lay track.

vear · **Posted:** Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:18 am

@steve dave: nope, it works otherwise. The way you tried works in original RRT, Deluxe unfortunately changed it a bit - use arrow keys as usual plus Page Up/Down and Home/End to lay angled track. It is hell inconvenient for me, since my laptop does not have Home/End, to press them I need to use Fn key.
But.. DOSBox includes a keymapper! ;-)

mrMann · **Posted:** Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:13 pm

It's been on CGN for about a year: http://www.classic-gaming.net/file/download/4544/. Also, RRT2 Gold is available : http://www.classic-gaming.net/file/download/8044/. Note that you will have to register for RRT2G, its free and you can download 75 mb at once (I can double that). RRT is 1 mb

vear · **Posted:** Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:49 pm

mrMann wrote:

It's been on CGN for about a year: http://www.classic-gaming.net/file/download/4544/. Also, RRT2 Gold is available : http://www.classic-gaming.net/file/download/8044/. Note that you will have to register for RRT2G, its free and you can download 75 mb at once (I can double that). RRT is 1 mb

While RRTDX is free (as in beer), publishing RRT2 for download is still warez.

ostlandr · **Posted:** Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:52 pm

Turn NumLock on, then off. The 7, 9, 1 and 3 keys will then work for laying angled track. Same on both my XP box and the new Vista box.

steve dave wrote:

Anyone playing the free game yet? I have been having a problem laying angled track. I thought I remembered that you had to hit shift but no matter what combination of NUM LOCK, Scroll Lock, Shift, and 7,9,1, and 3 in the number pad I can't get any tracks to come up on the screen except for those that are laid straight up and down and left and right with the arrow keys.

I would really like to play this game again but can't lay track.

Transport Tycoon Forums

Original RRT to be re-released for FREE?

Who is online