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| Name = Gold - 20 Super Hits

{{Infobox CVG| title = Railroad Tycoon

| Type = compilation

|image = [[Image:RailroadTycoonBox.jpg|256px|Railroad Tycoon cover art]]

|developer Artist = [[MicroProseBoney M.]]

| Cover = Boney M. - Gold - 20 Super Hits.jpg

|publisher = [[MicroProse]]

| Released = January [[1993 in music|1993]]

|designer = [[Sid Meier]]

| Recorded = 1975- 1984, [[1992 in music|1992]]

|engine = Custom

| Genre = [[Eurodance]], [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Disco]]

|released = [[1990 in video gaming|1990]]

| Length = 72:00 mins

|genre = [[Strategy game|Strategy]]

| Label = {{flagicon|Germany}} MCI/[[BMG]] <small>(GER)<small>

|modes = [[Single player]]

| Producer = [[Frank Farian]]

|ratings = N/A

| Reviews = [[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jcfrxq9jld6e]

|platforms = [[DOS]], [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[Macintosh]]

| Last album = [[Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II]]

|media =

| This album = '''''Gold - 20 Super Hits'''''

|requirements =

| Next album = ''[[The Greatest Hits (Boney M. 1993)|The Greatest Hits (1993)]]''

|input =

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'''Gold - 20 Super Hits''' is a [[1993 in music|1993]] [[compilation album]] by [[Disco]]/[[Eurodance]] group [[Boney M.]]. Shortly after record label [[PolyGram]] had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package ''[[Gold - Greatest Hits]]'', [[BMG]] and producer [[Frank Farian]] followed suit with Boney M.'s ''Gold - 20 Super Hits'' which resulted in their best chart entry in the UK (#14 - see ''[[The Greatest Hits (Boney M. 1993)|The Greatest Hits]]'') and most other European countries since 1980's ''[[The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits]]''.

[[Image:railroad_tycoon.JPG|thumb|right|256px|Screenshot from Railroad Tycoon]]

'''''Railroad Tycoon''''' is an [[economic simulation game|economic simulation]] and [[computer strategy game|computer strategy]] game. There are four versions; the original ''Railroad Tycoon'' ([[1990]]), ''Railroad Tycoon II'' ([[1998]]), ''Railroad Tycoon 3'' ([[2003]]), and ''[[Sid Meier's Railroads!]]'' ([[2006]]).

The album covers of some editions of the ''Gold'' career retrospective declared that these were the 'original masters' which was a truth with modification since producer Farian not only had edited most of the tracks but also had provided them with synthesized 90's percussion (disco hi-hats, sampled tambourines and handclaps). These new-ish mixes have since been presented as the original 70's versions on most Boney M. hit collections issued in the 90's and 2000's, including 2006's ''[[The Magic of Boney M.]]''.

''Railroad Tycoon'' was written by [[game designer]] [[Sid Meier]] and published by [[MicroProse]] and though it shares the "Tycoon" suffix, it is entirely unrelated to other Microprose games such as ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon]]'' and ''[[Transport Tycoon]]'', which were developed by British programmer [[Chris Sawyer]].

''Gold - 20 Super Hits''/''[[The Greatest Hits (Boney M. 1993)|The Greatest Hits]]'' included a new "Boney M. Megamix" which had given Boney M. their 10th UK Top 10 entry in December of 1992 (#7, 7 weeks. Germany #26, 11 weeks.).

==Objective==

The objective of the game is to build and manage a [[railroad]] company, including laying [[Rail tracks|track]], building [[Train station|stations]], and buying and scheduling [[train]]s. The game models [[supply and demand]] of goods and passengers as well as a miniature [[stock market]] on which players can buy and sell [[stock]] of their own or competing companies.

==Railroad TycoonTracklisting==

#"[[Rivers of Babylon]] (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian, Reyam) - 4:15

The original version allowed the player to start companies in several settings: the U.S. West and Midwest or the Northeast, [[England]], and (on a smaller scale including southern England) [[Europe]].

#"Daddy Cool" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian, Reyam) - 3:26

#"[[Sunny (song)|Sunny]]"(1992 Overdub Mix) (Hebb) - 3:56

#"[[Brown Girl in the Ring (game)|Brown Girl in the Ring]]" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian) - 4:00

#"[[Rasputin (song)|Rasputin]]" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:24

#"[[Ma Baker]]" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:05

#"Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian) - 3:55

#"Painter Man" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Phillips, Pickette) - 3:16

#"Belfast" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Billybury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:25

#"[[No Woman No Cry]]" (1992 Overdub Mix) ([[Bob Marley]]) - 4:20

#"[[Mary's Boy Child]] / Oh My Lord" (1992 Overdub Mix) ([[Jester Hairston]], Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:01

#"Gotta Go Home" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian, Huth, Jay) - 2:30

#"Still I'm Sad" (1992 Overdub Mix) (April, McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:24

#"Nightflight To Venus" (Fade-out) (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 3:49

#"Felicidad (Margherita)" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Conz, Masssara)- 2:50

#"El Lute" (1989 Mix, fade-out) (Blum, Farian, Jay) - 3:58

#"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Zambi) - 2:25

#"Kalimba De Luna" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:11

#"Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocci, Spagna) - 3:56

#"Boney M. Megamix" (1992) ("[[Rivers of Babylon]]" / "[[Sunny (song)|Sunny]]" / "Daddy Cool" / "[[Ma Baker]]" / "[[Rasputin (song)|Rasputin]]") (Farian, Reyam, Hebb, Jay) - 3:51

==Personnel==

The player, as the manager of the business, must lay track, build stations, purchase and schedule trains, and, if the player wishes, handle individual train movement and build additional industries. The game also has other railroads attempting to put the player out of business by stock dealings as well as by "Rate Wars" between railroads.

* [[Liz Mitchell]] - [[lead vocals]], [[backing vocals]]

* [[Marcia Barrett]] - lead vocals, backing vocals

* [[Frank Farian]] - lead vocals, backing vocals

* [[Reggie Tsiboe]] - lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 18 & 19)

* [[Bobby Farrell]] - vocals (track 19)

== Production==

The player is given one million dollars (half [[equity]], half loan) at the beginning of the game. The player can get more cash by selling 500,000 dollar bonds at various interest rates (depending on the current economic condition in the game). In the West-US version, a million-dollar bonus awaits the first railroad to link the west coast with land east of the [[Mississippi]].

* Frank Farian - [[producer]], [[remixer]]

{{Boney M.}}

There are four different types of stations: Signal Tower, Depot, Station, and [[Railroad terminal|Terminal]]. Apart from the Signal Tower, which acts as a passing loop and may control movements, each of these stations services the surrounding area, with the depot serving its own square and the adjoining eight squares, the station takes another ring as well, and the terminal handles up to three squares away from the center. A player is limited to building 32 stations. When the player builds the first station they also build their first engine shop. Each engine shop is the manufacturing area for the player's different trains. The player can upgrade and downgrade depots, stations, and terminals. Other facilities such as cool stores and hotels may be added.

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Once the player builds a station they can build their first train (of the 32 permitted) at any engine shop. The player then can add cars to the train and send it on its way. The player can at any time change the "consist", which is the list of cars the train is to pick up at the various stations along the way. These include pure mail and passenger cars and specialized [[freight]] cars for each of the other nine types of commodity produced in the game.

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The player can continue to build the track network and build stations until the player runs out of funds. The game runs for a century, with accounting periods 2 years long. Stations built or rebuilt in a particular accounting period pay the player double freight rates for everything they purchase in that period. It can be worthwhile rebuilding busy ones every 2 years.

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[[Image:Railroadtycoon2 game cover B00004WEST.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Cover of Railroad Tycoon 2]]

Mail earns most if delivered really fast. Other cargoes also pay better for faster delivery, but at the "bulk" end of the scale there is little advantage (and the Manual incorrectly says there is none), and it is usually better to hold a train at a source station until several bulk cars are full before setting off.

Speed of trains is a factor to be considered when laying track. If track goes straight over a mountain instead of round on the plains or through an expensive tunnel, the resulting slowness of trains may prove that the shortcut was [[False_economy|false economy]]. Similar considerations apply to ferries, which are expensive and slow-running but may in some cases be economic if they greatly shorten a distance.

Not every station buys everything offered to it. Some good producers buy nothing. There are two alternatives the player can choose between: Simple Economy (where, for example, a station serving two or more cities will buy anything) and Complex Economy (where "two cities" will buy mail, passengers, and a couple of other products; "four villages" will buy passengers and different freight products; only a station with a steel mill will buy coal; and other products have other buyer types). There are product variations over the four geographical scenarios.

==Railroad Tycoon Deluxe==

An updated version of this game named Railroad Tycoon Deluxe (RDX) was created and released in 1993. Despite a host of new features and graphics, RDX sold very poorly in stores, due to some bugs and inexplicably slow gameplay (most notoriously the F4 map screen, which brings the game to a crawl).

RDX is essentially the same game as Railroad Tycoon, with improved hi-resolution graphics, new sound effects, and several additions. The additions are: new maps (South America and South Africa) with region-specific cargo types (e.g. diamonds for South Africa), new time ranges and locomotives, bandits who can hijack your trains, and sheriffs who will arrest them. The existence of many bugs and very slow speed make the game initially inferior to the original, but subsequent patches and today's faster computers make it well worth a look.

Note: Although the game is called Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon Deluxe, Sid Meier himself had nothing to do with the development of this version.

==Railroad Tycoon II==

[[Image:Railroadtyccon screenshot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Screenshot from Railroad Tycoon 2]]

A sequel featuring improved graphics and more complex gameplay, '''Railroad Tycoon II''', was published by [[Gathering of Developers]] in [[1998]] after [[PopTop Software]] acquired rights to the name.

Some features of the first version are missing in this sequel: ability to build tunnels and lack of Signal Towers.

The Dreamcast version was in full 3D.

An expansion pack, ''Railroad Tycoon II: Second Century'', was later added which contained new scenarios that focused on modern and near-future times. The game and its expansion were repackaged together in the ''Gold Edition'' and then, with additional user-made scenarios, the ''Platinum Edition''.

A short lived, budget title, named the ''Millenium Edition'' went on sale for 2000. It featured many scenarios and features of ''The Second Century''', but had no map editor. It featured 6 scenarios from the original version, yet had no instruction booklet and was sold only in a [[jewel case]].

==Railroad Tycoon 3==

[[Image:Railroadtyccon3 screen2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Screenshot from Railroad Tycoon 3]]

The second sequel, '''Railroad Tycoon 3''', was released in [[2003]] featuring a full 3D environment, allowing for overpasses and tunnels (tunnels were present in the original but lost in RT2), and much improved graphics over its predecessors. Gameplay changed significantly, with dynamic pricing of goods across the entire map and cargo that can find alternate means of transportation if no train service is provided. A powerful map editor was also included which allows the creation of fully detailed maps, with a massive range of possible events and victory conditions.

A free expansion pack, ''Coast to Coast'', was released in [[2004]] containing new scenarios and trains.

==Sid Meier's Railroads!==

[[Image:Sid Meier's Railroads screenshot 1.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Screenshot from ''[[Sid Meier's Railroads!]]'']]

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''[[Sid Meier's Railroads!]]'' was released in October 2006. It was the first game in the ''Railroad Tycoon'' series since the original to have a direct input from Sid Meier himself. ''Railroads!'' features a variety of scenarios and trains from both [[North America]] and [[Europe]] and is more [[economics]] and [[industry]]-focused than previous editions of ''Railroad Tycoon''. It has a simpler [[user interface]] for tracklaying, as well as featuring full [[3D computer graphics]] and [[real time]] gameplay.

==See also==

* ''[[Transport Tycoon]]''

==External links==

* [http://www.poptop.com/ PopTop Software], developers of ''Railroad Tycoon II'' and ''Railroad Tycoon 3''

* [http://www.gathering.com/ Gathering of Developers], publishers of ''Railroad Tycoon II'' and ''Railroad Tycoon 3''

* [http://www.railroadtycoon3.com/ Railroad Tycoon 3 Official Site]

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