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Posted 01 November 2012 - 04:07 AM

Feral Interactive's Sid Meier’s Railroads!, the re-imagining of the legendary Railroad Tycoon, is now available. Developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games for PC, Sid Meier’s Railroads! comes to the Mac for the first time under the Feral Legends label.

First published in 2006 for PC, Sid Meier’s Railroads! is a compelling combination of virtual train set and business simulator, putting players in charge of building their own railroad empire. Players control a vast collection of rolling stock from steam and diesel locomotives to modern electric trains, hauling goods and passengers across vast continents.

Featuring 46 historically-accurate trains, 16 maps and seven mission-driven scenarios that span two centuries of American and European history,

Sid Meier’s Railroads! challenges players to turn frontier lands into thriving civilizations by laying track and routing trains between farms, towns, mines and factories. With rival railroad barons such as Cornelius Vanderbilt and Charles de Gaulle on the scene, players will need to be quick, smart and decisive to stay on track.

Minimum System Requirements:

  • 1.8GHz Intel Mac
  • 3GB RAM
  • 128 MB or better graphics card
  • Mac OS 10.6.8 or later.
  • The game does not support the following graphics cards: ATI X1xxx series, NVIDIA 7xxx series and Intel GMA series.

Sid Meier’s Railroads! for the Mac retails in North America for US $29.99, £19.99 (inc. VAT) in the UK and €24.99 (inc. VAT) throughout Europe. Learn more about the game at the links below.
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Posted 01 November 2012 - 06:15 PM

I have a question about this game and many others it would seem. What is with the lack of support for ATI X1xxx series video cards? I know my machine is getting old but it is still plenty fast.

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Posted 02 November 2012 - 08:41 AM

If you don't get a response here I suggest posting that question in the hardware forum-- the people who know that kind of thing are more likely to see your question there. Just a thought.
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Posted 02 November 2012 - 09:44 AM

View PostKromm, on 01 November 2012 - 06:15 PM, said:

I have a question about this game and many others it would seem. What is with the lack of support for ATI X1xxx series video cards? I know my machine is getting old but it is still plenty fast.
These system requirements also strike me a bit as odd. The game uses the same engine as Pirates! and Civilization IV (including Colonization), which all are running just fine on ATI X1xxx, NVIDIA 7xxx and even Intel GMA GPUs. I guess it was more a decision not to support these cards than an actual technical reason. I'm wondering whether "not supported" means here that the game might run, but they simply won't give you any support should you run into trouble, or if it actually won't run. :unsure:
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Posted 02 November 2012 - 10:06 AM

Thanks, Matt, I did that. Maybe someone has an answer for me.

Janichsan, I have had the same thought but I'm not willing to buy the game to find out. :-p

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Posted 02 November 2012 - 10:18 AM

View PostKromm, on 02 November 2012 - 10:06 AM, said:

Janichsan, I have had the same thought but I'm not willing to buy the game to find out. :-p
Since a couple of Feral employees tend to frequent this forum, I wouldn't be surprised if we got the answer sooner or later from one of them.
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