Download Microsoft Train Simulator • Windows Games @ The Iso Zone • The Ultimate Retro Gaming Resource. Free online train games and train simulators, plus a guide to 100+ railroad games for download. Like the successful Microsoft Flight Simulator games, Microsoft Train Simulator was designed with an open-ended structure to allow enthusiasts and other. All the excitement of The Tube on your PC, accurately recreating the entire London Underground, New York Subway and Paris Metro in sixteen million shades of black.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Gameplay [ ] The simulation allows players to operate a train on various routes in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Players need to stop and start the train, couple wagons, using the computer mouse, keyboard or a hardware addition such as to operate the controls. Sound effects are enabled. Routes [ ] The original game featured six routes: Route name Image Featured trains Rolling stock rolling stock Terminal stations miles km Set in Country Notes to via /2001 Japan N/A to 63 101 1930s Austria N/A to via 133 214 2000/2001 USA N/A to, including branchline N/A N/A 2000/2001 USA N/A to N/A N/A 1920s/1930s UK N/A to /2001 Japan N/A Included with the game is the Editors & Tools program, which allows the user to build custom routes, create activities for any route, create custom consists, create custom cabviews or edit the default ones. Locomotives (1.0/1.2) [ ] The 1.0 base package contains 9 drivable and plus 8 locomotives/multiple units (AI units cannot be operated by the player without modification). Audiobro La Scoring Strings Keygen there. Main article: On May 7, 2003, Microsoft announced that it would be developing a sequel called Microsoft Train Simulator 2 and it was first demoed to the public at on May 15. Seemingly its main improvements were the addition of people to the game (e.g.

Passengers waiting at the stations, people operating the new locomotive roster, etc.), more realistic crashes and other accidents, and. It was being developed by, the original MSTS creators. Despite restructuring efforts at Kuju, the project was however handed over to Microsoft Game Studios on August 18, 2003. This project was ultimately halted, as the following statement on April 24, 2004 from Microsoft confirmed: Microsoft Game Studios has halted the Windows-based game 'Train Simulator 2.0.' The decision to halt 'Train Simulator 2.0' was made some time ago and was based on a long, hard and difficult look at our business objectives and product offerings.

We remain focused on the simulations category with successful, platform-driving franchises such as 'Microsoft Flight Simulator.' — On January 19, 2007, Microsoft announced the relaunch of the Microsoft Train Simulator project. This time the game was being made in-house by ACES Game Studio () known for its long line of, as a part of the ' initiative. The game would have used the graphics engine and it was planned to be compatible with both and. A post on 'The Little Wheel Goes in Back' blog, written by one of the developers, on August 23, 2007 suggested the working title was 'Train Simulator 2'.

On January 23, 2009, Microsoft announced that it was permanently closing ACES Game Studios, the internal development studio responsible for both Microsoft Flight Simulator and Microsoft Train Simulator. As a result, all future development on Train Simulator 2 (which was entering the final stages of development at the time of the closure) was immediately halted, marking the second time that the project was terminated. While Microsoft states that 'they are committed to both the Flight Simulator and Train Simulator brands', it is unknown if the Train Simulator 2 project will ever be resurrected and completed sometime in the future.