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Old September 6, 2003, 10:00   #1
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Atrain
Until recently - 2 years ago, I had a working copy of Atrain...

This game was developed by ArtDink in Japan, and distributed by Maxis in the 80's.

I really enjoyed this game. My PC and backup were all lost... my bad...

I am on the hunt for a copy of it that will operate on a current PC.

Also looking for fellow enthusiasts...

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Old September 6, 2003, 12:42   #2
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have you check home of the underdogs yet? i'm pretty sure they have it...
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yeah I have, but what I downloaded does not operate...

I will go and revist them... thanks


are you a player?
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Old September 6, 2003, 14:08   #4
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I loved Atrain - had it for years. Still have the original box and manuals for the game and it's expansion, but the original media is long dead - not that I have anything around that can read 5.25 inch floppies.

I don't have it installed anymore, though.
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Old September 6, 2003, 14:12   #5
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I know what you mean...

It amazes me how many obscure games from that time are now available on CD....

yet a game that sold so many is still lock away....

ahh well.

Thanks for the memories. I am glad you have good ones.
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can't go wrong with that place
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Old September 7, 2003, 02:21   #7
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thanks mate,

were you a player of this game?
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Ah Atrain. So many hours frittered away on this on my Amiga.
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I did have it for the Amiga, but I could never get into it, I tried so many things, copying it to another disk, copying it to the HDD, scanning for errors, just couldn't get past that intro part.

Ah well!
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I did have it for the Amiga, but I could never get into it, I tried so many things, copying it to another disk, copying it to the HDD, scanning for errors, just couldn't get past that intro part.

Ah well!
I so understand what you mean....

I have now got several versions of it.

Thanks for the leads...

Although it will not work with my mouse... hahahaha

Next week I will strip windows 98 off and load XP.... this is long over due...

so it is great to have it right there... but still not be able to play it....

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I tried the game a long time ago, but I had no idea what was going on.
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Quite a good simulation then.
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Yeah, I reckon that it is a good sim.

The designers ArtDink had a deal with Maxis, on distribution....

In Japan ArtDink distributed Atrain and SimCity

For the rest of the World Maxis ditributed these products...

OK so I miss the game alot.

It is a long game, I had a PC that was mainly used to play it while I got on with other things....

I understand that a new version is available in France for the Playstation2

definitly not here in Australia.
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Tried it a whhile back but it was a non-runner. If only I had the space I'd definitely set up an old 486 rig to run these classic games.
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Old September 11, 2003, 02:34   #15
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sounds like a great idea
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Old October 31, 2003, 04:27   #16
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Thanks all for your help... I have it running smoothly now.

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Whats atrain about? A simcity type game where you build a rail line to Harlem, and get to hear jazz music as a reward?
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Hah! I remember this game. I still have the 3.5 inch install disks in my clost.
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Anyone need it, just send me a PM as I have my floppies still left with it. Yes, I have it and it's authentic.
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Ahhh good memories... A-train was the second PC game I bought. It's a shame I can't play it anymore because my computer is too fast and the graphics get ****ed up as well.

BTW, I don't know if anyone knows about it, but there's a sequel of this game, called A4 Networks IIRC. It has some additional features (buses, subways, real life cities etc) and smoother graphics, but it lacks the charm of the original A-train.
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