Sid Meier’s Railroads! is now out on the Mac!

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Good news everyone! Today I got an email from Feral Interactive, they’ve just released SMR for Mac OS X! This is good news for any Mac gamers who’ve missed out on SMR.

Feral Interactive has a minisite with more infromation: http://www.feralinteractive.com/en/mac-games/railroads/

You can already buy the game from Amazon or directly from Feral Interactive. They’ve also ported other excellent games like Sid Meier’s Pirates! and Tropico 3.

I’ve asked Feral Interactive if custom maps are support, I’ll update this post when I get a response.

Cadiz

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Download: Cadiz v1.01

This scenario consists of two phases. 1st Phase: 1850-1880 and 2nd phase: 1881-1945

First phase 1850-1880.

  • Construct two food producing industries, a grain processing and other meat.
  • Transport 30 loads of food.
  • Connect these four cities: Algeciras, Estepona, Barbate and port.

Second phase 1881-1945.

  • Build a steel mill and an auto plant.
  • Trasnport carloads 150 of automobiles.
  • Make a metropolis Round.
  • Connect all cities.

Japan

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Download: Japan v3

A map of Central and Western Japan. It is a 15×15 map and includes 3 of the 4 main Japanese islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, and Honshu. It is rescaled in a westerly direction to give more space for game play. It covers the post-war period after 1945 and requires developing an economy based on the import of raw materials from shipping ports, delivery to industries, and export of goods back to the ports. It features new rail cars, locomotives, and new industries including rice, shushi, tourists, container cars, export goods, and Yuzu citrus. It even has traditional Japanese music. It is a very challenging map for experienced players and should be played with AI.

Gone With the Wind

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Download: Gone With the Wind

Gone With the Wind covers southern US over the period from 1830 to 1866, before the Civil War. It is a small 10×10 map, and uses only early steam locomotives which cannot pull many cars over long distances. There are rich markets in all regions of the map, so the starting point is not of great importance. It is intended to be played with 3 AIs with the goal of meeting all the victory objectives. It features cars, annexes and industries from Slider38’s My Old Ky Home map and Bobby Jancsika’s Maryland and Zimbabwe maps. As well as some reskinned cars and industries. The economy is roughly that of the Old South. So be prepared to transport slaves, tobacco, muskets, and rebel recruits

It is a difficult map.

smrsimple: a five year plan

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One of my inspirations for smrsimple was Cafe Tropico. Tropico cafe was a fansite for PopTop’s Tropcio. They had forums, map downloads, and a strong community.This is exactly what smrsimple has become, and I am proud of that.

In 1 month smrsimple will turn 3 years old. In 7 months Sid Meier’s Railroads itself will turn 6 years old.

The amazing part of this is that smrsimple is going just as strong as ever. We get between 250 and 350 visitors a day and most visitors are return visitors. People want to play sid meier’s railroads maps and smrsimple is providing that. I say this because there is a temptation to see the none-changing smrsimple frontpage and think that the site is dying.

From creation smrsimple was to become a library of maps with a focus on distributing those maps. It is my belief that smrsimple can be the most utility to map makers and sid meiers railroads players by making map downloading barrier free.

For 3 years smrsimple has provided sid meier’s railroads maps, and we will continue through the next 5 years and beyond.