Microsoft Train Simulator (known in the Train Simulator community also as simply MSTS 1) is a train simulator for Microsoft Windows, released in July 2001 and developed by UK based Kuju Entertainment. On January 19, 2007 Microsoft informed the community about the development of Train Simulator 2 based on the Microsoft Flight Simulator X platform. However, with the closure of Microsoft's ACES Studios on January 23, 2009, development of the game wa...
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Microsoft Train Simulator (known in the Train Simulator community also as simply MSTS 1) is a train simulator for Microsoft Windows, released in July 2001 and developed by UK based Kuju Entertainment. On January 19, 2007 Microsoft informed the community about the development of Train Simulator 2 based on the Microsoft Flight Simulator X platform. However, with the closure of Microsoft's ACES Studios on January 23, 2009, development of the game was immediately halted making it highly unlikely that MSTS2 will ever be completed or released.
The simulation allows players to drive 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 keyboard or a third-party add-on to operate the controls. Sound effects are enabled.
The original game featured the Arlberg railway in Austria in the 1930s, with the Orient Express, the Settle to Carlisle Railway line, with the "Flying Scotsman", the Northeast Corridor in...
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