Train Simulator series

Train Simulator is a Japanese train simulation series of Ongakukan with the musician Minoru Mukaiya as producers. The series is one in its genre, one of the first, because the first game was released in 1995. None of the games has been released outside of Japan, excluding Railfan: Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail, which was translated into Chinese and English.

The games included only Japanese routes and trains, except four parts with tracks in Germany, France, Taiwan and South Korea. As simulation -based video recordings are used from the cab. Ongakukan equips its games with many technical details and since 2005 also produces programs for the train driver training.

Versions

Six different series were produced.

Train Simulator (1995-2000)

The original series is produced for both Microsoft Windows and Macintosh since 1995.

  • Train Simulator Chūō -sen 201 -kei ( Nakano - Toyoda )
  • Train Simulator Tōkaidō - Honsen 211 -kei ( Kamonomiya - Totsuka )
  • Train Simulator Tohoku Honsen 211 -kei (Toro - Mamada )
  • Train Simulator Odakyu Odawara Dentetsu -sen 5000 - gata (Chitose Funabashi - Sagami Ono )
  • Train Simulator Sagami tetsudō Honsen 9000 -kei ( Yokohama - Atsugi )
  • Train Simulator Doitsu tetsudō Rhine -gawa sagansen (Eng. " left-bank line "; Bingen - Koblenz )
  • Train Simulator Nambu Jukan tetsudō ( Shichinohe - Noheji; Also available as a collector's edition. )
  • Train Simulator Keihin Kyuko Dentetsu Honsen, Kurihama -sen ( Shinagawa - Misakiguchi )
  • Train Simulator JR Shikoku 1 ( Takamatsu - Kotohira, Takamatsu - Kojima )
  • Train Simulator Seibu Shinjuku tetsudō -sen ( Seibu Shinjuku - Honkawagoe )
  • Train Simulator Nagoya tetsudō 1 ( Kanayama - Shin- Unuma, Inuyama - Shin- Kani )
  • Train Simulator Hanshin Denki tetsudō ( Umeda - Kosoku Kobe )
  • Train Simulator JR Hokkaido ( Yoichi - Sapporo )
  • Train Simulator JR Higashi- Nihon Yamanote -sen Uchimawari ( Osaki - Osaki; counterclockwise)
  • Train Simulator Minami -France ( South of France, Cannes - Nice - Monte Carlo - Menton )
  • Train Simulator Kintetsu Minami- Osaka -sen ( Abenobashi - Yoshino )
  • Train Simulator Keihin - Tohoku -sen ( Kamata - Omiya )

Train Simulator Plus (2000-2001)

The Plus series was released for Windows only.

  • Train Simulator PLUS Keihan Denki tetsudō ( Yodoyabashi - Demachi Yanage )
  • Train Simulator PLUS JR Higashi- Nihon Chūō -sen 2 (Tokyo - Otsuki )
  • Train Simulator PLUS Odakyu Odawara Dentetsu -sen 2 ( Shinjuku - Odawara )
  • Train Simulator PLUS Kyoto Karasuma - shiei chikatetsu -sen & Kintetsu Kyoto -sen ( Kokusai Kaikan - Takeda - Kintetsu Nara )

Train Simulator Real (2001-2002)

This series was only released for the PlayStation 2.

  • Train Simulator Real: Yamanote -sen THE ( October 2001, Osaki - Osaki; clockwise)
  • Train Simulator Real: THE Keihin kyuko (October 2002; Misakiguichi - Shinagawa, Haneda Airport - Keikyu Kamata - Shinagawa )

Train Simulator (2003-2005)

The series was also published for the PlayStation 2.

  • Train Simulator: MIDOSUJI -sen ( October 2003; Nakamozu - Senri Chuo, Subway Osaka )
  • ! Train Simulator Densha de GO: Tōkyō kyuko - hen ( December 2003 Sakuragicho - Shibuya, Shibuya - Chūō Rinkan, Oimachi - Futako Tamagawa )
  • Train Simulator: Keisei, Toei Asakusa, Keikyu -sen ( August 2005, Haneda Airport - Aoto, Ueno - Narita Airport )
  • Train Simulator: Kyushu Shinkansen ( October 2005; Shin- Yatsushiro - Kagoshima Chūō, Kumamoto - Minamata, Kumamoto - Shin- Yatsushiro )

Mobile Train Simulator (2005-2006)

This series for the PlayStation Portable was sold in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. The first part was shared with the developer Taito, the competition series Densha de Go! develops, manufactures.

  • ! Mobile Train Simulator Densha de GO: Tōkyō kyuko - hen ( February 2005; Sakuragicho - Shibuya, Shibuya - Chūō Rinkan, Oimachi Futako Tamagawa )
  • 2006.02: Mobile Train Simulator: Keisei, Toei Asakusa, Keikyu -sen ( Haneda Airport Aoto, Ueno - Narita Airport )

Railfan (2006-2007)

The last series so far, Railfan, was developed for the PlayStation 3. The first part was developed by Taito and Ongakukan in Japan, by Sony Computer Entertainment in Asia (Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore) and distributed by Cyber ​​Front Korea in South Korea. The second part was developed by the Taiwanese developer Actainment and first for Asia by Sony and later distributed by Ongakukan in Japan.

  • Railfan (2006): Contains the Chūō Rapid Line ( Mitaka Tokyo), Keihan Main Line, Oto- line ( Demachiyanagi - Yodoyabashi ), and the Brown Line of the Chicago Elevated ( Fullerton Loop Fullerton )
  • Railfan: Taiwan Kosoku (2007, Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail's Zuoying - Taipei )

Controller

For the series a plurality of controllers were produced:

  • Train Mascon: Connects via the serial interface to a PC or Macintosh.
  • Master Controller II for Train Simulator ( USB)
  • Multi Train Controller for PlayStation 2
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