Chris Sawyer's Locomotion

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By: Chris Sawyer, Atari
Genre: Economic, Simulation
Release Date: September 7, 2004
Players: 1
Version: Retail.

Chris Sawyer's Locomotion is a strategy game from Chris Sawyer and Atari, and is a spiritual successor to Transport Tycoon. You play as transport company entrepreneur and must build railroads, truck lines, bus lines, airlines, and freighters, and attempt to make your business successful. The game features 40 scenarios taking place in multiple nations and covering every period of the 20th century, a scenario editor, and a multiplayer mode.

Widescreen Support

Method

Native

Screen change

The game's FOV is directly proportional to your resolution. The more pixels in your resolution, the more territory you can see at once. For example, 1280x800 will appear to be wider and a little bit taller than 1024x768, but 1280x1024 will appear equally wide as 1280x800 and taller.

1024x768
1024x768
1280x800
1280x800

Surround Gaming support

None

Known Issues

Widescreen resolutions above 1280x800 are not supported.

Condensed detailed report

MGL Classification Hor +
Widescreen method Native
Resolution support Limited
Singleplayer anomalies None
Multiplayer support Full
Aspect ratio support Full
HUD stretch No stretch
Cut-scenes None
Calculated grade B

WSGF links

Detailed Report - http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9033

External links

http://www.atari.com/us/games/locomotion/pc


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