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Airline Tycoon - a serie of computer games where player acts as manager of an airline, trying to win out against three other budding tycoons. You must keep your aircraft in good shape and equip them at a level to keep the customers satisfied, buy new planes (from the expensive Airplane Agency or from Mr Schlauberger at the museum who fixes 'em up and sells 'em cheap) and take out bank loans if required. You must also manage your personnel, plan flights, buy fuel, attend meetings in the airport manager's office and, if you have time, slip into Rick's café for a quick cup of coffee. There is lots to explore and many decisions to make. The graphics are bright and decidedly tongue in cheek: the tycoon Igor Tuppolevsky has a set of Russian dolls on his desk--and an open tin of caviar.

With a network, up to four people can play at once and the game status can be saved (as it can in single-player mode) for long battles of wit.

Releases

Airline Tycoon (original), 1998
Airline Tycoon First Class, 2001
Airline Tycoon Evolution, 2002
Airline Tycoon Deluxe, 2003

The original game was released in August 1998 in Germany. It wasn't released in any english-speaking country, however there was official, english demo. The first Airline Tycoon title to be released in USA and the UK was Airline Tycoon First Class. It was published in 2001 by Monte Cristo, however the publisher decided to remove First Class subtitle from the game box and manuals, however it still existed in the game. Features added in First Class include 10 brand new missions, multiplayer mode with up to 4 players, new MIDI music, cargo transportation and more. In 2002, Airline Tycoon Evolution, second Airline Tycoon rerelease was published by Monte Cristo. The game introduced 10 new missions, possibility of buying self-designed aircrafts (and possibility of sharing these planes via Internet), possibility of hiring aircraft security agents, 5 new sabotages and more. In 2003, Spellbound released third Airline Tycoon addition, named Airline Tycoon Deluxe. It included all of previous versions, the only new part of the game was 20 new airports and possibility of accepting cargo from remote estates. Originally it was released in limited edition of 5000 items. It was available only in Germany, though it wasn't translated into other languages. However, GNU/Linux and MacOS X versions released in Autumn 2005 and Winter 2006 by Rune-soft are available in English, German and French.

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