Traffic Giant
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Traffic Giant is a computer game released in 2001 by Austria
n software company JoWood Productions. It allows players to create a working public transportation system in a city using buses, streetcars, commuter rail, suspended monorail
(much like the Schwebebahn Wuppertal
), and Maglev train
s. The game used 2-D isometric
graphics for its interface, much like many tycoon-style games of the time.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n software company JoWood Productions. It allows players to create a working public transportation system in a city using buses, streetcars, commuter rail, suspended monorail
Monorail
A monorail is a rail-based transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track...
(much like the Schwebebahn Wuppertal
Schwebebahn Wuppertal
- Current modernisation :The Wuppertal Schwebebahn nowadays carries up to 82,000 passengers a day through the city. Since 1997, the supporting frame has been largely modernised, and a lot of stations have been reconstructed and brought technically up to date...
), and Maglev train
Maglev train
Maglev , is a system of transportation that uses magnetic levitation to suspend, guide and propel vehicles from magnets rather than using mechanical methods, such as friction-reliant wheels, axles and bearings...
s. The game used 2-D isometric
Isometric projection
Isometric projection is a method for visually representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions in technical and engineering drawings...
graphics for its interface, much like many tycoon-style games of the time.