Train Simulator series
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Train Simulator (トレインシミュレータ) is a Japanese train simulation game series produced by Ongakukan. The game is significant as it is was one of the earliest available, first being published in 1995. No versions are officially available outside of Japan. All of the games released are only available in Japanese.
Each game contains train routes and trains that are located around Japan and two overseas (France and Germany). Video shot from the cab of the train synchronised with the computer is used as a basis for simulation. Ongakukan have endeavoured to produce true to life simulation with much technical detail, and since 2005, Ongakukan has started producing simulators for driver training.
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[edit] Versions
Six distinct series of the game have been produced:
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The first series, starting in 1995, these titles were all produced for Windows and Macintosh.
- Train Simulator JR East Chūō Line 201 Series (Nakano - Toyoda)
- Train Simulator JR East Tōkaidō Main Line 211 Series (Kamonomiya - Totsuka)
- Train Simulator JR East Tōhoku Main Line 211 Series (Toro - Mamada)
- Train Simulator Odakyu Railway Odawara Line 5000 Series (Chitose Funabashi - Sagami Ono)
- Train Simulator Sagami Railway Main Line 9000 Series (Yokohama - Ebina)
- Train Simulator German Railway Rhine River Left Bank Line (Bingen - Koblenz)
- Train Simulator Nanbu Jukan Railway (Shichinohe - Noheji) (Also released as a collectors edition)
- Train Simulator Keihin Kyuko Railway Main Line, Kurihama Line (Shinagawa - Misakiguchi)
- Train Simulator JR Shikoku (1) (Takamatsu - Kotohira, Takamatsu - Kojima)
- Train Simulator Seibu Railway Shinjuku Line (Seibu Shinjuku - Honkawagoe)
- Train Simulator Nagoya Railway (Kanayama - Shin-Unuma, Inuyama - Shin-Kani)
- Train Simulator Hanshin Electric Railway (Umeda - Kosoku Kobe)
- Train Simulator JR Hokkaidō (1) (Yoichi - Sapporo)
- Train Simulator JR East Yamanote Line (Osaki - Osaki, anti-clockwise) (also released as Train Simulator DVD)
- Train Simulator South France (Cannes - Nice - Monte Carlo - Menton) (also released as Train Simulator DVD)
- Train Simulator Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line & Yoshino Line (Abenobashi - Yoshino)
- Train Simulator JR East Keihin-Tohoku Line (Kamata - Omiya)
[edit] Train Simulator Plus
Released for Windows only
- Train Simulator PLUS Keihan Electric Railway (Yodoyabashi - Demachi Yanage)
- Train Simulator PLUS JR East Chūō Line (2) (Tokyo - Otsuki)
- Train Simulator PLUS Odakyu Railway Odawara Line (2) (Shinjuku - Odawara)
- Train Simulator PLUS Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line & Kintetsu kyoto Line(Kokusai Kaikan - Takeda - Kintetsu Nara)
[edit] Train Simulator Real
For PS2
- Train Simulator Real THE Yamanote Line (Osaki - Osaki, clockwise)
- Train Simulator Real THE Keihin Kyuko (Misakiguichi - Shinagawa, Haneda Airport - Keikyu Kamata)
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For PS2
- Train Simulator Osaka Subway Midosuji Line (Nakamozu - Senri Chūō)
- Train Simulator＋Densha de GO! Tokyu lines (Shibuya - Sakuragicho, Shibuya - Chūō Rinkan, Oimachi - Futako Tamagawa)
- Train Simulator JR Kyūshū Kyūshū Shinkansen (Shin-Yatsushiro - Kagoshima Chūō, Kumamoto - Minamata, Kumamoto - Shin-Yatsushiro)
- Train Simulator Keisei/Toei Asakusa/Keikyu Lines (Haneda Airport - Aoto, Ueno - Narita Airport)
[edit] Mobile Train Simulator
A series for PSP
- Mobile Train Simulator＋Densha de GO! Tokyu lines (Shibuya - Sakuragicho, Shibuya - Chūō Rinkan, Oimachi - Futako Tamagawa)
- Mobile Train Simulator Keisei/Toei Asakusa/Keikyu Lines (Haneda Airport - Aoto, Ueno - Narita Airport)
[edit] Railfan
For PS3
- Railfan (Released December 21 2006) Chuo Main Line (Mitaka-Tokyo), Keihan Main Line (Demachiyanagi-Yodoyabashi), Chicago Brown Line (Fullerton-Loop-Fullerton)
[edit] Controllers
A number of external controllers with realistic controls have been manufactured for use with the games:
- Train Mascon (uses serial port to connect to PC or Macintosh)
- Master Controller II for Trainsimulator (USB)
- Multi Train Controller (PS2)
