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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: April 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This program tries to be a serious business sim and a Sim City type of game but instead does neither well. The manual is too small to help. In the time it takes a plane to land several hours have passed. Night time never comes and though flights are delayed by bad weather nothing reflects the bad weather other than the warning on your pager. Oddly enough, I saw a remarkably similar program entitled Airport Inc on the web that looked more involved but it was obviously the same graphics. I think this company is just trying anything they can to recoup losses incurred in making this turkey. Too bad though - it's a great idea.

An Interesting Program whose main strength is its graphics

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 66 / 83
Date: May 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've always wanted to play a simulator for airport management, so was very excited to see this game come out. However, the learning curve was huge. The manual only gives information on the interface and not the actual "rules" of the game. The user must figure it out for themselves and the poor tutorial is of little assistance (it never shows the completion of even a modest airport with the offer of a flight contract - in fact the tutorial runs out of money before it can finish). So the real treat of the game is the 3-d graphics uncommon to most sims. You can really get inside your creation from one of several stunning camera angles. The interface and usability are mainly where the program suffers. Although as a whole a fun and involving simulation, some common tasks (like rejecting business contracts for business types you already have in your airport or dedicating check-in desks to a particular airline contract) must be performed repeatedly and arduously. The patch that is available, by the way, is for the British version of the game, called Airport Inc., but works on Airport Tycoon. In short, if you are a simulator fan and find the airport business model intriguing, you may be able to overlook some flaws. It is only $20 bucks, after all. Otherwise, the whole procedure may be too frustrating.

THE Ups and Downs

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: May 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The good side about this game is you are in charge of your very own airport! You get to make contract with name brand airline and shops too. The bad sides are in order for a airline to come you need so many things and there is nothing that tells you what you need. Finally when Airplane companies decide to use your airport they ask you for something like a dedicated booth of some sort. So you want them to come so you try this, except how do you do this? The manuel isn't helpful in anything! you neeed to explore and have trial and error. But When you get the hang of it, and airplanes come it is a fun game! It cost 20.00!

BIG Technical Problems

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: May 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I Just Bought This Game, Get This: I had to restart my computer 5 times, each time I ran this game it broke down, crashed, or froze! I am sooooo dissapointed. The farthest I got was at least a minute into the game. I don't know if this game is a defective, I'll probably go out and buy a new one and see if it works.

This is the worst PC game out today

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: May 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

One of the biggest mistakes of my life was purchasing this travesty of computer programming. It runs terribly, and I have a new 533 system. The time frame is not paced, and the options are not as smooth as the package promotes. Bad production indeed! And the biggest factor that it fails to anywhere close to fun.

Stay away!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

You'd think, OK, someone new is following in the steps of Railroad Tycoon (like Chris Sawyer when he did Transport Tycoon), but not this game. The game won't even work the right way. I can't even build the terminal! Stay away. If you're thinking "It has the word tycoon" step back.

Great Potential

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Wait for the patch. This game has far too many bugs, very disappointing. But it is otherwise a cool game. You can manage everything in your airport. I like how you can negotiate contracts with businesses to place things like fast food joints in your terminal. I'm waiting to find a patch (something you can download that will fix the bugs) for this game so i can finally enjoy it.

Good graphics with couple of bugs. Bad manual

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

What to do? Do i build a big, ugly, busy airport or a small,nice, little one? Well that is 4 u 2 to decide. Airport Tycoonallows u 2 do that. Build ur own airport and manage it. Airport Tycoon's manual is horrible, does not have much in it. U have 2 learn how 2 play through the tutorial (which runs low on money before it finishes the airport, not playable tutorial). Big learning curve 2 build a good airport. I noticed that some buildings near the edge of the screen tend 2 dissapear, but if u scroll that way it reappears. Different cameras with good graphics (dispite the bugs), can view airport through taxi cabs, travelers, incoming flights, etc. Very addicting once u build a working airport...

Patience is a virtue with this game - but it is fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is actually the "patched" version 1.1 of "Airport, Inc." sold in Europe. Still, it definitely has bugs and the manual leaves a lot to the imagination. Nonetheless, once you figure things out, it becomes a pretty fascinating game and can get quite addictive. I run it on a PIII 450 w/128 megs RAM and the graphics are great. Not sure how it will work on slower machines, though. I would say this game is definitely worth $20, though it's also definitely not the same quality level as the higher-priced simulation games.

Great idea -- abysmal execution

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: June 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This could have been a great game. It has all the elements to succeed and is well-conceived. The designer included all sorts of elements from airport design, a financial model, negotiation of contracts and numerous camera views such as walking through the terminal. Unfortunately, the execution is awful. The graphics are 5 years behind (& ugly to boot); the interface is awkward; there is no sound to speak of; there are numerous bugs; the manual is no help; construction of the airport is clumsy; and not much happens once the game runs. Did I say the graphics are only 5 years behind. Compare the passengers walking through the terminal to the Dire Straits video from the early 1980's (I want my MTV).

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