<s>
1830	B-Application
:	I-Application
Railroads	I-Application
&	I-Application
Robber	I-Application
Barons	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Simtex	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
1830	B-Application
:	I-Application
Railroads	I-Application
&	I-Application
Robber	I-Application
Barons	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
computer	O
game	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
board	O
game	O
,	O
1830	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
ends	O
when	O
the	O
players	O
have	O
collectively	O
earned	O
a	O
certain	O
amount	O
of	O
money	O
(	O
"	O
breaking	O
the	O
bank	O
"	O
)	O
or	O
when	O
a	O
player	O
or	O
computer	B-Application
opponent	I-Application
goes	O
bankrupt	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
a	O
player	O
wins	O
by	O
having	O
the	O
highest	O
total	O
of	O
stock	O
valuation	O
plus	O
cash	O
on	O
hand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
by	O
a	O
single	O
player	O
against	O
one	O
to	O
five	O
computer	B-Application
opponents	I-Application
,	O
or	O
multiplayer	O
with	O
hot	O
seat	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
built-in	O
facility	O
for	O
play	O
over	O
network	O
,	O
but	O
modern	O
players	O
have	O
done	O
so	O
by	O
running	O
a	O
hot	O
seat	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solo	O
mode	O
has	O
four	O
levels	O
of	O
computer	B-Application
opponent	I-Application
difficulty	O
;	O
at	O
higher	O
levels	O
,	O
the	O
computer	B-Application
opponents	I-Application
collude	O
so	O
as	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
have	O
any	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
defeat	O
the	O
player	O
rather	O
than	O
having	O
each	O
maximize	O
its	O
own	O
position	O
(	O
behavior	O
that	O
would	O
not	O
usually	O
arise	O
in	O
a	O
game	O
among	O
human	O
players	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sold	O
less	O
than	O
40,000	O
copies	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
's	O
computer	O
game	O
sales	O
record	O
,	O
set	O
by	O
Kingmaker	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Bob	O
Proctor	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
1830	B-Application
has	O
made	O
the	O
transition	O
from	O
table	O
to	O
computer	O
very	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
summarized	O
,	O
"	O
Where	O
MicroProse	O
's	O
Tycoon	O
titles	O
are	O
large	O
,	O
sprawling	O
canvases	O
on	O
which	O
to	O
paint	O
an	O
entire	O
empire	O
,	O
1830	B-Application
:	I-Application
Railroads	I-Application
and	I-Application
Robber	I-Application
Barons	I-Application
is	O
a	O
thumbnail	O
sketch	O
;	O
interesting	O
,	O
but	O
ultimately	O
quite	O
small.	O
"	O
</s>
