<s>
A-Train	B-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
known	O
internationally	O
as	O
A-Train	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
1992	O
computer	O
game	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
A-Train	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A-Train	B-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
use	O
of	O
near-isometric	O
dimetric	O
projection	O
to	O
present	O
the	O
city	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Maxis	O
's	O
SimCity	B-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MAP	O
CONSTRUCTION	O
,	O
known	O
internationally	O
as	O
A-Train	B-Application
Construction	O
Set	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
editor	O
that	O
can	O
change	O
existing	O
saved	O
games	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
build	O
landscapes	O
from	O
scratch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maxis	O
also	O
published	O
A-Train	B-Application
Construction	O
Set	O
with	O
A-Train	B-Application
as	O
a	O
single	O
package	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artdink	O
ported	O
the	O
A-Train	B-Application
III	I-Application
along	O
with	O
the	O
editor	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
and	O
published	O
both	O
titles	O
as	O
a	O
package	O
as	O
the	O
3rd	O
ARTDINK	O
BEST	O
CHOICE	O
title	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
tremendously	O
popular	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
thus	O
motivating	O
Maxis	O
to	O
license	O
it	O
for	O
US	O
distribution	O
as	O
A-Train	B-Application
,	O
available	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
platforms	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
's	O
commercial	O
failure	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
Maxis	O
later	O
released	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Artdink	O
's	O
AIV	O
:	O
Evolution	O
Global	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
was	O
a	O
relatively	O
new	O
platform	O
at	O
that	O
point	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
suffered	O
many	O
limitations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
requiring	O
an	O
entire	O
memory	B-Device
card	I-Device
(	O
expensive	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
to	O
store	O
a	O
single	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
,	O
it	O
proved	O
unsuccessful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A-Train	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
very	O
challenging	O
economic	O
system	O
that	O
includes	O
a	O
5%	O
land	O
tax	O
on	O
all	O
property	O
owned	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
50%	O
income	O
tax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
later	O
years	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
continued	O
on	O
both	O
console	B-Device
and	O
PC	B-Device
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A5	O
,	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
PC	B-Device
in	O
1997	O
,	O
introduced	O
a	O
totally	O
3D	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A6	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
2000	O
and	O
later	O
translated	O
to	O
English	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
as	O
A6	O
:	O
A-Train	B-Application
6	I-Application
by	O
Midas	O
Interactive	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	B-Application
Ressha	I-Application
de	I-Application
Ikou	I-Application
2001	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
A6	O
with	O
online	O
support	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PS2	B-Device
in	O
2001	O
and	O
followed	O
by	O
several	O
expansion	O
packs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recently	O
released	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
core	O
series	O
,	O
A7	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
for	O
Windows-based	O
PCs	B-Device
in	O
Japanese	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
reviewer	O
Stanley	O
Trevena	O
stated	O
in	O
1992	O
that	O
while	O
he	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
financial	O
and	O
management	O
aspects	O
of	O
A-Train	B-Application
,	O
"	O
many	O
people	O
will	O
miss	O
out	O
on	O
a	O
fine	O
program	O
because	O
of	O
a	O
steeply	O
graded	O
learning	O
curve	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
PC	B-Device
Gamer	O
UK	O
named	O
A-Train	B-Application
III	I-Application
the	O
46th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Fascinating	O
,	O
absorbing	O
and	O
now	O
quite	O
cheap	O
,	O
A-Train	B-Application
is	O
worth	O
a	O
place	O
in	O
any	O
games	O
collection	O
—	O
and	O
do	O
n't	O
be	O
put	O
off	O
by	O
the	O
subject	O
matter	O
.	O
</s>
