<s>
is	O
a	O
1997	O
train	B-General_Concept
simulator	I-General_Concept
arcade	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Taito	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
for	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
among	O
Taito	O
's	O
most	O
successful	O
games	O
,	O
preceded	O
only	O
by	O
Space	B-Application
Invaders	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
sold	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
long	O
series	O
of	O
sequels	O
,	O
spin-offs	O
,	O
and	O
reimaginings	O
,	O
beginning	O
with	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
train	B-General_Concept
simulation	I-General_Concept
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
demonstrated	O
at	O
the	O
1996	O
Amusement	O
Machine	O
Show	O
(	O
AMS	O
)	O
exposition	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
alongside	O
G-Darius	B-Application
and	O
Arkanoid	B-Application
Returns	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
expo	O
's	O
most	O
popular	O
games	O
;	O
Official	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
claims	O
that	O
it	O
saw	O
more	O
player	O
numbers	O
than	O
Sega	O
's	O
The	B-Application
House	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dead	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
home	O
version	O
of	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
1997	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
on	O
April	O
23	O
,	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
and	O
WonderSwan	B-Operating_System
were	O
published	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
copies	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
awarding	O
Taito	O
the	O
Platinum	O
Prize	O
award	O
at	O
the	O
1998	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Awards	O
ceremony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Taito	O
representative	O
Keiji	O
Fujita	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
second	O
most-successful	O
game	O
after	O
Space	B-Application
Invaders	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Home	O
ports	O
of	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Dengeki	O
PlayStation	B-Device
said	O
that	O
its	O
easy-to-learn	O
controls	O
and	O
more	O
realistic	O
approach	O
made	O
Densha	B-Application
de	I-Application
Go	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Dengeki	O
PlayStation	B-Device
was	O
particularly	O
impressed	O
with	O
the	O
accuracy	O
of	O
the	O
in-game	O
world	O
and	O
environments	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
would	O
greatly	O
appeal	O
to	O
railroad	O
fans	O
and	O
players	O
not	O
even	O
familiar	O
with	O
the	O
genre	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dengeki	O
PlayStation	B-Device
stated	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
conversion	O
’s	O
graphics	O
were	O
not	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WonderSwan	B-Operating_System
port	O
was	O
disliked	O
by	O
Famitsu	O
for	O
having	O
poor	O
graphics	O
and	O
clunky	O
controls	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
drastic	O
downgrade	O
in	O
quality	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
