and abandon all hope all ye who do....
Microsoft does not publish MSTS 1 in the United States anymore. This is done by Atari since 2005, and the game is now distributed in the US by Atari as value software.
In the European Union, the game is now distributed by Empire Interactive and Ubisoft. Ubisoft also distributes MSTS 1 in small quantities in Australia. The Game is also distributed in Britain by Xplosiv, and can be found for a budget price of £4.99 in many video game retailers.
Backwards compatibility with the original MSTS is unlikely as this is a completely new product having only the name in common with its predecessor.
Microsoft Train Simulator 2 (MSTS2) is a train simulator in development by Microsoft Game Studios, first announced on January 19, 2007 and scheduled for release in the last quarter of 2009. The program's lead designer, Rick Selby, has announced that it will be compatible with both Windows XP and Windows Vista. It is the successor to Microsoft Train Simulator and is being developed by ACES Studio (Microsoft Game Studios), as a part of the "Games for Windows" initiative. The game will use a modified Microsoft Flight Simulator X graphics engine.
Microsoft demonstrated Train Simulator 2 on August 25, 2007 at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, and released an official press kit which includes several in-game visual prototype images, asset renders and two videos. One video indicates that the game's terrain will cover the entire planet, similar to their modern Flight Simulators, with global rail network data available to route builders. Little else is currently known regarding the title.
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