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It is a really good game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: January 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

You get to choose a city from all around the world. It takes a while to get companies like Delta or USAir. You should get it!!!

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).

you gotta have RAM

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Managing an airport is cool and this game is a blast. The one negative is the 1000 item max imposed in the current version. This requires you to lay roads in the longest strips possible and to watch items you should be able to add. Eventually, you will have millions of dollars and no way to spend them...I major draw back.

But, getting the airport up and running and competing with other airports throughout the world is a blast.

ABSOLUTELY ADDICTIVE!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love this game so much. You get to manage your own airport in over 100 capitals all around the world. There are also 200 airlines... I've been playing this game for years and I've only come across a little over 100!! It's such an addictive game and you'll love every minute of managing, watching and just enjoying your own airport.

Frustrating

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is interesting at the beginning, however money soon begins to run out after a certain amount of time. When you reach a large amount of passenger volume you have to constantly build security gates and lockers and other items in the terminal to keep passengers happy. One of my airports had almost 100 security gates and they kept asking for more - after all the effort you put in the game it just frustrates you.

Good vs. Bad....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game at wal-mart (for half the price...), and I've done the tutorial, read the instruction book, spent a few hours trying to play...not very entertaining. It has BASIC graphics, very simple (not user friendly, basic programing). Very difficult to master, but if you've got the time, you could possibly enjoy this game. One of the other reviews said looking online for strategy guides, again...how much time do you really want to spend playing this game?

I buy a lot and play a lot of these 'tycoon' or simulation games, and I can tell you by experience, this game would be at the bottom of my list of favs. Hope that helps!

Major Limitations

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: May 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A bad execution of a good idea. This game has some major limitations:

You are limited to four runways, and if you want to upgrade to a longer runway, you have to clear all the old flight contracts off the old runway. This sounds easy, but you can only change/refuse contracts at their annual renewal. Thus, you have to go through a year of game time refusing all new contracts for the old runway and moving or cancelling the old contracts. TEDIOUS!

You eventually run up against a cap on the number of objects in the game. You also run up against a cap on the number of airline/flight/retail contracts in the game.

Construction is basically dumping the correct items in the correct areas. Layout doesn't matter (i.e. the game doesn't care if the fronts of two check-in counters are sandwiched together so no one can get to them). Many items don't seem to do anything anyway.

So why two stars instead of one?

The game was somewhat fun in the early stages of airport development. But I wanted to grow my airport into world-class status (e.g. JFK, O'Hare, or Heathrow). You just can't do that in Airport Tycoon. But without the goal of seeing how big you can make your airport, the game loses a lot.

has potential

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game has great graphics,but poor instructions
I found this to be very hard to get started. Where are all
the people and cars? This is not for any child.but priced good

This game is the worst

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: July 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I got 5 words for you. Do Not Buy This Game!!!... I think it is stupid, sim coaster, polilical tycoon, roller coaster tycoon and even Dino park tycoon is better i like all of this but airport tycoon is the worst, the maunul tells you to do one thing but the "game" tells you to do another. Save yourself from anger don't buy this game. There is no "players' Guide" and you have no idea what to do.

Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game was on sale for ... when I bought it. Now I see why. The graphics in this game are pretty cool, you can really see what you are creating at many different angles. However, the game becomes very frustrating after a while because nothing happens! I read the manual and in the back it showed us an example airport in Chicago. It told me step by step how to build a simple airport. For one thing, I ran out of money. Also, it never told us how to negotiate contracts or anything! The end result? My airport just sat there with no planes and diving into debt. You need to be a rocket scientist to figure out this game!

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