Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line

Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line
Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line
	Japanese edition cover
Developer(s)	Taito, Ongakukan
Publisher(s)	Ongakukan
Series	Train Simulator series
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3
Release	JP: December 20, 2006;
Genre(s)	Train simulator
Mode(s)	Single player

Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line or just Railfan (レールファン) is a train simulator for single players co-developed by Ongakukan and Taito for the PlayStation 3 system. It was released in Japan on December 20, 2006.

Train Simulator series

Railfan is a franchise among Ongakukan's popular Train Simulator series and it is followed by Actainment's Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail which was released in Asia in 2007.

Railfan lines

The software is based on three independent lines located in Chicago, Tokyo and Kyoto, Osaka. Series producer and Ongakukan CEO Minoru Mukaiya's team has captured each line in Full HD, including the stations which are located either in Illinois or in Japan.

JR East Chūō Main Line (Tokyo)

Chūō Main Line 201 series train.

Available line in Tokyo is the East Japan Railway Company Chūō Main Line from the Mitaka Station to the Tokyo Station. Rolling stock is the JR201 (201系). Stations are available in the following order:

CTA Brown Line (Chicago)

Brown Line 3200-Series train

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Brown Line (Fullerton~The Loop~Fullerton) includes 14 stations. A 4-car CTA3200 'L' rolling stock train is available on this line. Stations are available in the following order:

Fullerton
Armitage
Sedgwick
Chicago
Merchandise Mart
Washington
Quincy
La Salle
Library
Adams
Madison
Randolph
State/Lake
Clark
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
Sedgwick
Armitage
Fullerton

KER Keihan Main Line (Kyoto, Osaka)

Keihan Main Line 8000 series train.

The Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line (Sanjō~Yodoyabashi) is about 51 km. Available train is the Keian 8000 (8000系). Stations are available in the following order:

Modes

The software includes two game modes plus an extra mode dedicated to collectible content.

Mission

The Mission mode is a driving tutorial including several basic and progressive lessons such as learning how to start and stop the train and limitation and traffic signboards. These missions are specific to each train.

Train Tour

The tour mode allows to select the station to start and stop at. Once the train is stopped a station it is possible to tour the area using tourism spots.

My collection

Replay: this feature allows to watch a saved demonstration game and to take live snapshots.

Car Collection: this feature allows to get "Replay" mode unlocked train model profiles. Collection differs from a line to another.

Movie Collection: this feature allows to watch unlocked game videos including opening and ending movies.

Promotion video

A promotion video mostly consisting of behind the scenes from the Chicago production was made available on the game's official website[1] and was later added in Sony Computer Entertainment Korea's product page.[2]

Notes

Railfan promo video
Railfan product page on SCEK website Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Railfan promo video

[2] Railfan product page on SCEK website Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine