Thomas & Friends: Building the New Line
Sodor comes to life on tracks YOU design and build! The Island of Sodor is busier than ever! The Fat Controller needs your help to build new tracks so Thomas and his Friends can be Really Useful - and keep…
Thomas & Friends: Building the New Line is a simulator developed by Stunt Puppy Entertainment, released 5 September 2002 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Thomas & Friends: Building the New Line is
Thomas & Friends: Building the New Line is a simulator game developed by Stunt Puppy Entertainment and released in 2002. It was published by Mindscape. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sir Topham Hatt decides that the North Western Railway is in need of a new branch line to make operations run smoother. He assigns either Edward, James, Thomas, or Percy with helping build the new line and run errands across it. Afterwards, a grand opening ceremony is held to celebrate the new line's completion.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational, kids and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Thomas & Friends: Building the New Line launched on 5 September 2002, within three weeks of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Battlefield 1942, Kingdom Hearts and Mafia.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Battlefield 1942, Kingdom Hearts, Mafia.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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