https://orner.net/tags/arch/Recent content in Arch on Lance OrnerHugoen-usThu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://orner.net/posts/railroad-tycoon-2-without-steam/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://orner.net/posts/railroad-tycoon-2-without-steam/<p>I wanted to play Railroad Tycoon II Platinum on my Linux box, but I haven&rsquo;t seen it running in a long time, even using Steam. Libraries have moved on, but this is a really old binary. I remember playing the original Railroad Tycoon on my Mac in 1991, and this update came out in 1998. I put a bunch of hours in both.</p> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://orner.net/images/rt2-platinum.webp" alt="The Railroad Tycoon II Platinum title screen running under Wine on Linux: the game logo in worn silver lettering over a riveted green metal wall, with menu buttons down the left side for Single Player, Multi Player, Editor, High Scores, Credits and Quit, and &ldquo;Version 1.56&rdquo; in the bottom corner" loading="lazy" decoding="async"><figcaption>The title screen at 2048x1536 — the game&#39;s native 1024x768 output scaled 2x with nearest-neighbor filtering, so every edge stays hard.</figcaption> </figure><h2 id="steam-version-requires-steam">Steam Version Requires Steam</h2> <p>The binary downloaded from Steam has an encrypted wrapper, so it only works in Steam. This wasn&rsquo;t working, and it seemed a little harder to debug when it&rsquo;s still attached to the Steam binaries.</p>