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[[File:transarctica.jpg|frame|A [[Cool Train]] roaming the glacial wastes of [[Post Apocalyptic]] Earth during a new ice age...]]

 

 

''Transarctica'' is a 1993 strategy adventure game developed by the French software company Silmarils. It was released for the [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[DOS]], and [[Macintosh]]. This game has a poor English translation, but that doesn't stop the game from being enjoyable.

* [[Energy Economy]] : Coal is the [[Global Currency]], because heating is a premium in the new ice age. [[Amiga Power|Tedious people constantly talked about their fortunes going "up in smoke." Until they were thrown out in the cold and froze to death.]]

* [[Explosive Overclocking]] : A train's boiler can only take so much pressure. It isn't worth the risk.

* [[Genre Busting]]: Even to this day, 18 years after its release, Transarctica remains a unique fusion of several different genres.

* [[Gone Horribly Right]] : They wanted to cool the Earth down, and they did.