The industrial giant

The industrial giant is a computer game from 1997. It belongs to the genre of economic simulation . The game proved to be quite successful, was translated into 12 languages and sold around 800,000 times in total. A license for distribution on notebook CDs was later sold to Computer Bild Spiele .

Game flow

In the years 1960 to 2060, the player tries to build a profitable economic system. To do this, the player must set up economic cycles by transporting raw materials to factories and then delivering the goods made from them to shops. The player has to build the factories as well as the shops himself and transport around 150 goods by truck and train, with the expansion set also by ship and plane. Over time, new goods are activated and old goods lose their importance. There are several raw materials like wood or gold that can be used to make various goods. The goods consist of one or more raw materials. In the campaign, the player must try to snatch the customers away from the competition in around 50 levels and earn a lot of money in order to achieve the respective mission goal.

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Logo of the game industrial giant 2

This game was developed and distributed by JoWooD . An expansion set was released later, followed by a gold version, in which the main program, the expansion set and additional scenarios and single missions are available.

In 2002, Koch Media 's successor, Industriegigant 2 , appeared in sales , but it was unable to build on the success of its predecessor.