Densha de GO! (PC)

This is the Windows port of the first installment in the Densha de Go! series, initially released April 23, 1999. It includes portions of the San'in Main Line (Sagano Line), Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōkaidō Line (JR Kyoto Line) and Yamanote Line. The Windows port is exclusive to two extended lines (along with the SEGA Saturn EX version of the game), which are: the Sagano Line and the Tōkaidō JR Kyoto Line. This series is developed by TAITO who went on to release many other Densha de Go! games for home consoles and Windows computers based off the Arcade versions.
The graphics have been uplifted when compared to the console versions, as it was published by UNBALANCE. Fun facts about this port; back in the day, the port by UNBALANCE was supposed to be released a year earlier in 1998 but was delayed due to some complications in getting the game to run optimally -- since it was delayed, Densha de Go! 2 was the first game to be brought to Windows before its predecessor. According to the UNBALANCE team, they "did not get the expected performance, so it became necessary to rebuild the program from scratch" during the postponement.

[@OldGameBox]

That looks amazing. Your videos are great, thanks for making them.

[@netako]

Aside from the cleaner graphics, the sound quality is also much better than the PS1 and Saturn version.

[@regulagianci2231]

I didn't even know there was a windows port of densha de go 1

[@Crunchynote]

Regula Gianci The more you know!

[@75338]

Thank you!

[@nWoHITMAN]

I like it!

[@PringleLee]

I can't get the game to run in fullscreen. It seems stuck in a window mode that cuts off the top and other parts of the screen. Might rather play the ps1 version

[@Crunchynote]

This is because the game isn’t made to run in modern operating systems. If you’d like to run the game correctly it has to be done through a virtual machine running Windows XP, even Windows 7 would suffice.

[@PringleLee]

@@Crunchynote yeah, makes sense thanks

[@JasperHuskyFox]

I saw where to download this as stuff, but idk how to actually install it and run it. Plus my PC makes Japanese characters like "??????"

[@Crunchynote]

Look up "Locale Emulator", it's a special little program that will clear up the garbled characters and display them correctly in Japanese. I use it on my PC to run Japanese games correctly.

[@Sovayer]

I see

[@ugogatto]

hi where i can find this pc version?

[@Crunchynote]

Nowadays, most of the PC ports for Densha de Go are available on archive.org