
Transarctica
- Release Date
- December 31, 1993
- Genres
- Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
- Game Type
- Main game
- Platforms
- Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS
- Developers
- Silmarils
- Publishers
- Silmarils
- Players
- 1
- Game Modes
- Single-player
- Alternate Titles
- Arctic Baron
Overview
The story is based on a post-apocalyptic science fiction saga La Compagnie des Glaces (The Ice Company) written by Georges-Jean Arnaud and the comic strip Le Transperceneige (The Snowpiercer) by Jacques Lob. In the 21st century, mankind is being ravaged by the greenhouse effect. A last-ditch effort to counteract it is designed and executed. It works far too well. Centuries if not millennia later, the planet is entirely covered in a thick, opaque cloud layer. Giant wolf packs roam the frozen wastes, and the mammoth has re-emerged from the elephant stock. Mankind ekes out a living in a few handfuls of settlements, connected by a network of massive armored trains. The network in turn is in the hands of the gargantuan Viking Union, which is merciless towards threats to its power. A few radicals, though, are willing to attempt a change, and managing to hijack a train of the Union, the Transarctica, they set out in search of the "sun".
Releases and Editions
- Amiga | 1993-12-31
- Atari ST/STE | 1993-12-31
- DOS | 1993-12-31








