Hot right now: Muni Simulator Game!
The game lets you simulate driving a bus (or streetcar or cable car) on spotless San Francisco streets. Sitting in the driver’s seat, you can operate your own bus, make your own schedule, “finish exciting missions and find hidden money.” You can also repair buses, make a pit stop for coffee, refuel the bus, and take the bus to a carwash.
The game is available for PC only right now. Our friends at Market Street Railway say that the game even features mysterious catacombs and a storage facility with a Milan tram.
Who knew that people found driving the bus in San Francisco so exciting? Think the game makers will be up for incorporating some of the stories on Muni Diaries into the game? I have a couple of choice stories that come to mind…
Germans. Frickin germans.
If someone really wants to try it, it only comes out to $23 on Amazon.de:
http://www.amazon.de/Astragon-Bus–Cable-Car-Simulator/dp/B004P7XBH8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309849604&sr=8-1
Wow! This is trippy. I’m gonna buy it when I’m in Germany next month.
San Francisco’s Muni is an odd choice for a culture that prides itself on punctuality.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,496257,00.html
“finish exciting missions and find hidden money.” that’s what MUNI drivers really doing on their routes. It’ll be more accurate if you can ran over hookers and beat up passengers.
Unfortunately the game is in German and the manual is in German. The English section of the maker’s website says they are working on an English version to be released later.
I’ve seen the game. The main issue I have is the fact that all of the bus routes are fictional. The only one that even comes close is the 47 Van Ness. And by the way, it isn’t really a MUNI simulator game. Nowhere in the game will you find the words Muni, it is called SF Transit. At the Cable car Turntables it is called “MINI” and on market instead of MUNI & BART on the elevators, it says “MANI & BURT”.
They Should add the Embracdero Trains. They should be included in some update of theirs
This game sounds like the ultimate Muni driver fantasy. Can not wait to hop behind the virtual wheel and navigate those San Francisco streets. Wonder if they will add the infamous Lombard Street into the mix.
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