History VideoGame / ThreeDUltraLionelTraintown

* MinimalistCast: The game only has the player character, a few unseen characters that tell you the jobs to do and three locomotives.

* School Daze: Form math equations with flat cars with giant numbers on them. Starts out with just addition and subtraction problems, but later levels throw multiplication and division problems into the mix. Goes from kindergarten to fourth grade.
* Little Sister: Your little sister has taken all your train cars and is forcing you to organize them by car type by sending them down the track. Later levels have the cars come in faster and make you match boxcars with letters in them.
* Tourist Project: An "episodic" series of jobs. Oak Valley's mayor wants to build a Roman Colosseum in order to attract tourists. Each "episode" introduces various obstacles facing construction (one way tracks, construction workers going on strike, hoodlums scattering cars around the map, etc.).

* [[{{Trope2000}} Trope 2000]]: The Switchy 5000, a device used in two jobs that switches tracks every time a train crosses over it.

* KitchenSinkIncluded: One of the placeable objects is a kitchen sink. The game {{lampshades}} this in it's description: "Yep, we even have a kitchen sink in our game!"

* [[{{Trope2000}} Trope 2000]]: The Switchy 5000, a device used in a two jobs that switches tracks every time a train crosses over it.

-->"Fine work, fine work indeed - I shall be putting in a word to your superiors - '''''[[SuddenlyShouting NOW]] [[NoIndoorVoice GO CLEAN MY]] [[ToiletHumor LATRINE!!"]]'''''

* SavingChristmas: Each of the North Pole jobs usually involve you doing this trope one way or another. {{Lampshaded}} in one of the later jobs descriptions where one of the objectives lists "Save Christmas (again)".

* [[{{Trope2000}} Trope 2000]]: The Switchy 5000, a device used in a few jobs that changes the switches every time a train crosses over it.

** Hovering your mouse over one of the bookcases in the living room location will display the message: "Now where's my copy of ''[[WarAndPeace War And Peace]]''?"

* CoolTrain: Kinda obvious given the concept, but the train featured on the moon levels features a futuristic looking train which goes ''very'' fast on the highest speed setting.

* AliensStealCattle: If a job in Cactus Valley has a cattle farm somewhere in the level, there's a small chance a UFO will came and abduct one.

* "Sister": Your little sister has taken all your train cars and is forcing you to organize them by car type by sending them down the track. Later levels have the cars come in faster and make you match boxcars with letters in them.

*** The Deluxe version replaces this with ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire.

* SavingChristmas: Each of the North Pole jobs usually involve you doing this trope one way or another. {{Lampshaded}} in one of the later jobs descriptions where one of the objectives lists "Save Christmas (again)".

** Hovering your mouse over one of the bookcases in the living room location will display the message: "Now where's my copy of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''?"
*** However, that is only in the Deluxe version from 2000 - the original 1999 version said [[WarAndPeace War And Peace]] instead.

*** However, that is only in the Deluxe version from 2000 - the original 1999 version said War And Peace instead.

* DrillSergeantNasty: The commander who pops up in the briefings of a few levels such as Strange Sightings, Explosive Connections and (in the Deluxe rerelease) UFO Rescue. Seems a nice enough, if a bit gruff, until this gem:

* Little Sister: Your little sister has taken all your train cars and is forcing you to organize them by car type by sending them down the track. Later levels have the cars come in faster and make you match boxcars with letters in them.

* Little Sister: Your little sister has taken all your train cars and forces you to organize them by car type by sending them down the track. Later levels have the cars come in faster and make you match boxcars with letters in them.

* SavingChristmas: Each of the North Pole jobs usually involve you doing this trope one way or the other. {{Lampshaded}} in one of the later jobs descriptions where one of the objectives lists "Save Christmas (again)".

* [[{{Trope2000}} Trope 2000]]: The Switchy 5000, a device used in a few jobs that changes the switches every time a train crosses over it.

The game consists of various "jobs" that must be completed using various Lionel-brand miniature locomotives. Jobs range from picking up and delivering loads, guiding automated gondolas with semaphores, fixing and repairing train tracks and switches, and memory games. After finishing all the jobs on each difficulty level, a "final job" is unlocked, which usually introduces a unique mechanic specific to that level (loads costing money, objectives coming in stages, etc.) and usually awards the player with a unique animation once the job is completed.

A year later, an UpdatedRerelease titled ''3-D Ultra Lionel Traintown Deluxe'' was released. The new version included new train sets, a new location, and a job editor.

** Various loads reference other ''3-D Ultra'' games, from pinballs to golf balls. The logos from those games also appear as sketches on the notebook location.

* YourSizeMayVary: Depending on the location a job is set in, you're either the size of a normal train (Oak Valley, the city, the moon, etc.), or the size of a toy train (living room, kitchen, backyard, etc.).
* TowersOfHanoi: One of the later jobs involves solving one with ''train cars''.

In addition to stand-alone jobs, there are various themed jobs that carry over to each difficulty level. They include:

A year later, an UpdatedRerelease titled ''3-D Ultra Lionel Traintown Deluxe'' was released. The new version included a new difficulty level, new train sets, a new location, and a job editor.

* YourSizeMayVary: Depending on the location a job is set in, you're either the size of a normal train (Oak Valley, the city, the moon, etc.), or the size of a toy train (living room, kitchen, backyard, etc.).

The game consists of various "jobs" that must be completed using various Lionel-brand miniature locomotives. Jobs range from picking up and delivering loads, guiding automated gondolas with semaphores, fixing and repairing train tracks and switches, and solving math equations with numbered cars. After finishing all the jobs on each difficulty level, a "final job" is unlocked, which usually introduces a unique mechanic specific to that level (loads costing money, objectives coming in stages, etc.) and usually awards the player with a unique animation once the job is completed.

* School Daze: Form math equations with flat cars with giant numbers on them. Starts out with just addition and subtraction problems, but later levels throw multiplication and division problems into the mix.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: The "Little Sister" set of jobs.