Transport Tycoon Deluxe (1995)
Transport Tycoon Deluxe is a 1995 simulator video game made by Chris Sawyer Productions and MicroProse Software, Inc..
The definitive release of Chris Sawyer's 1994 original, Transport Tycoon Deluxe extends the time span from 1950 to 2050 and adds four landscape types, arctic and tropical environments among them. The vehicle roster grows across all transport modes, from classic steam trains to modern aircraft, and new scenarios set specific economic and geographic challenges. You build and manage a transport company, connecting industries to towns through competing route networks. The game's engine later became the foundation for OpenTTD, the open-source project that has kept it playable for decades.
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What is Transport Tycoon Deluxe about?
The definitive release of Chris Sawyer's 1994 original, Transport Tycoon Deluxe extends the time span from 1950 to 2050 and adds four landscape types, arctic and tropical environments among them. The vehicle roster grows across all transport modes, from classic steam trains to modern aircraft, and new scenarios set specific economic and geographic challenges. You build and manage a transport company, connecting industries to towns through competing route networks. The game's engine later became the foundation for OpenTTD, the open-source project that has kept it playable for decades.
When was Transport Tycoon Deluxe released?
Transport Tycoon Deluxe was released on 31 December 1995.
Who made Transport Tycoon Deluxe?
Transport Tycoon Deluxe was made by Chris Sawyer Productions, MicroProse Software, Inc. and Atari.
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Transport Tycoon Deluxe expanded the original's logistics simulation with new landscapes, tighter competition, and a full century of vehicles from 1950 to 2050. The game is fundamentally about building networks that pay for themselves while rivals undercut your routes. These management games share that satisfaction of watching a system you designed work exactly the way you intended.