History VideoGame / TransportTycoon

''Transport Tycoon'' is a pair of [[SpaceManagementGame business management]] [[SimulationGame simulation games]] created by legendary Scottish game developer [[http://www.chrissawyergames.com/ Chris Sawyer]] (of ''RollerCoasterTycoon'' and MicroProse fame). The apparent object of the games is to end up with a monopoly of transport services for a usually randomly generated map. Transport is provided in all four major modes; air, rail, bus, and water, though the most profit tends to come from rail and then air.

** Averted in OpenTTD, where vast maps (2048x2048) can make Planes a game-breaking tool.

The game was superseded officially by its 2004 SpiritualSuccessor, ''{{Locomotion}}''. The free software fan game, ''Open TTD'', was established around the same time and is still going strong. There is also a FanSequel of sorts, called ''Simutrans'', but it's an indie game only InspiredBy and not related or legally connected to the ''Transport Tycoon'' series.

* AwesomeYetPractical: Trains. Road vehicles are next to useless on longer distances, as they're slower and can't keep up with increasing cargo rates.

* BoringButPractical: Road vehicles. They don't have the allure of trains or the inherent coolness of aircraft, but they can use existing city roads (and roads laid by your competitors!) and are much less affected by gradients. [=OpenTTD=] has a large number of add-on packs that shift them over the line into AwesomeYetPractical.

* GenteelInterbellumSetting: The original starts in 1930. ''Deluxe'' has [[TheFifties 1950]] as the earliest date. SpiritualSuccessor ''{{Locomotion}}'' starts in 1900.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: SpiritualSuccessor ''{{Locomotion}}'' uses Scott Joplin Ragtime pieces for the 1900-1920 era of the game. Averted after 1920, and also averted in the Transport Tycoon.

* AKA47: The engines' names are all altered versions of the originals. ''[=OpenTTD=]'' has a patch that replaces the names with the actual ones: the TIM and the [=Asiastar=], for example, become the TGV and the Eurostar.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo / CaptainErsatz : All vehicles from the original 1994 UK installment were real ones from the various eras of the 20th century and all of them used their RealLife names. To avoid potential lawsuits, every vehicle in the US release, and subsequently the ''Deluxe'' version (and by extension, ''Open TTD'') was renamed. For example, a Vickers Viscount becomes a "Coleman Count", a Boeing 747 is a "Darwin 300", the Lockheed Tristar is a "Guru Galaxy", all planes of the Airbus brand are called "Airtaxi", and the Concorde is referred to as a "[[InherentlyFunnyWords Yate]] [[MemeticMutation Haugan]]".

The game was superseded officially by its 2004 SpiritualSuccessor, ''{{Locomotion}}''. The freeware fan port of the game, ''Open TTD'', was established around the same time and is still going strong. There is also a FanSequel of sorts, called ''Simutrans'', but it's an indie game only InspiredBy and not related or legally connected to the ''Transport Tycoon'' series.

* [[ColourCodedArmies Colour Coded Companies]]: All companies have a single, associated colour. ''[[SpiritualSuccessor Locomotion]]'' and ''Open TTD'' allow you to violate this, letting you choose different colours for different vehicles (e. g. different colours for steam, diesel, and electric locomotives).

* GenteelInterbellumSetting: The original starts in 1930. ''Deluxe'' has [[TheFifties 1950]] as the earliest date. SpiritualSuccessor ''Locomotion'' starts in 1900.
** By extension, the game features TheEdwardianEra, TheRoaringTwenties, TheFifties, TheSixties, TheSeventies, TheEighties, TheNineties, and TurnOfTheMillennium. In the SpiritualSuccessor ''Locomotion'', which starts in 1900, each time period gets era-appropriate music, Ragtime for 1900-1920, jazz and blues up to the 1950s, and then various forms of rock and roll and so on up through the 1990s.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: SpiritualSuccessor Locomotion uses Scott Joplin Ragtime pieces for the 1900-1920 era of the game. Averted after 1920, and also averted in the Transport Tycoon.

* CoolPlane: Several, from early propeller driven craft to the supersonic [[strike:Concorde]] ''[[LawyerFriendlyCameo Yate Haugan]]''.

* CreatorProvincialism: Before the name change for legal reasons that came in ''Deluxe'', all vehicles in the game sported not only the likeness of their RealLife counterparts, but also their names. Most of these were of British manufacture, representative of British vehicle evolution over the 20th century. This is played particularly straight with nearly all locomotives and virtually all antique trucks and buses. However, Sawyer subverted and averted it in other parts of the purchase rosters : Only a few aircraft come from UK companies (e.g. the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Viscount Vickers Viscount]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAC_1-11 BAC 1-11]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAe_146 BAe 146]], partly the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde Concorde]]), with your first available aircraft being a ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext German]]'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju_52 Junkers Ju 52]]. Most later 20th century road vehicles are of European (Renault, Volvo, Peugeot) and American brands or marques (Ford). The vast majority of the ships are actually generic, not meant to represent any specific RealLife models. The only exception to the this would be the unnamed model of hovercraft, which is clearly modelled on the classic British [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR.N4 Saunders-Roe SR.N4 "Mountbatten class"]].

* CreatorProvincialism: Before the name change for legal reasons that came in ''Deluxe'', all vehicles in the game sported both their likeness and original names. Most of these were of British manufacture, representative of British vehicle evolution over the 20th century. This is played particularly straight with nearly all locomotives and virtually all antique trucks and buses. However, Sawyer subverted and averted it in other parts of the purchase rosters : Only a few aircraft come from UK companies (e.g. the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Viscount Vickers Viscount]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAC_1-11 BAC 1-11]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAe_146 BAe 146]], partly the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde Concorde]]), with your first available aircraft being a ''[[ItMakesSenceInContext German]]'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju_52 Junkers Ju 52]]. Most later 20th century road vehicles are of European (Renault, Volvo, Peugeot) and American brands or marques (Ford). The vast majority of the ships are actually generic, not meant to represent any specific RealLife models. The only exception to the this would be the unnamed model of hovercraft, which is clearly modelled on the classic British [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR.N4 Saunders-Roe SR.N4 "Mountbatten class"]].

* CreatorProvinicialism: Before the name change for legal reasons that came in ''Deluxe'', all vehicles in the game sported both their likeness and original names. Most of these were of British manufacture, representative of British vehicle evolution over the 20th century. This is played particularly straight with nearly all locomotives and virtually all antique trucks and buses. However, Sawyer subverted and averted it in other parts of the purchase rosters : Only a few aircraft come from UK companies (e.g. the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Viscount Vickers Viscount]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAC_1-11 BAC 1-11]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAe_146 BAe 146]], partly the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde Concorde]]), with your first available aircraft being a ''[[ItMakesSenceInContext German]]'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju_52 Junkers Ju 52]]. Most later 20th century road vehicles are of European (Renault, Volvo, Peugeot) and American brands or marques (Ford). The vast majority of the ships are actually generic, not meant to represent any specific RealLife models. The only exception to the this would be the unnamed model of hovercraft, which is clearly modelled on the classic British [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR.N4 Saunders-Roe SR.N4 "Mountbatten class"]].

The two games in the series are ''Transport Tycoon'' (released in 1994 and now referred to as Original) and ''TransportTycoonDeluxe'' (released in 1995).

''Transport Tycoon Deluxe'' is an [[UpdatedRerelease updated version]]. It contains numerous bugfixes and gameplay improvements, including new transport modes and UI. The primary difference between the games is how signals operate. The original Transport Tycoon allows only bi-directional signals, which allow trains to pass in either direction. The Deluxe version introduced uni-directional signals, that only allow a train to pass in a single direction. The FanRemake ''Open TTD'' is derived from ''TransportTycoonDeluxe''.

* ColourCodedArmies: All companies have a single, associated colour. ''[[SpiritualSuccessor Locomotion]]'' and ''Open TTD'' allow you to violate this, letting you choose different colours for different vehicles (e. g. different colours for steam, diesel, and electric locomotives).

The game was superseded officially by its 2004 SpiritualSuccessor, ''{{Locomotion}}''. The freeware fan port of the game, ''Open TTD'' was established around the same time and is still going strong. There is also a FanSequel of sorts, called ''Simutrans'', but it's an indie game only InspiredBy and not related or legally connected to the ''Transport Tycoon'' series.

* AfterActionReports: Some fans of the series frequently compile these to describe how they built up their company and the country's transportation infrastructure during their playthrough. Pre-made scenario maps are especially popular for AAR recaps.

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''Transport Tycoon Deluxe'' is an [[UpdatedRerelease updated version]]. It contains numerous bugfixes and gameplay improvements, including new transport modes and UI. The primary difference between the games is how signals operate. The original Transport Tycoon allows only bi-directional signals, which allow trains to pass in either direction. The Deluxe version introduced uni-directional signals, that only allow a train to pass in a single direction. The FanRemake ''Open TTD'' is derived from 'TransportTycoonDeluxe''.

'''Transport Tycoon Deluxe''' is an [[UpdatedRerelease updated version]]. It contains numerous bugfixes and gameplay improvements, including new transport modes and UI. The primary difference between the games is how signals operate. The original Transport Tycoon allows only bi-directional signals, which allow trains to pass in either direction. The deluxe version introduced uni-directional signals, that only allow a train to pass in a single direction. The FanRemake ''Open TTD'' is derived from this version.

* AnEntrepreneurIsYou: The series is considered as one of the classic 90s "tycoon games".

* PhysicsGoof: Trains can go around extremely tight corners at 300mph, but immediately slow down to a crawl when encountering a tiny hill. Only the [=OpenTTD=] implementation finally added a (more) realistic acceleration model.

* CoolTrain: Of course.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Acting like one is optional for the player. You can [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribe local governments]] for [[{{Nepotism}} transport monopolies]], [[ProgandaMachine city-wide advertising campaigns]], and [[VehicularSabotage "essential" reconstruction of a town's roads (in a competitor's town, of course)]].

* AnEntrepreneurIsYou

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Some of the "future" ([[TwentyMinutesintotheFuture past 1990]]) buildings and vehicles are really odd looking.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The Player, no less. You can bribe local governments for transport monopolies, city-wide advertising campaigns, and "essential" reconstruction of a town's roads (in a competitor's town, of course).

* GenteelInterbellumSetting: The original starts in 1930. ''Deluxe'' has 1950 as the earliest date. SpiritualSuccessor ''Locomotion'' starts in 1900.
** By extension, the game features TheEdwardianEra, TheRoaringTwenties, TheFifties, TheSixties, TheSeventies, TheEighties, TheNineties, and TurnOfTheMillennium. In the SpiritualSuccessor ''Locomotion'', which starts in 1900, each time period gets era-appropriate music, Ragtime for 1900-1920, jazz and blues up to the 1950's, and then various forms of rock and roll and so on up through the 1990's.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo / CaptainErsatz : All vehicles from the original 1994 UK installment were real ones from the various eras of the 20. century and all of them used their RealLife names. To avoid potential lawsuits, every vehicle in the US release, and subsequently the ''Deluxe'' version (and by extension, ''Open TTD'') was renamed. For example, a Vickers Viscount is a "Coleman Count", a Boeing 747 is a "Darwin 300", the Lockheed Tristar becomes the "Guru galaxy", all planes of the Airbus brand are called "Airtaxi", and the Concorde is referred to as a "[[InherentlyFunnyWords Yate]] [[MemeticMutation Haugan]]".

** You can take revenge on the [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard computer-favoured]] AI opponents' badly built railways by building a railway depot at the end of their stations and sending a steam engine of yours [[SuicideMission running kamikaze-style into the opponent's station]]. His train eventually enters the station ''[[StuffBlowingUp and...]]''