Editing Transport Tycoon (section)

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2008}}
{{Short description|1994 simulation video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title       = Transport Tycoon
| image       = Transport Tycoon Coverart.jpg
| caption     = DOS cover art
| publisher   = [[MicroProse]]
| producer    = Steve Ramsden
| designer    = [[Chris Sawyer]]
| programmer  = [[Chris Sawyer]]
| artist      = Simon Foster
| composer    = [[John Broomhall]]
| engine      = 
| released    = {{Collapsible list
| title       = {{Nobold|November 1994}}
| '''MS-DOS'''{{Video game release|NA/EU|November 1994}}
'''Macintosh'''{{Video game release|JP| 1996}}
| '''PlayStation 1'''
| {{Video game release|EU| September 15, 1997|JP|August 6, 1998}}
| '''Sega Saturn'''
| {{Video game release|JP| November 20, 1997}}
| '''iOS, Android'''
| {{Video game release|WW|October 3, 2013}}
}}
| genre = [[Business simulation]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
| platforms = [[MS-DOS]], [[Classic Mac OS|Mac]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Sega Saturn]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]]
}}

'''''Transport Tycoon''''' is a [[business simulation game]] designed and programmed by [[Chris Sawyer]], and published by [[MicroProse]] on 15 November 1994 for [[DOS]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=74590407&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch |title=Trademark Status & Document Retrieval |publisher=United States Patent Trademark Office |accessdate=17 January 2022}}</ref> It is a transport business simulation game, presented in an [[isometric projection|isometric]] view in 2D with graphics by Simon Foster, in which the player acts as a transport company owner, who competes against rival companies to make as much profit as possible by transporting passengers and various goods by road, rail, sea and air.

'''''Transport Tycoon Deluxe''''' is an expanded and improved version of the original game, released in 1995. A version for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]] was released on 3 October 2013 based on the sequel, ''[[Chris Sawyer's Locomotion]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-10-03-transport-tycoon-out-now-on-ios-and-android |title=Transport Tycoon out now on iOS and Android |last=Whitehead |first=Dan |date=3 October 2013 |work=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=Gamer Network |accessdate=3 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233008/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-10-03-transport-tycoon-out-now-on-ios-and-android |archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref> A [[fan-made]] [[game engine recreation]] ''[[OpenTTD]]'' is also available.<ref name="RPS1"/> In November 2024, [[Atari SA]] acquired the [[Intellectual property|IP]] rights from Chris Sawyer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-acquires-transport-tycoon-ip|title=Atari acquires Transport Tycoon IP|last=Batchelor|first=James|website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]]|date=November 4, 2024|access-date=December 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104202625/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-acquires-transport-tycoon-ip|archive-date=November 4, 2024}}</ref>