<s>
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
is	O
a	O
city-based	O
pixel	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Chris	O
Sawyer	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
on	O
15	O
November	O
1994	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
business	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
presented	O
in	O
an	O
isometric	O
view	O
in	O
2D	O
with	O
graphics	O
by	O
Simon	O
Foster	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
acts	O
as	O
an	O
entrepreneur	O
in	O
control	O
of	O
a	O
transport	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
compete	O
against	O
rival	O
companies	O
to	O
make	O
as	O
much	O
profit	O
as	O
possible	O
by	O
transporting	O
passengers	O
and	O
various	O
goods	O
by	O
road	O
,	O
rail	O
,	O
sea	O
and	O
air	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
Deluxe	O
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
2	O
,	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
II	O
,	O
or	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
Plus	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
expanded	O
and	O
improved	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
3	O
October	O
2013	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
sequel	O
,	O
Chris	B-Application
Sawyer	I-Application
's	I-Application
Locomotion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fan-made	O
game	O
engine	O
recreation	O
OpenTTD	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rating	O
depends	O
on	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
,	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
service	O
and	O
the	O
deforestation	B-Application
caused	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
in	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
are	O
original	O
compositions	O
by	O
John	O
Broomhall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
gave	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
four	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
,	O
commenting	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
best	O
economic	O
sim	O
since	O
Civilization	B-Application
,	O
Microprose	O
's	O
new	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
has	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Sid	O
Meier	O
's	O
Railroad	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
mixed	O
with	O
the	O
look	O
and	O
ease	O
of	O
Maxis	O
 '	O
SimCity	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
a	O
host	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
...	O
that	O
give	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
feel	O
that	O
is	O
all	O
its	O
own.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
Scenario	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
A	O
solid	O
upgrade	O
for	O
a	O
great	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
"	O
World	O
Editor	O
"	O
expansion	O
pack	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
overshadowed	O
by	O
the	O
Deluxe	O
version	O
released	O
shortly	O
afterward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
Deluxe	O
is	O
an	O
expanded	O
and	O
improved	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
allows	O
only	O
bi-directional	O
signals	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
trains	O
to	O
pass	O
in	O
either	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
trademark	O
issues	O
with	O
using	O
names	O
of	O
real	O
vehicles	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
,	O
the	O
default	O
names	O
were	O
replaced	O
with	O
fictional	O
ones	O
in	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
Deluxe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
Deluxe	O
,	O
Chris	O
Sawyer	O
turned	O
his	O
attention	O
towards	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
but	O
during	O
development	O
he	O
changed	O
his	O
mind	O
and	O
produced	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
,	O
which	O
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
runaway	O
hit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
RollerCoaster	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
done	O
,	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
third	O
version	O
was	O
left	O
to	O
another	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
and	O
Sawyer	O
returned	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
sequel	O
,	O
Chris	B-Application
Sawyer	I-Application
's	I-Application
Locomotion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2004	O
and	O
was	O
described	O
by	O
Sawyer	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regardless	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
active	O
Locomotion	B-Application
community	O
that	O
continues	O
to	O
produce	O
modifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
Sawyer	O
's	O
31X	O
Ltd	O
and	O
Origin8	O
Technologies	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
mobile	O
version	O
of	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
on	O
3	O
October	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
single	O
player	O
and	O
is	O
primarily	O
based	O
on	O
Chris	B-Application
Sawyer	I-Application
's	I-Application
Locomotion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
development	O
teams	O
are	O
currently	O
working	O
to	O
improve	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenTTD	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
complete	O
recreation	O
of	O
Transport	B-Application
Tycoon	I-Application
Deluxe	O
,	O
achieved	O
by	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
delivers	O
many	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
general	O
enhancements	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
like	O
making	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
run	O
TTD	O
on	O
multiple	O
platforms	B-Device
,	O
including	O
Mac	B-Application
,	O
Linux	O
,	O
PSP	O
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
OpenTTD	B-Application
can	O
still	O
use	O
the	O
original	O
TTD	O
graphics	O
and	O
sounds	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
need	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
TTD	O
files	O
to	O
run	O
as	O
it	O
has	O
free	O
graphics	O
and	O
sounds	O
.	O
</s>
