Transport Tycoon Deluxe was quite the popular simulator game, and now it went back to its original owner. For the longest time the only way to play this one on PC was by downloading it from places like MyAbandonware, because it was truly an abandonware title. But like always, rights disputes end up being settled and games like this tend to either return to their original owners, or get snagged by an entirely different company who might have done some shady legal moves to take possession of it. Hopefully, Chris Sawyer is still getting compensation for this re-release version, its a neat game of its time.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe returns
Now with proper support for newer systems too, Transport Tycoon Deluxe used to be a relevant game during the simulation game boom kickstarted by huge hitters like Sims City and Populous. There was a ton of talent put into developing these games, and while some just ended up blending together, there was some surprising hidden gems here and there like Transport Tycoon Deluxe, that decided to take the genre on a different direction, both figuratively and literally. Building transport routes and systems is very different from handling a town or a megalopolis like in Sim City 2000.
There used to be many creative takes, like Sim Ants, while not a city builder it still had a lot of the elements that makes games like this be what they are. There’s a ton of undiscovered gems that still remain without an owner, be it for some legal dispute, or because people genuinely forgot, hopefully those can also be revived in such a way. At the same time I can understand why people wouldn’t want this to happen, it would remove the opportunity to just get these games for free without any moral repercussion, things are tough sometimes.
