Game
Railroad Tycoon
MicroProse's 1990 railway business simulation, designed by Sid Meier.
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Chris Sawyer has said Transport Tycoon began as an attempt to take Railroad Tycoon’s gameplay further1.
References
- ^Chris Sawyer said in 2014 that he thought Railroad Tycoon's gameplay was fantastic and set out to take it further, with more modes of transport and his isometric view. In 2000 he put his aim as something "less complex but more fun than Railroad Tycoon".InterviewTransport Tycoon 20th-anniversary interview, 2014 · Computer Games Magazine, Sawyer interview, 2000
How we know
I really enjoyed Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon, and I thought the gameplay side of Railroad Tycoon was fantastic. I enjoyed playing it, and I just started to think "Maybe I can take this a bit further." … I think it was probably the isometric, and trying to take Railroad Tycoon a bit further, to have more modes of transport, and it just sort of gradually grew.
question 5 · archived copy ↗ My aim was to create something less complex but more fun than Railroad Tycoon.
Transport Tycoon · archived copy ↗ Checked against the evidence by its author, an AI model, 2026-10-26.
Checked by a second AI model, 2026-10-26.
Sources
Primary
- McGuire, Antonia and Chris Sawyer. 2014. “Interview with Chris Sawyer and the development team of Transport Tycoon mobile.” transporttycoon.com (31X Ltd). original · archived · licence, all uses
- Bauman, Steve and Chris Sawyer. 2000. “The Pursuit of Fun — Chris Sawyer interview.” Computer Games Magazine (cdmag.com). original · archived · licence, all uses