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Where Can I Get It? Transport Tycoon has been very difficult to buy for most of the past 20 years. You may be able to find boxed copies of the game on eBay or other online marketplaces. Nowadays, the best way to get a copy of the game is to buy the new Atari re-release, which runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. Digital retailers offering Transport Tycoon Deluxe Digital retailers offering Chris Sawyer's Locomotion App stores offering Transport Tycoon (mobile)
Note that the mobile version of the game has not been updated since release and may not work well on all modern devices. Getting the game to run on modern versions of Windows The Windows version of the original TTD will only run on Windows 95, 98 and Me by default: you need to install TTDPatch if you want to play it on any newer version of Windows. TTDPatch modifies TTD's gameplay in many ways, so please read the manual before using it: in particular, the installation and patches sections. I receive many e-mails asking me how to set up TTDPatch, and I simply do not have the time to reply to them all, so please, please, check the manual before contacting me about this. Windows Vista and later An additional step is required to get the game to run on Windows Vista or later versions of Windows. You must copy the file DPLAYX.DLL from the windows\system32 directory to your TTD directory, and rename it DPLAY.DLL. To do that, enter the following command into Start -> Run: xcopy %windir%\system32\dplayx.dll c:\ttwin95\dplay.dll, where c:\ttwin95 is your TTD directory. OpenTTD Another option, an alternative to TTDPatch, is OpenTTD. OpenTTD is a free open-source version of the game, with many enhancements to TTD including vastly superior multiplayer - including online play with up to 8 players, variable-sized maps (from a tiny 64x64 squares to a huge 2048x2048 squares - 64 times larger than a standard TTD map!), easy installation and many other exciting new features. Even better, OpenTTD now no longer requires the original game data, as there is now a completely fan-made reconstruction of the graphics, sound and music! My easy setup guide is available here. You could also purchase the new digital re-release of Transport Tycoon Deluxe and use OpenTTD with the classic graphics and sounds!
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