Trivia
References to the game
The PC version of
Frontier: Elite II contained a reference to the upcoming
Transport Tycoon back in 1993. Some of the advertising hoardings in space ports announced "Coming soon... Chris Sawyer's Transport Game" !
Chris Sawyer did the PC conversion of
Frontier: Elite II back in 1992/3.
Remake
The fan remake
OpenTTD from 2004 updates the game for later computer and mobile platforms.
Title change
Transport Tycoon was originally named
I.T.S., which is short for "Interactive Transport Simulation". It was only because the game went to Microprose that it became a
Tycoon game, to tie in with their own
Railroad Tycoon.
Information also contributed by
JimmyA.
