{"id":630625,"date":"2024-11-01T12:29:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/?p=630625"},"modified":"2024-11-01T12:29:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:29:33","slug":"roller-coaster-tycoon-progenitor-transport-tycoon-acquired-by-atari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/roller-coaster-tycoon-progenitor-transport-tycoon-acquired-by-atari\/","title":{"rendered":"Roller Coaster Tycoon progenitor Transport Tycoon acquired by Atari"},"content":{"rendered":"
Atari has announced that they\u2019ve acquired Chris Sawyers\u2019 1994 DOS hit Transport Tycoon<\/em>. That is to say, they\u2019ve bought the property. Although, since the game is largely unavailable aside from the free OpenTTD <\/em>fan source port, it would be a feat in itself to purchase it.<\/p> This is a move that makes sense. Atari already licenses Roller Coaster Tycoon<\/a><\/em>, and Chris Sawyer has kept a working relationship with the company, even back when they were terrible, and even after a 2005 lawsuit. Atari recently bought a large portion of Microprose\u2019s back catalog<\/a> and is resurrecting the brand as a publishing label. It would make sense that they\u2019d want Transport Tycoon<\/em>, and that Chris Sawyer would be willing to sell it to them.<\/p>