TRANSPORT TYCOON SEMI-FAQ
A FAQ for those who need more, more, more information and strategies about Transport Tycoon.

Part 11: Other Sources of Information

1. TT Websites
2. Guides and articles
3. Other indices
4. Reviews
5. Companies
6. Competitions
7. Similar games
8. General railroading
9. Defunct sites
10. Miscellaneous

TT Websites

- Cecilie's TT Hints
  Webmaster: Cecilie Irgens, Oslo, Norway
  Contains: hints, articles

- Church of Transport Tycoon
  Webmaster: Mark Kelly, Australia
  Contains: Holy Book of Chris, downloads, news

- Paul van Eijden's TT Pages
  Webmaster: Paul van Eijden, Netherlands
  Contains: hints, chat room, downloads

- Paul Margetson's Scenarios
  Webmaster: Paul Margetson, East Anglia, UK
  Contains: scenarios and saved games

- Owen's Transport Tycoon Station
  Webmaster: Owen Rudge, Scotland, UK
  Contains: hints, downloads, links, Saved Game Manager

- Byron's TTD Way Station
  Contains: vehicle database, links, technical info

- Burkhard Jahnen's TTD Page [New address]
  Webmaster: Burkhard Jahnen, Germany
  Contains: downloads, hints

- Oliver Keating's TTD Page
  Webmaster: Oliver Keating, London, UK
  Contains: hints, message board, downloads, competitions, real vehicles, player list, upload directory

- Unofficial Maxis Games & TTD
  Contains: hints

- Satya's TT Page
  Webmaster: Satya, Bombay, India
  Contains: downloads, trivia

- Unofficial TTD Appreciation Website
  Contains: hints, tutorial, downloads

- CiX TT Conference
  Contains: hints

- Steven Koolen's TTD Page
  Webmaster: Steven Koolen
  Contains: hints, downloads

- Pringle's TTD Web Pages
  Webmaster: Pringle Burger, South Africa
  Contains: hints, downloads

- Kevin Bunyan's TT Original Page
  Webmaster: Kevin Bunyan, Ireland
  Contains: hints, downloads

- Christian Friis's TTD Page
  Webmaster: Christian Friis, Sweden
  Contains: message board, downloads

- Roel Verwer TTD Page
  Webmaster: Roel Verwer, Netherlands
  Contains: downloads, screen shots

- George Ringler's TTD Page
  Webmaster: George Ringler
  Contains: hints, wish list
  Language: German

Guides and articles

- Chris Doherty's TTD Railway Guide
  Written by: Chris Doherty

- TTD Internals [New link]
  A description of the file formats used by the game, along with sample source code for decoding them.

- Morten Simonsen's TT FAQ
  For experienced players, in Norweigen

- Wolfgang Preiss' Article on Advanced Railway Construction
  Written by: Wolfgang Preiss

- George F. McQuary's Article on City Strategies
  Written by: George F. McQuary

- Russell Sprang's Article on Coping with Competitors
  Written by: Russell Sprang

- CD Publications' TT FAQs
  Written by: Chris Doidge

Other indices

- Yahoo's Listing of TT Pages
  Where the Semi-FAQ holds an honored spot.

- TT-NetList - A webring for sites with saved games and scenarios. Go to the index.

- Search for "Transport Tycoon" at Google, AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, InfoSeek, Northern Light, or WebCrawler.

Reviews

- Games Domain's Review of TTD

- Games Domain's Review of PlayStation TT

- Coming Soon Magazine's Review of TT Original

- Review of Conquer the World

- GamePower's Review of Industry Giant

Companies

- MicroProse Software
  The makers of Transport Tycoon. Feel free to send them an email saying you would like to see a TTD sequel. They have released Conquer The World, a compilation of four games including TT Original. They also market Railroad Tycoon Deluxe.

- Digital Amusement, Ltd.
  The people who ported TT to the Macintosh and Sony Playstation platforms.

- Pop Top Software
  Company working on Railroad Tycoon 2.

- Interactive Magic
  Company that is distributing the English version of Industry Giant.

Competitions

- Torgeir Stoerset
  Version: TT Deluxe
  Run by: Torgeir Stoerse

- Rod Swift
  Version: TT Deluxe
  Run by: Rod Swift, Australia

- Roland Schmuck
  Version: TT Deluxe
  Run by: Roland Schmuck

- Canadian TTD League
  Version: TT Deluxe

- Richard Jones
  Version: TT Deluxe
  Run by: Richard Jones

Similar games

- Mobility
  German transport simulation game produced by DaimlerChrysler and others. Available as a free download (38 megabytes!) for Windows 9x in German and English. Take a look at the manual for more info.

- Simu [New address]
  TT clone under development by Hansjoerg Malthaner. Runs under Linux, BeOS, and DOS/Windows.

- 3DTT
  Project to create a three-dimensional version of TT without using an orthogonal grid. Under development by the "Way-X" team.

- Roller Coaster Tycoon
  Chris Sawyer's latest game.

- Railroad Tycoon
  The classic Sid Meier game that launched the "Tycoon" genre.

- Railroad Tycoon FAQ

- Railroad Tycoon II
  Homepage for the sequel produced by Poptop Software.

- Industry Giant

- Pizza Tycoon
  For those who like the business aspect of TT but don't like designing layouts. Create and maintain a pizza empire.

- Microsoft Train Simulator
  New game under development by Kuju Entertainment; will probably have the same style of Microsoft Flight Simulator.

- Bahn
  A very well-done railroad simulation that allows you complete control over your trains and signals (no AI to worry about!)

- SimBlob
  A (now defunct?) project to create a game similar to SimCity and Transport Tycoon.

- Signal System
  Looking for other railroad software programs? The Webville and Hypertext Railroad Company has put together this comprehensive list.

- Train Dispatcher's RR Computer Game

- Transport Strategy Game Summary Page

General railroading

- RailServe
  Comprehensive index of railroad related sites

- European Railway Picture Gallery
  Pictures of almost every model of European trains

- Railroad Definitions
  Over 400 definitions relating to railroads

Defunct sites

- Phil McCrum's TTD Page
  `http://home.pacbell.net/pmccrum/HtmlTTD/index.htm`

- TT Fan Club
  `http://www.ii.uib.no/~thor/Transport_Tycoon/`

- Tycoon Heaven
  `http://www.trikky.f9.co.uk/transport-tycoon/`

- Brian Feldman's TTD Page
  `http://www.enter.net/~feldmanbd/ttdx.htm`

- James Dove's Unofficial TTD Page
  `http://surf.nethosting.com/tycoon/`

- HBK's TT Page
  `http://www.griffworld.freeserve.co.uk/`

- The Hovlandsdal Family's TTD Page
  `http://home.online.no/~shovlan/ttd/ttdpage.htm`
  "No longer interested in game..."

- TT Contact Homepage
  `http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/3939/`

- Michael's TT Page
  `http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Battlefield/6215/`

- René van Lobberegt's TTD Scenarios
  `http://www.toptown.com/INNERCIRCLE/1846/ttycoon.html`

- Dan's TT Archive
  `http://members.xoom.com/transport_tycoon/index.htm`

- Mike Metcalf's Strategy Guide
  `http://www.netzone.com/~metcalfm/tycoon/tycoon.htm`

- TT - Deluxe & Original
  `http://www.flesscom.com.au/ttdx/`
  Has a title page, menu, and some fancy graphics, but no other content.

- Linus Andreasson's TTD Page
  `http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/2045/index.html`
  Page is accessible, but hasn't been updated in a long time. Linus had a more up-to-date page, but it has since disappeared.

- Andrew Clarkson's TT Page
  `http://freespace.virgin.net/andrew.clarkson1/`
  I think this site is still online, but I'm not sure what its present URL is.

- Steven Forget's Page of TTD
  `http://www.canuck.com/~mforget/ttd.html`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- KLA's TTD Page
  `http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/8944/`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Jason's TT Area
  `http://members.aol.com/gunship871/JPages/ttycoon.htm`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Smurfan's TTD Scenarios
  `http://www-pp.kdt.net/hedstrom/lsttdx.html`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Mike Wieclawek's TTD Page
  `http://www.vaxxine.com/misiu/TTDLX/ttdlx.htm`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Pops Soda Shoppe TT Home Page
  `http://www.sodashoppe.com/ttdlx/`
  Domain inaccessible.

- Games Utopia TTD Page
  `http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/9445/ttdlx.html`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Griton's TTD Page
  `http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/7413/tran_main.html`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Philip Spencer's TT Page
  `http://www.netcentral.co.uk/~pred/ttdstuff.html`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Adriaan Lameris' TTD Page
  `http://home.worldonline.nl/~knmg1745/start.html`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Chris Leidich's TTD Homepage
  `http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/9950/index2.html`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Acapulco Gold'z TT Pagez
  `http://dryden.lakeheadu.ca/~jea/tycoon.html`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Victor's TTD Page
  `http://w1.885.telia.com/~u88502470/Tycoon/INDEXT.HTML`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Alex's TTD Super Page
  `http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/1524/`
  Defunct.

- Worteli's TTD Pages
  `http://www.st.hhs.nl/~96005557/ttdindex.html`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Steven Butcher's TT Page
  `http://www.rbut.demon.co.uk/stes/tycoon.htm`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Tony Smolar's TT Hints
  `http://www.ma.ultranet.com/~asmolar/tycoon/`
  Returns a "403 Access Forbidden" Error.

- Jussi Kivimäki's TT Page
  `http://members.xoom.com/tumppu83/tycoon`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Onno Schoemaker's TT Page
  `http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arena/9870/transport-tycoon.html`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- TTD Depot
  `http://www.alphalink.com.au/~cj/`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Sean's TT Links
  `http://edmonton.shaw.wave.ca/~dde-la-h/sean/compgame/ttdx/ttdxlink.html`
  Returns a "404 File Not Found" Error.

- Scenario Tycoon's Homepage
  `http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/8324/`
  GeoCities spot now occupied by somebody else.

- Alex's TT Homepage
  `http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/9379/`
  GeoCities spot now occupied by somebody else.

Miscellaneous

- Josef Drexler's TTDPatch
  Provides several additions and enhancements to TTD; could almost be considered a sequel.

- TTD Savegame Examiner
  By Niels Hansen, the name of this program says it all.

- Dan Mullin's TTD Alter
  Tweaks the attributes of the game's vehicles.

- Aron Spohr's TTD Cheat Programs
  Several cheat programs for TTD.

- TTD Scenario Installer
  Simplifies downloading new scenarios and saved games.

- ICQ Skins for TT

- We're gonna need more peanuts...
  A humorous cartoon about TT's airplane handling.

- MicroProse Games Webring
  A Webring connecting pages about MicroProse games.

- alt.games.microprose.transport-tyc
  Usenet newsgroup devoted to Transport Tycoon. Unfortunately, traffic is light, so many news servers may not pick it up.

- comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic
  Usenet newsgroup where TT and other strategy games are talked about. Also check out the c.s.i.p.g.s FAQ.

- TT Demo
  This is a demo of the original version of TT. Gameplay is limited to 1930 to 1932, and only trains can be built. The file, about 1 MB in size, is available at:
  - ftp://ftp.std.com/vendors/COMPUTER_EXPRESS/ttycoon.exe (self-extracting)
  - ftp://ftp.microprose.com/pub/mps-online/new-versions/tycoon.zip
  - http://www.ii.uib.no/~thor/Transport_Tycoon/depot/ttycoon.zip

- Places to Buy TT
  James Dove hosts this forum where people can reveal how they acquired this hard to find game.

- Microprose: TT Support System
  Microprose knowledge base for basic TT questions.

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