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0 pointsmig397mo ago0 comments

Both Rollercoaster Tycoon and Transport Tycoon Deluxe (which lives on in openTTD) are by the same author, and use the same engine :-)

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lawlessone7mo ago· 1 in thread

Chris Sawyer, he made them with a tiny magnet that he used to write the games directly to a hard drive.

brendoelfrendo7mo ago

I once heard he tickled a butterfly in Brazil to cause a cloud in the UK that diverted a cosmic ray onto his hard drive in the exact right spot to flip the required bit.

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