# OpenTTD: recreating Transport Tycoon Deluxe

> OpenTTD recreates Transport Tycoon Deluxe as an open-source transport simulation game, aiming to mimic the original while adding features. It runs with free OpenGFX, OpenSFX and OpenMSX data sets, or with graphics, sound and music files copied from the user's original game.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD/blob/48219078ca6e618d1c25fbec44b6b87daae8f5f8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openttd-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openttd-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openttd-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires additional graphics and sound files: free data sets or files from an original Transport Tycoon Deluxe copy.
- **Scope:** Actively supported platforms are Linux, macOS and Windows.
- **License:** GPL-2.0 license for OpenTTD, with separately licensed third-party components.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD/blob/48219078ca6e618d1c25fbec44b6b87daae8f5f8/README.md>

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