Crap I fell down the Chris Sawyer hole again

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 07/26/2019 at 21:19 • Filed to: vidya games

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These games are such amazing time wasters. Also I think Locomotion has one of the best soundtracks ever composed.

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facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/26/2019 at 21:32

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So if you look at this photo of the taskbar from my crappy new monitor (no longer mine as it is returning to Amazon land):

You’ll see that second icon... What’s that?

I’ve been deeply into OpenTTD the past few weeks...

I’ve almost certainly put more hours into Transport Tycoon/TTD/OpenTTD than any other game (I bought the original for $5 from a Best Buy bargain bin in 1995, and it’s become sort of gaming comfort food to me). Somehow I’ve never actually played Locomotion though.

TheJWT > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/26/2019 at 21:32

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That’s funny, I just re-bought Locomotion a couple weeks ago. I’ve got an original copy on a CD somewhere but it’s never worked on anything past windows 2000

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > TheJWT 07/26/2019 at 21:38

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I’ve also got a disc somewhere, but the Steam version I bought runs perfectly on Windows 10 without any of the graphical glitches that newer PCs had been having until now.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > facw 07/26/2019 at 21:41

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You gotta. It’s one of my favorite games. Locomotion plays more like Rollercoaster Tycoon (same game engine) but the premise is the same as TT/TTD.

I think I originally picked up Loco at a scholastic book fair back in like 7th grade or something. That disc is long gone though. I ended up re-buying it on Steam.

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/26/2019 at 21:46

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At this point I’d be worried I’d miss a lot of good stuff that has been added to TT with OpenTTD or  TTDPatch. There’s some significant gameplay upgrades over base TTD (also graphical upgrades, though I play with the original grfs rather than the pretty new ones because they just feel right to me (it’s a little scary how much this game feels wired into my brain)).

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/26/2019 at 22:00

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I do have my eye on Mashinksky which seems like it could scratch the same itch. The guy who made my favorite OpenTTD tain and plane sets was also working on something similar , though it sounds like that project may have been abandoned.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > facw 07/26/2019 at 22:04

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Ooooh that looks quite promising

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > facw 07/27/2019 at 06:57

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I’ve got it as well! I always focus on bus systems and rail lines....don’t stray into air or water transport too much...

I love the fact that OpenTTD is free and there are so many mods for it...