Anyway, now we're fifteen years further down the line, and I just released the first version of Pizza Legacy, my open-source reimplementation of Pizza Tycoon (later re-released on GOG and Steam as Pizza Connection, which was also the original Amiga title before MicroProse published the DOS version).
I didn't recreate the original engine from assembly, instead I reverse-engineered the game’s data formats and built a new engine that replicates the original’s behavior. It’s a modern approximation designed to do the same things the original engine did, though it’s not an exact reconstruction and some features are still missing.
Fun facts:
- Graphics for the English version of Pizza Tycoon were done by Terry Greer, who also did the graphics for the submarine, UFO and XCom easter eggs in Transport Tycoon (source)
- Nice cross-selling, when you win Pizza Tycoon it tells you:
Or is fast food mastery just your first step along a cash crazed road to power and world domination?
Maybe you'd like to build on your cheesy success by going into other areas of business.
Most people who try this fall flat on their faces because they don't stick to what they know.
But you, you are already having visions of branching out into... TRANSPORT!!!
Just think of it - trains, planes and automobiles, all owned and controlled by you.
Then again, maybe you'd rather just sit down and eat another pizza!
