Chris Sawyer

Chris Sawyer is the head of Chris Sawyer Software Development and is the creator, designer, and programmer of RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. He was also Co-executive producer of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, along with David Braben.

Career
Chris Sawyer entered the games industry in 1983, writing games in Z80 machine code on the Memotech MTX home computer, and then the Amstrad CPC series home computer. Between 1988 and 1993, Chris worked on PC conversions of Amiga games and was involved in many well-known projects, including Virus (1989), Campaign (1992), Birds of Prey (1992), Dino Dini's Goal (1993), and Frontier Elite 2 (1993).

From 1993, Chris developed original games on the PC, the first of which was Transport Tycoon, released through Microprose in 1994. A 'World Editor' version of Transport Tycoon followed in mid-1995, followed by Transport Tycoon Deluxe at the end of that year. Chris' second big project was RollerCoaster Tycoon, released through Hasbro Interactive early in 1999, followed by two add-on packs Added Attractions / Corkscrew Follies in late 1999 and Loopy Landscapes in September 2000. RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 soon followed and was released through Infogrames Interactive in 2002. In 2004, a sequel to Transport Tycoon, Chris Sawyer's Locomotion, was released through Atari.

RollerCoaster Tycoon series

 * RollerCoaster Tycoon
 * Corkscrew Follies/Added Attractions
 * Loopy Landscapes
 * RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
 * Wacky Worlds
 * Time Twister

Other games

 * Transport Tycoon
 * Transport Tycoon World Editor
 * Transport Tycoon Deluxe
 * Chris Sawyer's Locomotion