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From 1993, Sawyer developed his own games on the PC, the first of which was ''Transport Tycoon'', released through Microprose in 1994. A ''World Editor'' version of the game followed in mid-1995, followed by ''Transport Tycoon Deluxe'' at the end of that year. The game was very well recieved by both the players and the critics.
Sawyer's second big project was [[RollerCoaster Tycoon]]. Originally intended to be only a rollercoaster simulator with ''White Knuckle'' as the working name, it became a funpark sim somewhere in the development stage. It was released through Hasbro Interactive in April 1999 and became a hit in a short time period. Two add-on packs, [[Added Attractions|Added Attractions / Corkscrew Follies]] (late 1999) and [[Loopy Landscapes]] (September 2000) followed.
Sawyer considered creating a sequel to his best-selling game, and in 2002, [[RollerCoaster Tycoon 2]] was released through Infogrames Interactive. However, critics and players were now in dispute. The critics didn't like the fact that the gameplay and graphics remained more or less the same as three years earlier, and yet the game is to this day the best-selling part in the franchise. Two expansion packs followed in 2003, [[Wacky Worlds]] and [[Time Twister]], but Sawyer didn't have part in their development.
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In 2004, ''Chris Sawyer's Locomotion'' was released through Atari. Sawyer intended to make a sequel to ''Transport Tycoon'' since the late 90s, but the RollerCoaster Tycoon series got in the way. ''Locomotion'' got poor reviews, but, like all Chris Sawyer games, it has its own community that continues to create mods, vehicles etc.
Meanwhile, Atari saw a potential in the
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