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You now need to give Atari $10 to play OpenTTD on Steam or GOG

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Mar 17 at 9:09amWeb
Show threadmaniacalmanicmania18h ago
Can someone explain why and how OpenTTD is being forced to do this? I’m out of the loop.
Show threadHeartyOfGlass17h ago

My understanding is - The copyright for the game OpenTTD is based on was held by someone who didn’t care that OpenTTD was distributing game assets as well. This is actually pretty strange in the “indie remake” scene. Usually you have to buy the original game and copy the assets over to the remake.

Now that Atari owns it, they don’t like that.

Show threadals16h ago
OpenTTD doesn’t use any assets from TTD, all code, graphics, sounds etc are original. That said, it does aim to replicate TTD closely and has far surpassed that.
Show threadRicky Rigatoni16h ago
I thought Atari was dead.
Show threadals16h ago
Its corpse is being paraded around in the hopes of making money off of the brand recognition.