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Re: Another nice feature option?

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From: Aquila
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:08
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"Tony Polson" <tp@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> Afoklala <afoklala@afokla.la> wrote:
>
>>Op Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:51:18 +0100 schreef Tony Polson:
>>
>>> "Carlos Correia" <cak@oninet.pt> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Another feature i always asked myself why C. Sawyer
>>>>did not introduce was a kind of "map rotation", like
>>>>"Sim City 2000" (i think). The game has a N-S / W-E,
>>>>being the lower right corner the SE. Is it possible to
>>>>introduce any option that makes the map rotate, alowing
>>>>the view of the map for the 4 corners? I believe it is (even if
>>>>it gives a lot of work...).
>>>
>>> This feature is available in Roller Coaster Tycoon and in Locomotion.
>>
>>But not in TTD. And that's what we're talking about here.
>
>
> True.  But Roller Coaster Tycoon was a development of TTD from the
> same author - Chris Sawyer - and Locomotion is a further development
> of them both.  I am sure it would not be beyond the wit of man to add
> the rotation feature to TTD - the only questions are
> (1) who would do it?
> and
> (2) would there be enough of a market for it?
>
> I would happily spend my $$ on an updated and improved version of TTD.
>
>
There already is. It's called Locomotion!
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