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+Source: openttd
+Section: contrib/games
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@stdin.nl>
+Uploaders: Jordi Mallach <jordi@debian.org>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), libsdl-dev, zlib1g-dev, libpng-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libfontconfig-dev
+Standards-Version: 3.7.3
+Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/collab-maint/deb-maint/openttd/trunk/
+Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/collab-maint/deb-maint/openttd/trunk
+Homepage: http://www.openttd.org/
+
+Package: openttd
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Suggests: timidity, freepats
+Description: reimplementation of Transport Tycoon Deluxe with enhancements
+ OpenTTD is a reimplementation of the Microprose game "Transport
+ Tycoon Deluxe" with lots of new features and enhancements. The data
+ files of the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe for Windows are
+ mandatory to play the game. They must be manually copied to the game
+ data directory (see README.Debian for details).