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David McLean

The virtual version of Edinburgh's Leith Waterworld that's a huge hit with online gamers

There's a generation of Edinburgh locals that would love a chance to visit the city's lost leisure pool Leith Waterworld again, and they still can - in the digital world, at least.

A 3D rendered version of the legendary swimming pool, which opened in the '90s, but unfortunately closed for good back in 2012, appears as a playable map in an online shooter called Trouble in Terrorist Town.

Highly-regarded by the online gaming community, the massively popular downloadable map, which was created by local games developer Sam Serrels, uses the Source engine, which powered hit video games in the 2000s, such as Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike.

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