Sid Meier
From Eli's Software Encyclopedia
Sid Meier
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| Born | December 2, 1954 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
Career
Meier was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He founded MicroProse together with Bill Stealey in 1982. Meier eventually left MicroProse and in 1996 founded Firaxis Games along with veteran designer and gaming executive Jeff Briggs.
In 1996 he was awarded US Patent 5,496,962 for a "System for Real-Time Music Composition and Synthesis" used in a product called CPU Bach.
In 1999, Meier became the second person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame. The first to receive that honor was Shigeru Miyamoto from Nintendo.
List of major works
- Category:1986 Sid Meier
- Category:1985 Sid Meier
- Category:1994 Sid Meier
- Category:1988 Sid Meier
- C.P.U. Bach (3DO, CD-ROM) Microprose - 1994 USA, Canada Release
- Conflict In Vietnam (C64, 5 1/4" Disk) Microprose - 1986 USA, Canada Release
- Conflict In Vietnam (Apple II, 5 1/4" Disk) Microprose - 1986 USA, Canada Release
- Conflict In Vietnam (Atari 8-Bit, 5 1/4" Disk) Microprose - 1986 USA, Canada Release
- Crusade In Europe (Apple II, 5 1/4" Disk) Microprose - 1985 USA, Canada Release
- Crusade In Europe (Atari 8-Bit, 5 1/4" Disk) Microprose - 1985 USA, Canada Release
- Crusade In Europe (C64, 5 1/4" Disk) Microprose - 1985 USA, Canada Release
- Decision In The Desert (Apple II, 5 1/4" Disk) Microprose - 1985 USA, Canada Release
- Decision In The Desert (Atari 8-Bit, 5 1/4" Disk) Microprose - 1985 USA, Canada Release
- Decision In The Desert (C64, 5 1/4" Disk) Microprose - 1985 USA, Canada Release
- Decision In The Desert (PC, 5 1/4" Disk) Microprose - 1985 USA, Canada Release
- Decision In The Desert (PC, 3 1/2" Disk) Microprose - 1985 USA, Canada Release
- Pirates! (Apple IIGS, 3 1/2" Disk) Microprose - 1988 USA, Canada Release
