Sid Meier
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Often called the "Father of Computer Gaming", Sid Meier has been honored with virtually every major award in the gaming industry and in 1999, was the second person ever to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Science's "Hall of Fame."
His career in the industry started in 1982, when he founded MicroProse together with Bill Stealey. The first game he wrote for the company was Chopper Rescue. After initially working on combat flight simulator and military strategy games, he achieved his real fame with his Civilization game (1991). Before the release of the game, he had already been bought out of the company by Stealey, and Meier had become a private contractor, working seemingly exclusively for the company. He received money up front, more when the game delivered and royalties on each sold copy. The Vice President that replaced Meier at the company did not receive any bonuses on the Meier titles sold and therefore gave them low priority at the company.
In 1996, he left MicroProse to join the newly-founded Firaxis Games by Jeff Briggs. In 1997, the company’s first release was Sid Meier's Gettysburg!, followed by Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri in 1999, which was enhanced later in the year with Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire.
Firaxis then released two more games, Sid Meier's Civilization III and Sid Meier's SimGolf. In 2004 and 2005, his original Pirates! game was remade as Sid Meier's Pirates! and the Civilization series was continued with Civilization IV.
Credited on 99 games
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| Marvel Midnight Suns (2022, Windows) | Director of Creative Development |
| XCOM: Chimera Squad (2020, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019, Windows) | And Special Thanks to... |
| Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (2018, Windows Apps) | Special Thanks To |
| XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (2017, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Sid Meier's Civilization VI (2016, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Offworld Trading Company (2016, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| XCOM 2 (2016, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide (2015, Windows) | Original Creator of Civilization |
| Sid Meier's Starships (2015, Windows) | Designed By |
| Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth (2014, Windows) | Original Creator of Civilization |
| Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution 2 (2014, Android) | Civilization Revolution Design by |
| XCOM: Enemy Within (2013, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies (2013, Windows) | Ace Patrol Team |
| Sid Meier's Ace Patrol (2013, Windows) | Ace Patrol Team |
| Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World (2013, Windows) | Original Creator of Civilization |
| Age of Empires II: HD Edition (2013, Windows) | And Special Thanks to... |
| XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012, PlayStation 3) | Creative Director |
| Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings (2012, Windows) | Original Creator of Civilization |
| CivWorld (2011, Browser) | Designer |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 33 games with Jeffery L. Briggs
- 32 games with Barry Caudill
- 32 games with Kelley Gilmore
- 29 games with Susan Meier
- 28 games with Steve Martin
- 27 games with Dorian Rehfield
- 27 games with David Ismailer
- 27 games with Jerome J. Atherholt
- 26 games with Josh Scanlan
- 26 games with Daniel Einzig
Companies
- 40 games with MicroProse Software, Inc.
- 32 games with 2K Games, Inc.
- 30 games with Firaxis Games, Inc.
- 28 games with Valve Corporation
- 26 games with MicroProse-Spectrum...
- 19 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 17 games with MPS Labs
- 17 games with Take Two Interactive GmbH
- 12 games with U.S. Gold Ltd.
- 11 games with Effective Media GmbH
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