Sid Meier

Sid Meier is a renowned programmer and designer of some of the most commercially and critically successful computer games of all time. Meier has won several accolades for both his contributions to the computer games industry and for the titles which have gained huge commercial successes. Meier is considered one of the legendary giants of the computer games industry even today.

Career

Sid Meier founded MicroProse together with Bill Stealey in 1982. MicroProse is where Meier developed the game series for which he is most widely recognized, Civilization. Meier eventually left MicroProse and in 1996 founded Firaxis Games along with veteran gaming executive Jeff Briggs. Today Firaxis makes strategy games, many of which are remakes of classic Meier titles, such as Civilization III and Pirates!.

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.

Happily married with children, Meier makes his home in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

Quotes

"A game is a series of interesting choices."

Games

Titles developed by Meier span three decades. Some of the more notable titles are listed below in chronological order.

• Solo Flight (1984)
• F-15 Strike Eagle (1985) - one of the first combat flight simulators
• Silent Service (1985), a World War II submarine simulation game
• Pirates! (1987)
• F-19 Stealth Fighter (1988)
• Covert Action (1990)
• Railroad Tycoon (1990), an economic simulation game, that paints the early development of railroads in the United States and Europe, a time when competition between railroad companies was very fierce
• Civilization (1991), Meier's most successful game to date. It has lived through several versions (see below) and sold over 5 millions copies.
• Colonization (1994) Conquering the natives is NOT the most profitable way to independence...
• Civilization II (1996)
• Sid Meier's Gettysburg (1997)
• Alpha Centauri (1999), a remake of Civilization in a futuristic setting on an alien world
• Civilization III (2001), a remake of his classic game with improved rules, graphics and play balancing
• SimGolf (2002), a joint project with the Sim- masters at Maxis
• Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004), a remake of the acclaimed Pirates! game from 1987, updating the graphics and featuring some entirely new gameplay elements.
• Civilization IV In the making

External links

• Firaxis' page on Meier
• The Sid Meier Legacy
• Some of the awards garnered by Meier and his games
• MobyGame's rap sheet on Meier