MicroProse

Founded: 1982

T-series code: T-104

Headquarters:

	180 Lakefront Dr., Hunt Valley, Maryland, 21030, United States^[1]^[2]
	The Ridge, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, BS17 6BN, United Kingdom

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MicroProse, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher which specialized in personal computer strategy simulation games, most notably the critically-acclaimed Civilization and X-COM series.

Company

MicroProse Software, Inc was founded by "Wild" Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982. It later opened a UK branch, MicroProse, Ltd. (trading as MicroProse UK).

MicroProse Software merged with Spectrum HoloByte in December 1993^[3], shortening its name to MicroProse, Inc., in the process. The two brands continuing to exist separately until 1997, where there Spectrum Holoybyte name was dropped in favour of MicroProse. MicroProse was then acquired by Hasbro Interactive in 1998^[4], becoming a wholly owned subsidiary. The branding continued to be utilized until Hasbro Interactive was itself acquired by Infogrames in 2001.

The MicroProse name was seen again until 2018, where Australian entrepreneur David Lagettie, purchased the brand with the view of establishing a new MicroProse company to publish video games.

Softography

Mega Drive

688 Attack Sub (1991)
F-15 Strike Eagle II (1993) (as MicroProse Software)
Gunship (1993) (as MicroProse UK)
Tinhead (1993) (as MicroProse UK)
Pirates! Gold (1993) (as MicroProse Software)
The Chaos Engine (1993) (as MicroProse UK)
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past (1994)
Boo! (unreleased)
Impossible Mission 2025: The Special Edition (unreleased)
Railroad Tycoon (unreleased)
Solo Flight (unreleased)
Knights of the Sky (unreleased)

Game Gear

F-15 Strike Eagle (1993) (as MicroProse Software)

Saturn

Civilization: Shin Sekai Shichi Dai Bunmei (1997)
Transport Tycoon (1997)

References

↑ Electronic Gaming Retail News, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 34
↑ Summer CES Directory, page 224
↑ http://www.microprose.com/corporatedesign/corporate/index.html (Wayback Machine: 1996-12-21 14:59)
↑ http://www.microprose.com/corporatedesign/press/hasbro.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-05-01 02:13)

NEC Retro has more information related to MicroProse

[:File:EGRN_US_08.pdf_p34-1] Electronic Gaming Retail News, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:SummerCES1991_Directory.pdf_p224-2] Summer CES Directory, page 224

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19961221145952.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.microprose.com.2Fcorporatedesign.2Fcorporate.2Findex.html-3] ttp://www.microprose.com/corporatedesign/corporate/index.html (Wayback Machine: 1996-12-21 14:59)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19990501021334.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.microprose.com.2Fcorporatedesign.2Fpress.2Fhasbro.html-4] ttp://www.microprose.com/corporatedesign/press/hasbro.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-05-01 02:13)

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