Publisher

MicroProse Software, Inc.

Est. 1982United States

This is the page for the original company which was founded by Bill Stealey, Sid Meier, and Andy Hollis in 1982. It developed and published numerous games, including starting the Civilization and X-COM series. The is the original company which would be merged with Spectrum HoloByte (as MicroProse, Inc), bought by Hasbro Interactive, and later bought again by Infogrames Entertainment, SA. Under the last buyout the brand was gradually phased out and eventually went defunct. In 2019, the MicroProse brand was revived by David Lagettie. The name of the new company is simply MicroProse.