Private company

MicroProse

Logo: MicroProse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

American video game company

MicroProse is an American video game publisher and developer founded by Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982. It developed and published numerous games, including starting the Civilization and X-COM series.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1982Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersHunt Valley1
  • Websitewww.microprose.com
  • Incorporated inDE5
  • Business address2490 Mariner Sq Loop Ste 100, Alameda, Ca 945015
Old MicroProse headquarters
Photo: Coolcaesar at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

MicroProse is an American video game publisher and developer founded by Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982. It developed and published numerous games, including starting the Civilization and X-COM series. Most of their internally developed titles were vehicle simulation and strategy games.3

The story

Founded by Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982.1

Leadership

Who has led MicroProse, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Divisions

  • MicroPlay Software
  • MicroProse-Spectrum HoloByte UK-Europe
  • MicroStyle

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Former names

  • SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE INCJan 10, 1995 to Jul 23, 19975
  • MICROPROSE INCFeb 14, 1994 to Feb 14, 19945

Timeline

  1. 2001Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1982Founded Founded1

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