Editing Sid Meier (section)

==Games==
Meier has been the developer, co-developer, and producer of many games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=56 |title=Biographies: Sid Meier |website=Firaxis |access-date=October 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006124403/http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=56 |archive-date=October 6, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firaxis.com/?/about#legacy-2|title=Firaxis Games|website=www.firaxis.com|language=en|access-date=August 29, 2017}}</ref> A complete list of his works which includes early non-commercial titles is available in the appendix of ''Sid Meier's Memoir!''<ref name="memoir">{{cite book|title=Sid Meier's Memoir!|last=Meier|first=Sid|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|year=2020|isbn=9781324005872|at=pp. 277–278}}</ref>

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!Release
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| rowspan="4" |1981
|''Bank Game I''
|Meier was paid to make a game for a bank with a piggybank catching falling coins.<ref name="memoir" />
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|''Bank Game II''
|In Meier's second bank-game the goal was to cross the road to the bank.<ref name="memoir" />
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|''Faux Space Invaders''
|Written in assembly, and a local store bought five or ten copies.<ref name="memoir" /><ref name="the_history_of_civilization">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/the-history-of-civilization |title=The History of Civilization |last=Edwards |first=Benj |date=July 18, 2007 |website=Gamasutra |access-date=February 12, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207011858/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1523/the_history_of_civilization.php?page=5 |archive-date=February 7, 2016}}</ref>
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|''Faux Pac-Man''
|''[[Pac-Man]]'' rip-off, developed as training and shared with the users group.<ref name="memoir" />
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| rowspan="5" |1982
|''Formula 1 Racing''
|The first commercial game by Sid Meier, published by Acorn Software Products Inc.<ref>[http://www.atarimagazines.com/rom/issue3/interview.php ROM MAGAZINE 3 — December 1983/January 1984 p 12], Peter Ellison</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/htgg/cgi-bin/drupal/?q=node/237|title=Sid Meier's First(?) Game and an Early Look at MicroProse - How They Got Game|website=web.stanford.edu}}</ref>
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|''[[Hellcat Ace]]''
| Sid Meier's first project for MicroProse according to [[Bill Stealey]].<ref>Gamers at Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play, by Morgan Ramsay, p 40</ref>
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|''Chopper Rescue''
| Improved and commercial version of ''Hostage Rescue''. Sid Meier has said this was the first game he wrote at MicroProse.<ref name="the_history_of_civilization" />
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|''[[Spitfire Ace]]''
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|''[[Floyd of the Jungle]]''<ref name="floyd_mania" />
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| rowspan="4" |1983
|''[[NATO Commander]]''
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|''Wingman''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-wingman_5778.html |title=Wingman |website=Atari Mania |access-date=January 22, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127113803/http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-wingman_5778.html |archive-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>
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|''Floyd of the Jungle II''
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|''[[Solo Flight (video game)|Solo Flight]]''
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|rowspan="2" |1984
|''Air Rescue I''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-air-rescue-i_146.html |title=Air Rescue I |website=Atari Mania |access-date=July 31, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208025436/http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-air-rescue-i_146.html |archive-date=February 8, 2016}}</ref>
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|''[[F-15 Strike Eagle (video game)|F-15 Strike Eagle]]''
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| rowspan="3" |1985
|''[[Silent Service (video game)|Silent Service]]''
|[[World War II]] submarine simulation game
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|''[[Crusade in Europe (video game)|Crusade in Europe]]''
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|''[[Decision in the Desert]]''
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| rowspan="2" |1986
|''Conflict in Vietnam''
|Last Sid Meier game released for Atari 8-bit computers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-meier-sid_team_906_8_G.html|title=List of Atari 400 800 XL XE Games : Meier, Sid, page 1|website=www.atarimania.com|access-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref>
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|''[[Gunship (video game)|Gunship]]''
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|1987
|''[[Sid Meier's Pirates!]]''
|A pirate simulation game based around life of a [[Piracy|pirate]], a [[privateer]], or a pirate hunter in the 16th-18th centuries. The first game to have Sid Meier's name included in its title.
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| rowspan="2" |1988
|''[[Red Storm Rising (video game)|Red Storm Rising]]''
|Nuclear submarine simulation game, based on the [[Red Storm Rising|novel]] by [[Tom Clancy]].
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|''[[F-19 Stealth Fighter]]''
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| rowspan="1" |1989
|''[[F-15 Strike Eagle II]]''
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| rowspan="2" |1990
|''[[Sid Meier's Covert Action|Covert Action]]''
|An espionage game offering a range of arcade-style game modes.
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|''[[Railroad Tycoon|Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon]]''
|A [[business simulation game]] that paints the early development of railroads in the United States and Europe. With the release of ''Sid Meier's Railroads!'', this series now has four installments.
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| rowspan="1" |1991
|''[[Civilization (video game)|Sid Meier's Civilization]]''
|A vastly successful turn-based strategy game, that has now run to a franchise (see below). This is Meier's most successful game franchise to date, having sold over 73&nbsp;million copies as of August 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Take-Two report: the company's losses are increasing, Sid Meier's Civilization VII will be released early next year |url=https://wnhub.io/news/finance/item-44543 |access-date=November 14, 2024 |website=WN Hub |date=August 9, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|1993
|''[[Pirates! Gold]]''
|Remake of 1987's ''Pirates!'' game that included several new features, such as extra missions. Paul Murphy was lead designer on the game.
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| rowspan="2"|1994
|''[[Sid Meier's Colonization]]''
|A turn-based strategy game themed on the early European colonization of the [[New World]].
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|''[[C.P.U. Bach]]''
| Meier's patented music-making program for [[3DO]], that became a commercial failure.<ref name="memoir" /><ref>''Sid Meier's Memoir!'', pp. 142–153</ref>
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|1995
|''[[Civilization (video game)#CivNet|Sid Meier's CivNet]]''
|A remake of ''Civilization'' with support for internet-based multiplayer gameplay.
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|1996
|''[[Civilization II|Sid Meier's Civilization II]]''
|Follow-up to Sid Meier's successful ''Civilization''; [[Brian Reynolds (game designer)|Brian Reynolds]] was lead designer on the game.
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| rowspan="2" |1997
|''[[Magic: The Gathering (MicroProse)|Magic: The Gathering]]''
|This would be the last game that Sid Meier worked on for MicroProse.
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|''[[Sid Meier's Gettysburg!]]''
|Sid Meier's first [[real-time tactical]] game.
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| rowspan="2"|1999
|''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]''
|Brian Reynolds was lead designer on this adaptation of ''Civilization'' to an extraterrestrial theme.
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|''[[Sid Meier's Antietam!]]''
|''Sid Meier's Gettysburg'' and ''Antietam'' are part of his Civil War set.
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|2001
|''[[Civilization III|Sid Meier's Civilization III]]''
|[[Jeff Briggs]] designed the third installment of the series, with more complex rules, graphics and gameplay.
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|2002
|''[[Sid Meier's SimGolf]]''
|A [[golf]]ing simulation in which the player built their own [[golf course]] and played it against computer players, co-created by [[Maxis]]. (Not to be confused with Maxis' 1996 title ''[[SimGolf]]''.)
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|2004
|''[[Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004 video game)|Sid Meier's Pirates!]]''
|Follow-up to the acclaimed ''Pirates!'' game from 1987, updating the graphics and featuring some entirely new gameplay elements.
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|2005<!-- October 25 -->
|''[[Civilization IV|Sid Meier's Civilization IV]]''
|Designed by [[Soren Johnson]]. A full 3D engine replaces the [[Isometric video game graphics|isometric]] maps of ''Civilization II'' and ''III''.
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|2006<!-- October 17 -->
|''[[Sid Meier's Railroads!]]''
|When [[Take 2|Take-Two]] shut down [[PopTop Software]] and folded it into [[Firaxis]], Meier once again became responsible for the ''Railroad Tycoon'' series, and this is billed as the sequel to ''[[Railroad Tycoon 3]]''.
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| rowspan="4" |2008<!-- June 13 (announced June 28, 2007) -->
|''[[Civilization Revolution|Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution]]''
|A [[seventh generation console]] edition of ''Civilization''.
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|''[[Pirates! Gold|Sid Meier's Pirates! Mobile]]''
|The game was developed and published by Oasys Mobile and was led by one of the original programmers for ''Pirates! Gold''.
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|''[[Railroad Tycoon (series)|Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon Mobile]]''
|Developed by Blue Heat and published by Oasys Mobile. This mobile version allows players to build their own transportation empire.
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|''[[Civilization IV: Colonization|Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization]]''
|A 2008 remake of the 1994 ''Colonization'', and a standalone game based on the ''Civilization IV'' engine.
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|2010<!-- NA: September 21; REST: September 24 -->
|''[[Civilization V|Sid Meier's Civilization V]]''
| Headed by [[Jon Shafer]] with new features.
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|2011
|''[[Civilization World|Sid Meier's CivWorld]]''
|A [[massively multiplayer online game]] released on [[Facebook]]. Game closed down on May 29, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.2k.com/hc/en-us/articles/201332863-CivWorld-Shutdown-Frequently-Asked-Questions|title=CIVWORLD SHUTDOWN: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS|publisher=2K Games|access-date=November 26, 2014}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" |2013
|''[[Sid Meier's Ace Patrol]]''
|A World War I flight strategy game published by [[2K Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-27-sid-meiers-ace-patrol-launches-on-steam|title=Sid Meier's Ace Patrol launches on Steam|date=August 27, 2013|work=Eurogamer.net|access-date=November 26, 2014}}</ref>
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|''[[Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies]]''
|A World War II flight strategy game published by 2K Games.
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| rowspan="2" |2014
|''[[Civilization Revolution 2|Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution 2]]''
|A mobile sequel to ''Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution''.
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|''[[Civilization: Beyond Earth|Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth]]''
|A spiritual successor to ''Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri'' built atop the ''Civilization V'' engine.
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|2015
|''[[Sid Meier's Starships]]''
|Follows on from ''Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth.''
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|2016
|''[[Civilization VI|Sid Meier's Civilization VI]]''
|Sixth main title in the [[Civilization (series)|''Civilization'']] series.
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|2025
|''[[Civilization VII|Sid Meier's Civilization VII]]''
|Seventh main title in the [[Civilization (series)|''Civilization'']] series.
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