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Sid Meier is a Canadian video game producer, engineer, computer scientist, and game designer. Born in Sarnia in 1954, he was educated at the University of Michigan. His professional career began in 1982, and he has worked for the employer 2K. Meier’s fields of work include game design and entrepreneurship.
He is the author of several notable works, including Sid Meier's Railroads!, Sid Meier's Memoir!, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, and Sid Meier's civilization III. Meier speaks English and identifies with Lutheranism.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Sid Meier's Railroads!
- Sid Meier's Memoir!
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
- Sid Meier's civilization III
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1954-02-24 ) February 24, 1954 (age 72) , Sarnia , Ontario , Canada
- Education
- University of Michigan ( BA )
- Occupations
- Businessman, computer programmer
- Years active
- 1981–present
- Employer
- 2K Games
- Known for
- MicroProse , Firaxis Games , Civilization series
- Spouse
- Susan Meier
- Children
- Ryan Meier
- Awards
- AIAS Hall of Fame Award (1999)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Meier
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Sarnia
- Occupation
- programmer
- Educated at
- University of Michigan
- Employer
- 2K
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Field of work
- entrepreneurship
- Image
- Sid Meier 2015-02-25 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Sid Meier
- date of birth
- 1954-02-24
- name in native language
- Sid Meier
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
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Article · Português
Sid Meier (Sarnia, Ontario, 24 de fevereiro de 1954) é um conhecido programador e designer canadense de alguns dos considerados maiores sucessos e mais aclamados jogos de computador de todos os tempos. Meier ganhou vários prêmios por sua contribuição à indústria de jogos de computador e pelos títulos que tiveram um grande sucesso comercial. Meier é considerado um dos lendários gigantes da indústria de jogos para computador até hoje. Em 1999, Meier tornou-se a segunda pessoa a ser incluído no Hall da Fama da Academia de Artes e Ciências Interativas. O primeiro a ser adicionado foi Shigeru Miyamoto da Nintendo. Sid Meier fundou a MicroProse junto de Bill Stealey em 1982. A MicroProse é a empresa na qual Meier desenvolveu a série de jogos pela qual é mais conhecido, Civilization. Meier deixou a MicroProse e em 1996 fundou a Firaxis Games junto com o executivo de jogos veterano Jeff Briggs. Sid Meier é casado com Susan Meier e tem um filho: Ryan Meier. Atualmente mora em , no estado norte-americano de Maryland.
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