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Interactive Game Group then shared a percentage of the MicroProse brand to I-Drs At in January 2008. He later commented, 'Spectrum Holobyte had a lot of cash and very few products.įalcon 4.0 rights were sold to, who developed.Brand name In 2007, Interactive Game Group acquired the MicroProse brand from Atari Interactive Inc, which filed for transfer of trademark protection on December 27, 2007. In 1994, Stealey departed MicroProse and Spectrum HoloByte agreed to buy out his shares. A core group of artists, designers, and programmers left MicroProse UK to join, which opened an office in specifically to attract ex-MicroProse employees. MicroProse UK was forced to close its two satellite studios of MicroProse in northern England and dispose of over 40 staff at its head office (Microprose Chipping Sodbury). Bill Stealey, who was good friends with Spectrum HoloByte president, convinced Louie to help MicroProse as Stealey was afraid that some bank would not understand the company culture. Merged with, another game company that specialized in simulation games, to form MicroProse Inc.

#Microprose b17 manual software#

It also acquired -based flight simulation developer, which had already developed titles for them (such as ), turning it into a satellite development studio named MicroProse Leeds.Under Spectrum HoloByte (1993–1998) In December 1993, following in the UK, MicroProse Software Inc. During the same period, MicroProse created two labels: MicroStyle (UK), and MicroPlay Software (US), using them for publishing a variety of externally developed games, such as. The company hoped to raise $18 million to help repay debts from its unsuccessful arcade games. However, the arcade division was canceled after making only two games: F-15 Strike Eagle: The Arcade Game and Battle of the Solar System (both of which featured high-end 3D graphics but failed to become popular as they were too different from existing machines), while the adventure game engine was used for just three games:, and, before it was sold off to. The company invested (and subsequently effectively lost) a large sum of money to create its division as well as their own.

Encouraged by the success of Pirates!, MicroProse designed further action-strategy titles such as (also designed by Sid Meier) and, and experimented with the genre by developing and (in addition to publishing ).