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Sid Meier Inducted Into Computer Hall Of Fame

Posted by simoniker on from the very-civilized dept.

Thanks to Firaxis for their press release revealing their founder Sid Meier has been inducted into the Computer Museum of America's Hall of Fame, after the museum "asked the public to choose their favorite innovators", joining gaming luminaries such as Nolan Bushnell and fellow inductees such as Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Jay Miner. Meier is best known for classic Microprose games such as Civilization, and GameSpot has an update on his latest title, a remake of Pirates!, noting it's "known to utilize the GameBryo 3D engine used by the Morrowind and Dark Age of Camelot series", and touting "multiple paths to a wealthy, happy [piratical] retirement."

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  1. destiny of an emperor by kootch · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Destiny of an Emperor on Nintendo.

    Taught me all about the waring states period

  2. Re:Pirates was a great educational game by Descartes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think the other benefit of the sloops are that they can turn much more quickly. I don't know how realistic the ship combat in Pirates! was because I'd usually just try to get behind the galleons and tack back and forth while firing. I imagine some captain would figure out how to mount cannon on the stern of the ship to stop that strategy.

    I think I learned more about how colonial history formed then about anything else. After conquering a few towns for whatever country I was representing it made a lot more sense that places like Haiti and the Dominican republic existed.

  3. i worked at microprose and met sid by witts · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I worked at the old Microprose office in Hunt Valley, MD and my office was just across the hall from Sid's. He had the biggest office there, IIRC. I actually got to shake his hand and get a good look at his office. He always seemed to be a little removed from the rest of Microprose programmers, not in a bad way, but just in his own league. I use to see him at the local mall with his then young son. He gave the impression of being a content, happy person. People always seemed to say his name in a whisper, even at Microprose, because everyone was very aware of how huge his games had become. And yes, there were employees at Microprose that thought Pirates was pure genius, but I never played the game myself.

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