MicroProse is one of these devs that I never really connected the dots as to being so important regarding shaping my gaming tastes. Some of the earlier games I remember playing were F-19 and F-117a on IBM PC. I grew up watching my brother play countless hours of Civilization 1 and 2 (I played them too and many of the sequels, but they rarely keep my attention past a couple of games). I played tons of Master of Orion and still crave games that chase the space 4X dream. In the early 2000s I went back and played tons of X-Com...

At first glance they seem like that kind of dev that would do pretty much anything, like a Mindscape or Electronic Arts. "Sid Meier's" as a brand was memorable, but giving it a bit more thought now, the company's output was really unique outside of it too.